Kits & Components

Kits allow you to bundle a group of products so that you can sell them as a set.

If you would like to assemble a kit or bundle, reach out to your account representative via team@bigskyfulfillment.com

As an example, a 'Chocolate Gift Box' that has both milk chocolate bars and dark chocolate bars.  A 'Chocolate Gift Box' Kit would be created, which would make a gift box by combining a selection of chocolate bars.  A Kit consists of a parent SKU ('Chocolate Gift Box') and individual component SKUs (milk chocolate bars + dark chocolate bars).  There are several advantages of having both Kits and Components:

1. Existing SKUs can be used as components.  
2. Components included in a Kit can be sold as individual items.
3. ShipHero calculates Kit availability based on the inventory of each component.

What is the difference between a kit and a build kit?

There are 2 types of Kits that can be created - a Build Kit or a Regular Kit. 

Build Kit

A Build Kit breaks up the components on each order so that you can pick each SKU individually.  This feature is used for the following scenarios:

• If using the partial shipment feature to send a Kit (example: to send the gift box with only some of the chocolate bars now and then ship the remaining chocolate bars later)
• If the Kit contains additional kits as components (example: combining a 6-pack kit of milk chocolate bars and a 12-pack kit of dark chocolate bars into your 'Chocolate Box Kit')
• If the Kit is not pre-assembled, and you need to send your Pickers to separate locations in the warehouse (example: the milk chocolate bars are in one location and the dark chocolate bars are in another)

Regular Kit

A Regular Kit is more efficient in the warehouse because it allows the picker to pick all components at the same time.  This option would be used if your Kits are already pre-assembled, instead of split up as individual products throughout the warehouse.