How should an awning shop price add-ons like a motor or a winter cover on Shopify?

Some awning add-ons cost you the same on every size and some grow with the awning, and a flat price on the wrong one loses money on big awnings or overcharges on small ones. Shoppers notice: in Baymard Institute's research, "extra costs too high" is the top reason given for leaving a checkout, at 40%.

How should an awning shop price add-ons like a motor or a winter cover on Shopify?

Match the price rule to how the add-on is made. Something that costs you the same on every awning, such as a motor and remote or wall brackets, gets a fixed amount. Anything cut to size, such as a winter cover, gets a price per metre or per square metre of the size the customer chose. A choice that scales with the whole job can be a percentage. Show each add-on's price for the customer's own size before they tick it, and charge exactly that at checkout. The Inchy app prices add-ons in all of these ways.

The add-ons step in the demo at 420 cm wide. The winter cover line says "Cut to 420 cm" and is priced for that width.

Which add-ons should be fixed and which should follow the size?

Go through your add-ons and ask one question: does this cost me more on a bigger awning? In the demo price list, LED lights in the arms are £149.00 and a motor and remote is £280.00 on any size. The winter cover is cut to the width, so it is £60.00 at 250 cm, £92.40 at 420 cm and £127.60 at 580 cm. If your own motor price changes with the width, give it a price per metre instead. Change the width on the live demo and watch the cover price move.

Options work the same way. A frame colour can add a fixed amount (anthracite adds £60.00 in the demo), a better fabric can add an amount per square metre, and a premium finish can add a percentage. Inchy takes a fixed amount, an amount per metre or square metre, or a percentage for any option.

Why not set up add-ons as Shopify options or separate products?

Shopify allows three options per product, and an awning has used them up on width, projection and cover before anyone mentions a motor. Each variant also has one fixed price, so a cover that should cost more on a wider awning would need its own variant for every width. That is how one awning ends up needing tens of thousands of combinations, as how to sell made to measure awnings on Shopify shows.

Selling add-ons as separate products gets round the limit but breaks the price: a separate winter cover product does not know how wide the awning is, so it has one price for every size.

How should the motor choice be shown?

As a clear choice with a picture, not a tick box at the bottom of the page. The demo shows three cards: hand crank, motor and remote at £280.00 more, and motor and wind sensor at £390.00 more, with the note "Closes itself in strong wind". The price on each card is the difference from what is chosen now, so once a shopper picks the motor, the hand crank card shows £280.00 less.

How do you sell add-ons together without confusing the price?

Put them in a set with one clear saving. The demo's Evening comfort pack is LED lights and a winter cover cut to the width, 15% off: £205.19 instead of £241.40 at 420 cm. Because the cover inside it follows the width, the set price follows the width too.

When the shopper adds the set, the breakdown shows each part at its set price: LED lights £126.65 and the winter cover £78.54, with "You save £36.21 with the set" under the total of £2,098.14. Sets like this come with Bundle kits, and add-ons priced for the size, both part of the Made to measure plan at $99 a month.

In Baymard Institute's research, 12% of shoppers who left a checkout said they could not see or work out the total cost up front. A breakdown like this answers that before the checkout, and why checkout prices can differ from the product page covers what the checkout must do next.

Questions and answers

Can an add-on be priced per square metre?

Yes. Options and add-ons can add a fixed amount, an amount per metre or square metre, or a percentage.

Do add-ons show on the production sheet?

Yes. They are listed under "Goes with it" on the sheet and on the daily work list, for example "LED arm lights × 1, Winter cover × 1". See how to print a production sheet for made to order orders.

Do I need Bundle kits to sell add-ons?

No. Add-ons priced for the size work on their own. Bundle kits are only for sets sold together at a saving, and both come with the Made to measure plan.

Can a shopper order a fabric sample before they buy?

Yes. A sample button sits under the cover choices and names the cover they picked.

What does it cost?

$99 a month on the Made to measure plan, with unlimited products, every look and style and Bundle kits, billed by Shopify with no fee per order.

Set up your own awning with your motor, cover and bracket prices and see every add-on priced for the size. See Inchy and try the live builder. Start the 7-day free trial on the Shopify App Store.

Sources

• Baymard Institute, Cart abandonment rate statistics: "extra costs too high" 40%, "couldn't see or calculate total order cost up front" 12%; page updated 22 September 2025.

• Shopify Help Center, Adding variants: up to three options and up to 2,048 variants per product.

• Inchy live demo: sample UK add-on, option and set prices at 250, 420 and 580 cm wide, read on 21 October 2026.

Written with AI. Every figure is checked against the sources listed above.