# Product options
Produktoptionen sind eine mächtige Möglichkeit, mit welcher Sie Ihren Kunden Konfigurationsmöglichkeiten anbieten können. Produktoptionen können in mehreren Produkten verwendet werden und können direkt die [Moduleinstellungen](https://docs.hostware.io/hosting/manage-products#module) des Produktes überschreiben. Dadurch können Sie z.B. VPS-Konfiguratoren etc. festlegen.
## Gruppierung
Produktoptionen können der Übersicht halber gruppiert werden. Diese Gruppierung ist für den Endkunden nicht sichtbar.
## Create product option
You can create product options with minimal properties. After creation, you will be automatically redirected to the editing view, where you can fully configure the product option.
{% hint style="info" %}
As long as the product option has not been explicitly assigned to a product, it is not visible to the end customer.
{% endhint %}
## Edit product option
### General settings
Give the product option a name that will be displayed to the end customer during the ordering process. You can also customize the product option with various properties.
### Different types
#### Text
The customer has a text input. Define the minimum and maximum length.
We can make this product option to be validated as a URL. If the given value is not a URl, awarning is shown to the customer:
Similarly, we can make the field value to validate to a certain Regex pattern which you define:
Product options of text type can also be defined to display as a textarea with a certain number of lines defined by you, as you can see below:
#### Number, Slider
The customer has a number field. Define the minimum and maximum number as well as the increments. You can define a price and setup price per unit and the calculation and display with additional settings.
#### Checkbox, Radio, Dropdown
You can create multiple options and delete them again. Each option has a display name and API value. The latter is transferred to the module as a technical value. (e.g., display: 1 GB DDR5 RAM, API value: 1024)
## Assign
You can assign the product options in the settings for the [respective product](https://docs.hostware.io/hosting/products/manage-products).
