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We have a challenge for which we need your help :-)

We have a client in the carpet industry.
They sell their products per squared meter (m2) or per unit or per running meter (rm).

Squared meter example: Floor tiles
Unit example: Carpet
Running meter sample: Linoleum floor

In the ecom back-end of DynamicWeb we have a price field.
We thought we could make a custom field 'price type' in which you can select if the given price is valid for unit/m2/rm.
But that would give us troubles in the cart, we think.

How can a customer select 5,15 running meters of a product?
Can you select 5,15 as an amount value for a product?

Then there's our problem with m2, as you might know the prices in the floor coverings (wood/linoleum/carpet) ar mentioned per m2, but can't be bought exactly per m2, a package allways contains x.x m2.

I can imagine these problems occurred before, do you have any experience with this and can you push us in the right direction?
We would be greatful.

Rob Lohmann & Peter Leleulya
Innovadis BV