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title: "Options"
description: "In this page, the information to add new custom options are given"
url: "https://docs.j2commerce.com/catalog/options"
markdown_url: "https://docs.j2commerce.com/catalog/options.md"
last_updated: "2026-10-23T02:33:38+00:00"
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# Options

In this page, the information to add new custom options are given

## Unique Name

A unique name should be given for every option since ambiguity should not arise out of that. Otherwise, if two options have same name, things would mess up.

## Display / Presentation

What is given here will be displayed for that option.

## Type

There are 9 types of options available in J2Commerce/J2Store. Of the 9, 3 options have multiple option values. Here is how it goes…

1. Dropdown
2. Radio
3. Checkbox

**Dropdown** will have a select list and the available options will be listed. Usually only one option is selected from the list.

- E.g., if a country is to be selected from a list, one can select only one from the list.

**Radio** In this option, all the available options will be shown in the screen and only one option can be selected.

- E.g., to choose the Gender of a person, normally Radio buttons are used and obviously only one can be selected at a time.

**Checkbox** This option provides facility to select multiple options at a time.

- E.g., if the products are listed and asked to select, multiple check boxes can be checked simultaneously to select the products.

If these options are selected from the list, then a new row of fields will appear to enter the option values for the selected option. Any number of option values can be added to the selected option.

![Option of the type checkbox](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/doc-images/catalog/options/options-checkbox.png)

Other available options are:

- Text
- Textarea
- File
- Date
- Time
- DateTime

For these options, setting up of option values is not possible.

**Important Note:** Except *Dropdown* and *Radio*, all other options are available only in **J2Commerce PRO** version.

Also, the images set for the options would only be visible for radio type options and not others.

## Limitations

NOTE: The variable product type alone does NOT support Text, Textarea, File, Date, Datetime and time option types.

In other words variable product type supports only Radio and Dropdown option types.

## Video Tutorials:

Here are videos that could help you create options and associate them with products:

[![Watch the video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qCAg-auEoHg/hqdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCAg-auEoHg)

[![Watch the video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/12WWF5vU7s0/hqdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12WWF5vU7s0)

[![Watch the video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9bLm8obOcn0/hqdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bLm8obOcn0)

## Pages

- [How to create options and add them to your products](https://docs.j2commerce.com/catalog/options/how-to-create-options-and-add-them-to-your-products.md): Who doesn’t prefer choices when they wish to buy their favorite t-shirt ? Obviously, your users would love when the products have additional options.
- [Import product options](https://docs.j2commerce.com/catalog/options/import-product-options.md): If an option is created and set already for any one of your products, you can also import it here rather create again.