Hi

Standard work flow is VM product in a gallery of products >> choose product and quantity, its variables and make transaction.

However my proposed work flow allows the client to chooses an aspect ( say an image froma gallery) of a set of VM products say ( T shirt tyoes or print sizes) to be printed and then then to order and pay for it.

The actual product being paid for is not the image but the T shirt, poster (and its various sizes), or fixed products that can have the image on it.

I have not yet seen a plugin that allows linking, say image gallery item to a VM product in thsi way.

Photography sites also (so far no such add on in joomla) allow you to choose the photo and then order print sizes.
One example is here: http://www.photographyorders.com/

The invoice and the order needs to have reference to the image name or reference number and/or thumbnail.

K2, K2 mart and VM process does not allow for this work flow.

This can be used for a variety of site that sell printed T shirts, posters, playing card sets, ...

Combined with a joomla based VM affiliate package, this can be a very powerful alternative to the small photograhy, fineart, print and t shirt businesses.

I hope the idea is clear and I'd appreciate any feedback on what you think.

Regards
Mike