Charge extra for a choice

Some choices cost you more to make. Gift wrapping, a second name, an upgrade to a bigger frame. The Add-on price column lets you charge for those, value by value.

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Setting a price

Type the extra amount into the Add-on price (USD) field on the row. Leave it at 0.00 and the choice costs nothing extra, which is how every value starts. The amount is what gets added on top of your product price, not the new total. If your mug is $20 and you put `5` on the "Add a photo" value, the customer pays$25.

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Prices are entered in US dollars

Whatever currency your store sells in, you type add-on prices here in USD. They are converted into each store’s currency when you publish, and the converted amount is what the customer pays.

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A priced choice cannot be pre-selected

If a value carries an extra charge, it cannot be set as the option’s default. The Choose default list will not let you pick it. This is on purpose, and it is worth understanding rather than working around. A customer who lands on your product page and sees a price should be able to trust that it is the price of what is currently selected. Starting them on a paid upgrade they did not choose is how you end up with abandoned carts and chargebacks.

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Where the charge shows up

The extra appears as part of the line item price when the customer adds to cart, and it carries through to checkout and to the order in your Shopify admin. You do not need to create a separate product or a hidden variant for it.

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Pricing that does not cause support tickets

• Charge for real costs. Surcharges that map onto something the customer can see, like an extra photo or a bigger size, are accepted without complaint. Arbitrary ones are not.
• Say what it is in the label. “Gift box (+$5)” in the label leaves no room for surprise, even though the price is applied automatically.
• Keep the number of paid options small. Three surcharges on one product turns a simple purchase into a pricing puzzle.

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