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title: Variants and Options
slug: variants-and-options
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createdAt: 2025-02-04T18:12:22.712Z
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When setting up your Concessions Items, you will see the **Options** and **Variations **under the item's setup.

While these are both available when setting up an item, they are not required and can be skipped.

### What are the Options and Variants for Items?

- **Options - **If you have multiple types of your item (IE, color, size, etc).
- **Variants** - If you need to adjust the amount available or price of each item (IE - you have fewer blue mugs and they cost more money to make, you might adjust that price and quantity).

### Use Options and Variants

If you wish to use the Options and Variants, follow the guide, as it will walk you through them in detail.

### Not Using Options (Variants)

If you do not wish to use Options and create multiple variants, and instead wish to make separate Items, you can definitely do that!

**To create your Item:**

When adding a retail item, Ludus will walk you through the setup.

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Once you select **Add Concessions Item**, you will then be prompted to fill out the **Basic Info**:

- Item name (required)
- Tags (optional)
- Description (optional)
- Image (optional)
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Once** Basic Info** is filled in, you can then add the **Tax Category**:

- If tax-exempt, select that.
- If a tax code is needed, select that, OR create a new one.
  - When creating a code, give it a **Name** and **a percentage **(**%**).
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After the **Tax Category** is finished, you will be able to fill out the **Inventory**.

- You can choose to **Track Inventory**.
- Additionally, you can set a **Low Stock** number to be notified when stock reaches a specific level.
  - While you might not use Stock tracking for something like popcorn, it can be used for sweaters, mugs, etc.

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If you choose NOT to track Inventory, there will be no Stock option under Variants.
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At this point, you can SKIP over **Options**.
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Under **Variants**, you can add the quantity available and the price of that item. 

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Finally, you can adjust the **Settings** for that item. Under this final section, you will be able to adjust:

- **Sales Channels** - Where this item can be sold.
- **Order Limits** - Limit the number of these items that can be sold per order.
- **Refundable** - The admin can issue a refund to the patron after purchase.
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Once finished with all of the above, be sure to **save** (at the top right of the form).
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