Product’s List in Magento:

In Magento, There are 6 types of products:

Simple Product :

• A Physical product having no variation ( i.e.- size, color )  and associated with SKU(Stock  Keeping Unit).

Ex: A Single Shoes ( No variation in color/size and another thing)

Configurable Product:

• Products that have multiple options ( variation like: color,size..).
• Control inventory for one product.
• Multiple options in one place.

Ex:  Shoes Store ( where so many variations in color, size, etc.)

Grouped Product:

• A Collection of simple products that “fit” together.

Ex: Man in Black ( i.e. black shirt, black paint, black shoes, etc)

Virtual Product:

• Virtual products are not something that downloadable.
• It’s a service that someone offers.

Ex: Purchasing server hosting.

Bundled Product:

• Bundled products are either simple or virtual products that can’t be sold separately.
• if it sold separately then it has no sense.

Ex: Laptop/ Smart Phone (Having no sense without RAM, Battery)

Downloadable Product:

• Products that can be downloaded from site/server or in the downloadable form.

Ex: ebook, Song, etc.

Praveen Maurya

Praveen Maurya work in e-commerce domain having knowledge of Plugin development in Magento 1.x/2.x, Drupal, Woo-Commerce, PrestaShop, Opencart and other e-commerce solution. When he is not engrossed with anything related to these, he loves to explore new things.

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