If you sell items with variations, such as patterns or sizes, you can present them as main products with available options. This way, your store visitors can select the variations that match their preferences.
You can define variations for a product when it's created based on your product options. You can still create and edit variations later, but the automatically generated list will reflect the variations in your product options.
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Create variants for a new product
Edit variants for an existing product
Create variants for a new product
- From your store's admin, go to Store → Products.
- Click Create to add a new product.
- Enter the necessary information in the General section.
- Enable the "Yes, this is a product with variants" option.
- In the Product options section, click Add.
- Add the Option Name (e.g., "Color, Size, etc.").
- Add the Option Value (e.g., "XS, S, M, L, XL, etc.").
- Variants are created automatically.
Note:
You can still create and edit variants manually later.
- Click Save as Draft or Continue.
- In the Organization window, configure the following settings: Type (Optional), Collection (Optional), Categories (Optional).
- Click Save as Draft or Continue.
- In the Variants window, configure the following settings: SKU, Managed Inventory, Allow Backorders, Inventory Kit, Price (based on the offered currencies).
Note: The "Managed Inventory" setting is checked by default.
- Repeat these steps for all available variants.
- Click Publish.
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IMPORTANT:
If you have unchecked the "Managed Inventory" box for all or some of the product variants when creating your product, here's how to enable it: Enable the Managed inventory feature for a product→
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Note:
Each time a Variant is added to a product, all its parameters are automatically added to the Inventory column of the Variants window.
To indicate the quantity of items available in stock, click the three-dot icon to the right of the Variants menu and click Edit stock.
- You can also check the Title box in the Variants window.
- Click the Edit stock levels button that appears at the bottom of the table.
- In the window that displays, enable the Stock Location.
- Enter the Quantity in stock pour la variante.
- Click Save.
For more information: Managing inventory →
Editing variants for an existing product
- From your store's admin, go to Store → Products.
- Click the three-dot icon to the right of the product you want to edit.
- Click Edit.
- In the Variants section, click the three-dot icon to the right of the variant.
- These are your options : Edit, go to the inventory item, and Delete.
- Click Edit.
- In the Edit variant window, you can modify the following settings: Title, Material (Optional), Size, and Color.
- Click Save.
- In the Stock & Inventory window, you can configure or modify the following settings: SKU (Optional), EAN (Optional), UPC (Optional), and Barcode (Optional).
- Manage Inventory: This box is enabled by default. When enabled, we will adjust the inventory quantity for you when orders and returns are created.
Learn more: Managing inventory →
- Allow back orders: When enabled, customers can purchase the variant even if there is no quantity available.
- Click Save.
- In the Attributes window, configure the following settings: Height, Width, Length, Weight, MID Code, HS Code, and Country of Origin.
- Click Save.
Learn more: Product details guide →