Other product selling opportunities

If you've ever shopped online, you've no doubt seen merchants that offer suggested products or present other related items to those you're considering or purchasing. These selling opportunities are available to you as a Magento merchant.

Each of the following product selling features are configured in the Product Detail screen under the Advanced Settings section. Each one has particular features and purposes.

Related products

Related products are those that you wish to present to customers as additional purchases to include when adding a viewed product to their shopping cart. In other words, if a customer is interested in Product A, they may also want to purchase Product B and Product C at the same time.

As you can see, a customer may select one or more related items to include with the product they are currently viewing.

Upsell products

By contrast, upsell products are those to be considered as alternatives to the product the customer is viewing. That is, if...