Duplicate products (clones)

how it works when this strategy is used, personizely creates an unlisted duplicate of each product included in the campaign each variation gets its own clone with the adjusted prices applied visitors assigned to a variation will see the clone's price on the product page and will add the clone to their cart — the substitution happens transparently the original product remains unchanged throughout the campaign clone lifecycle when the campaign is created — clones are created in archived status and are not visible externally when the campaign is activated — clones are made visible (unlisted) so the campaign can run when a new variation is added to a running campaign — a clone is created and made visible immediately when the campaign is paused or stopped — clones are archived they are not deleted, so the campaign can be resumed without re creating them when the campaign is deleted — clones are permanently deleted from your shopify store analytics and attribution in personizely, all analytics and revenue attribution are based on the original product purchases made through a clone are attributed to the original product and to the variation the visitor was assigned to however, in your shopify admin (orders, reports), purchases will appear under the clone product, not the original if you have questions about how this affects your shopify reporting, please reach out to our support team things to configure before launching because clones are full product duplicates in shopify, there are a few areas where you may need to make adjustments to ensure everything works as expected inventory clones have their own inventory tracking, separate from the original how this affects your store depends on how you manage inventory if you use shopify to track inventory , we recommend doing the following before activating the campaign set the inventory quantity for all clone products to zero — either through shopify's bulk editor or by opening each clone product directly enable continue selling when out of stock for all variants of the clones once an item in your store goes out of stock, remember to reset this back to stop selling when out of stock if you have inventory that turns over quickly, consider using a sku sync app so that inventory stays in sync between the original and the clone if you use a third party app to track inventory apps that track by sku should not be affected — skus are copied to the clones automatically apps that track by product id or variant id may need to be configured to include the clone products please contact our support team if you need help shipping profiles this is only relevant if you use custom shipping profiles in shopify if you only use the default general shipping profile, you can skip this if any of the products included in the campaign are part of a custom shipping profile, you will need to add the clone products to the same profile otherwise, incorrect shipping rates may be applied at checkout for visitors in the experiment to do this, go to settings → shipping and delivery in your shopify admin, open the relevant custom profile, click manage products , and add the clone products discount codes this is only relevant if you have discount codes that apply to specific products or collections store wide discounts are not affected if you have product specific or collection specific discount codes that should apply to the clones, you will need to add the clone products to those discounts manually otherwise, visitors in the experiment may not receive the discount at checkout search apps if you use a third party search app (such as searchanise or boost commerce), it may index and display clone products in search results to prevent this, configure the app to exclude products tagged with ply campaign from search results all clone products are tagged with this prefix followed by the campaign id ratings and reviews apps most ratings and reviews apps support product grouping, which allows multiple products to share the same reviews we recommend setting this up so that clone products display the same reviews as the original otherwise, clones will appear with no reviews, which may affect the experiment results common apps and their grouping documentation stamped — product groups feature loox — group product reviews together okendo — creating groups judge me — share reviews across product groups junip — product groups / bundle family subscription apps if you use a subscription management app (such as skio, recharge, or similar), you may need to configure it to recognize the clone products please contact our support team if you are running a price campaign on subscription products and need help with the setup bundle and volume discount apps if you use a bundle or volume discount app, you will need to configure the same discount rules for the clone products this ensures that visitors in the experiment see consistent pricing across bundles and volume tiers for an overview of both strategies and how the strategy is selected, see docid\ f hzyvg5wdcdrrsgdv965 to configure price adjustment rules for your variations, see docid\ mbamxjk2qdeqxe92il3ul before going live, go through the docid\ xqw2gtk2cwdwaddslfmfs to verify everything is set up correctly