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In-depth guide regarding Additional Options feature

Basic understanding of Additional Options


An Additional Option is an extra selection that appears only in the Personalization Form. It does not add any layer to the artwork design.


You can use Additional Options to:

  • Add a question to Personalized Form



  • Add an extra level of options

For example: You want customers to select a hair color before choosing a hairstyle. You can use an Additional Option to let customers select their preferred hair color first. The hairstyle options will then appear based on the selected color.



The Additional Option itself will not be rendered in the Order Design because it serves only as a placeholder for an extra selection displayed in the Personalization Form and does not create an actual artwork layer. You will need to add other layer types and set their conditions based on the Additional Options you create.


Step-by-step to create Additional Options


In this section, we will walk you through one of the most common use cases: allowing customers to choose from a set of hair colors, then select from different hairstyles available for each hair color.


Step 1. Create an Additional Option category


  • Go to Assets ➡ Additional Option ➡ Click on the button New Category



  • Enter the name for option category, then click + Create button


  • Start creating new option by entering name of the first option in Item name ➡ click +Add new to confirm and save this new option



  • Create all options in this category. Drag and drop to re-order the options.



Additional option supports only one level of category.



Display methods of additional option


There are 3 ways to display additional options on personalization form:






Step 2: Set up clipart categories


  • Go to Clipart Categories page ➡ click on + New category, and name it as Hair - by color
  • Under the Hair - by color category, create 3 subcategories: Black, Blond, and Red.


  • Under each hair color subcategory, create another level of subcategories for hairstyles, such as Bun, Shoulder length, and Long length.

Then, upload the corresponding cliparts to each hairstyle subcategory:



Step 3: Set up multi-level selection for layers in Artwork Editor


3.1. Add the Additional Option to the Artwork


  • Go to Artworks tab, click + New artwork or select an existing artwork to edit.



  • In Artwork Editor, click the + Layer button. Under Select a layer type, choose Additional Options.



  • Link the layer to the Additional Option category created in Step 1, or Use an existing global option.



You can create an Additional Option category using Global Options to reuse the same options across multiple artworks. For more details, refer to this article: Global Options feature - Reuse options across artworks.


  • Mark this option as required to avoid customer to mis-select this option:



  • Choose default value for your additional option. In this example, we will show red hair color as default so we choose Red:



3.2. Add condition for Hair layer to create multi-level selection


  • Upload a hair layer and name it after the color of hair. For example: Hair - Black:



  • Resize and reposition the hair layer as needed. Then, configure its personalization settings. In this example, select 1 Group of clipart categories to create a multi-level selection, then choose the parent category Black.



  • Reposition cliparts and add extra information like Mark as required, Title and Placeholder. (Learn more about Personalization settings)


  • Now, open Conditional Setting ➡ in Conditional Setting field, select layer Hair color then choose option Black



  • Upload 2 same hairstyles, but with different color in blond and red. Resize and move it to the same position as black hair. Repeat the above steps for setup.


For Blond hair layer:



For Red hair layer:



You can click on the eye icon to temporarily toggle off the other Hair Layers for easier working


  • Continue to add condition for the 2 layers Blond and Red you have uploaded. Choose the corresponding options for them as below


For Blond hair layer:



For Red hair layer:



  • Now, choose a hairstyle that you want to display as first load on storefront. Since your hairstyles are added condition, so you need to enable Show this layer on first load for a hairstyle. Or else, hair won't show on storefront.


Enable this option for ONLY 1 hairstyle, or else other hairstyles will also be shown on storefront.


In this example, we will show red hairstyle as first load on storefront:



This is a very important step as it will affect how your default Artwork appear on the Storefront. Please view the comparison below.



On the left image, there is no Show this layer on first load, and the Hair will not load.



  • Click Save and done.


Step 4: Check result on storefront



Remember to check the field order before launching campaign.


  • View product page, click on some options to see muli-level of hair selection:


After selecting hair color option, layer Blond and group of Blond hair cliparts are showed


Select a hairstyle category, cliparts are showed



You can use this method with other cases of setup multi-level selection as well. E.g. set up skin layer and body, choose a pet (dog or cat) in template, number of people in template, pet baby (puppy or kitty), etc.


If you need further help with this kind of setup, feel free to direct us via live chat in portal.



Updated on: 06/11/2026

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