Create custom product type in Magento – As you know, in Magento, there are 6 product types:
– Simple products
– Configurable products
– Grouped products
– Bundle products
– Virtual products
– Downloadable products

In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a custom product type in Magento. If you don’t have your own module, please create a simple one following this post.

To create a new product type, we need to do:
– Edit your config.xml file to declare your new product type
– Create a model for your product type
– Create a model for your product type price

Let’s do it step by step.

1. Edit your config.xml file.

Open file /app/code/local/YourVendor/YourModule/etc/config.xml and add content:

– ‘special‘ is your product type code.
– ‘yourmodule/catalog/product/type/special‘ is your product type model.
– ‘yourmodule/catalog/product/type/special‘ is your product type price model.

2. Create product type model.

Create new file /app/code/local/YourVendor/YourModule/Model/Catalog/Product/Type/Special.php with content:

3. Create product type price model

Create new file /app/code/local/YourVendor/YourModule/Model/Catalog/Product/Type/Sepecial/Price.php with content:

In those 2 classes, you can override some functions of Magento core product type. You can find parent classes at:
/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Product/Type/Abstract.php
/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Product/Type/Price.php
At last, refresh all cache types and try to create a new product to check if Magento recognized your new product type.

 

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