Variants and options

A variant is one version of a product that you can sell and count on its own, such as a medium black T-shirt. Options are what the variants differ by, such as Size and Colour.

Options can be anything

Size and Colour are only examples. You name the options yourself, so a phone could have Storage with values 128 GB and 256 GB, a candle could have Scent, and a print could have Frame. A product can have up to five options.

Generate the combinations

1. 1Open a product (or add a new one) and choose Has variants for its type.
2. 2Under Generate variants from options, add an option, give it a name such as Size, and type its values separated by commas, such as S, M, L.
3. 3Add more options if you need them, for example Colour with Black, White.
4. 4Press the button that says how many variants it will add. Every combination becomes a variant: S, M and L with Black and White gives six.

Combinations you already have are skipped, so it's safe to generate again after adding a new value. You can add up to 100 new variants in one go.

Edit a variant

Each variant is a row under the product's Variants. Press Edit on a row to change it. Every variant has its own:

• Price, and the compare-at price if it's on sale.
• SKU, your own stock code for that version.
• Stock, counted separately for each variant. See Keeping track of stock.
• Barcode, if you use one for product feeds or scanners.
• Option values, which you can change with Edit options.

Delete any combination you don't sell. Deleting a variant removes it from your store.

A photo for each option

Under each photo on the product, you can choose an option, for example Colour: Red. Your store then shows that photo when a shopper picks Red. Choose All options for photos that apply to every version.

Variants from a spreadsheet

In a CSV import, give every variant of a product the same slug, one row each, and name the options in an options column, such as "Size=M; Colour=Red".