Stock levels with custom options in Magento

Question

so i've looked all over Google and not found much in the way of positive responses.

What i'm trying to do is Add a New Product to my Magento Store.

The product is a Coat, the coat comes with 3 sizes. S/M/L

I've added a dropdown using the Custom Options and at first everything seems fine. I then realised i cant manage Qty for each size. See the pic below.

Is there a way to edit the inventory/quantity for each size?

Feedback very very much appreciated! - Thank you!

Answer 1

You need to use configurable products.

Coat (main product is a configurable product)

Simple products:

• Coat size S
• Coat size M
• Coat size L

And you manage the stock information at the simple product level.

Tutorial here: http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/tutorial-creating-a-configurable-product