Products by the metre?

I got a shop. it sells rope! thats all! By the metre. we also sell splices and add fittings to yacht ropes.
I set up the products, but, we sell by the metre. So you add a rope at £1 per metre. to splice is another £1 on top. But I added this to the option section, but it adds the cost to every metre added, and not on top of the total.

So 5 metres of rope @ £1 = £5 splice is £1 so it is £6 total, but cart calculates it at £10 as it is adding splice to every metre.

Anyone got any suggestions, am at the end of my rope :-]

If you set the product price at £1, then you should be able to set up your options as 1m = +£1, 2m = +£2, 3m = +£3, etc. Or you could set the product price at £2, and set your options as 1m = £0, 2m = +£1, 3m = +£2, etc.

Thanks for taking the time to respond. I see where you are going but the optional items should be added to the end cost so 5m @ £1 = £5.00 to splice it is a total cost to add of £10. but this was it still adds £10 to every metre!

Unless someone comes up with a proper solution, you could use "Related Products" as a workaround. If you sell splices and fittings as related products or as a related bundled product, you will end up being only at the "middle" of your rope, no longer at its "end."

I would also put a big reminder in the rope's product description reminding the customer to purchase splices and fittings.

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