Our module provides an additional feature for managing product brands, allowing you to create a product brand by following the path: Inventory → Products → Product Brand.

A product brand is created with its description and complete brand details available for reference.

In the Product tab, you can view all products associated with the same brand, along with their detailed information.

To enable the auto alternative product linking feature, go to Settings → Alternate Product Linking.

In alternative rules, you can select the rule by which alternate products should be linked. You can filter products by category or brand as per your requirements.

Using additional rules, you can filter products based on criteria such as similar price, matching tags, shared attributes, or stock availability.

When filtering alternate products by price, you can define minimum and maximum price deviation to include only products within a specific price range.

Currently, we support two primary rules (Brand and Category), while additional rules such as Attributes, Price, Tags, and Product Availability in Stock can also be applied.

Here, we have a product named Samsung S23, which includes details such as category, product brand, quantity on hand, and sale price.

The product includes attributes such as brand, color, and other smartphone characteristics. Based on these attributes, alternate products can be selected. If a matching product is found according to the rules defined in the settings, it will be linked as an alternate product to the current item, and the relationship will apply in both directions.

Here, we assign product tags based on the defined rules to identify and match alternative products.

A new product with the same brand and category is created here. If it satisfies all the rules configured at the settings level such as attributes, price range, tags, and other conditions, it will be linked as an alternate product to the previous product (Samsung S23).

The product attributes are also defined here. If attributes are included in the rule, at least 50% of attributes must match for a product to be linked as an alternate product.

Here, we assign product tags based on the defined rules to identify and match alternative products.

Once the changes are saved, the product is automatically linked with matching alternate products based on the defined rules. For example, Samsung S24 is automatically linked with Samsung S23 as an alternate product.

The linking is bidirectional, so Samsung S24 is also set as an alternate product for Samsung S23.

To track all operations, a logbook feature is provided that records and displays all relevant information. To view the logs, navigate to Inventory → Products → Product Log History → Log Book.

A complete history of all operations is maintained in the log history, showing which products were added as alternates and which were removed.

Not only during product creation, but also when a product is updated—if it no longer meets the defined rules, the corresponding alternate product links are automatically removed, and the same applies in reverse.

Now, let’s look at the reverse logic: if the price of Samsung S24 is increased, it will no longer satisfy the defined rules and will automatically be removed as an alternate product from both products.

Here you can see the detailed log of the remove operation, where Samsung S24 and Samsung S23 are both removed as alternate products.

We also provide options to define alternative products based on specific criteria such as brand or category. In this example, all products with the same brand are added as alternative products without applying additional filters. However, you can further refine the selection using tags, attributes, price range, stock availability, and other rules.

Here, when the product price is updated and the changes are saved, all matching products from the same brand are automatically linked as alternative products.

Here all the products with the same brand (e.g., Samsung) are automatically added as alternative products. This feature streamlines the process, reduces manual effort, and simplifies the management of product alternatives.