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There are important differences between options and choices - understanding them will help you decide whether to use options, choices or a combination of both.

Choice is for when the user can select ONE choice only. 

• Example 1: you are selling shirts and offering a choice of red, yellow or green. 
• Example 2: you are selling a sandwich with a choice of chicken, beef, lamb or falafel, see no. 1 in the example below. The user may ONLY choose chicken, beef, lamb, falafel or none.

Option is used when the the user can select more than one option. These options can have costs associated with them.

• Example 1: you are running a sausage sizzle and would like to charge extra for onions and cheese.
• Example 2: you are selling a sandwich with 2 salad options included in the price, and the rest of the options at a cost of $1 each, see no. 2 in the example below.

In this example, once the user has selected "Super Sandwich" on your Shop site, they will see the following pop up:

In this example the user would receive a Super Sandwich with falafel, spinach, carrot, tomato and avocado. The falafel, spinach and carrot would be included in the original price. They will be charged an additional $2 for the 2 extra fillings ($1 for the tomato and $1 for the avocado).

NOTE: The default setting for option price is $0.00. If you don't enter a price in this field the user will be able to add all the items without any cost to them.

Reporting Considerations

Not all reports will show you options and choices, so you may need to consider this when setting up your items.

The reports that will show you Options and Choices are:

• Download Excel or CSV file
• Print to A4 labels (8 per page) - PDF
• Print to A4 all details - PDF
• Print to Dymo label writer
• Label list - PDF