Introduction to product bundling

Selling soaps as a set, candles as a gift kit, or jewellery as a collection? Product bundling in Craftybase lets you track production and stock for grouped items automatically — so your inventory stays accurate without extra manual work.

What we'll cover:

• What is product bundling?
• Creating a bundle structure
• Creating your bundle workflow
• Frequently asked questions

Time to complete: around 25 minutes

What is product bundling?

Product bundling is a strategy where individual products are grouped into a single combined offering — commonly sold as sets or kits. In Craftybase, you track bundles using components. Components let you manage the manufacture of each individual item within a bundle and treat them like materials in your product recipes.

Creating a bundle structure

To set up a bundle in Craftybase, you'll structure your account using components. Components represent the individual items within the bundle and each can have their own recipe.

Let's say you sell soaps individually (Lavender, Rosemary, and Rose) and also as a combined set called Garden Scents.

Step 1: Create a component for each item

Go to Components > New Component and create a component for each individual item in your bundle:

• Lavender Soap
• Rosemary Soap
• Rose Soap

Each component should have its own recipe listing the raw materials used in production.

Step 2: Create your products

Go to Products > New Product and create each of your sellable products:

• Lavender Soap
• Rosemary Soap
• Rose Soap
• Garden Scents Set

Step 3: Link components in product recipes

Go to each product and update its recipe to reference the relevant components.

Creating your bundle workflow

With your structure in place, here's how your production workflow operates:

1. Manufacture your components — this increases component stock and consumes the raw materials in the component recipe.
2. Manufacture the finished product — this consumes component stock and increases your sellable product stock.

Automating manufactures

Two auto-manufacture settings work together to handle the full bundle workflow:

• Auto Manufacture From Orders (set on the product) — when an order is created or pulled from an integration, Craftybase automatically creates a manufacture for the quantity ordered. Enable via Products > Edit > Auto Manufacture From Orders checkbox.
• Component auto-manufacture (set per ingredient in the recipe) — when enabled on a component ingredient in a product recipe, Craftybase also creates a manufacture for that component when the product is manufactured. Enable via the magic wand icon next to the ingredient in the recipe.

Frequently asked questions

What plan do I need for kits and bundling?

The Indie plan is the best fit for most bundle setups — it includes full support for recipe-based products, component tracking, auto-manufacture, and component auto-manufacture.

The Studio plan supports components and manual bundle workflows, but does not include auto-manufacture or component auto-manufacture.

Need more help?

If you have any questions about setting up your bundle workflow, contact Craftybase Support and we'll be happy to help.