A product can have many variants. Variants make it easy to sell multiple similar items while only managing a single product listing.
For example, you may sell a t-shirt that comes in two colors and three sizes. Instead of managing six product listings, you can manage a single product with six variants.
Before you can create variants for a product, you need to create at least one option type and option value for your store.
The customer can choose any variant of a product from the storefront.
In our t-shirt example, the product has six variants that customers can pick:
| Variant | Color | Size |
|---|---|---|
|
Variant
1
|
Color
Red
|
Size
Small
|
|
Variant
2
|
Color
|
Size
Medium
|
|
Variant
3
|
Color
|
Size
Large
|
|
Variant
4
|
Color
Green
|
Size
Small
|
|
Variant
5
|
Color
|
Size
Medium
|
|
Variant
6
|
Color
|
Size
Large
|
You can create option types and option values for any variant that you want to create. In addition to Size and Color, you may want to offer Material, Quantity, or other option types.
If you have products with many variants, you can filter the list of variants by entering a partial SKU or the name of an Option Value.
For example, if you want to see all of the variants with the size Small, you
could use "small" as a search term. Or, if you have a range of SKUs, like
ROR-125000 to ROR-125099, you could use "ror-1250" as a search term.
A variant uses its product's product details . However, the variant can also have its own details, which may different from the product's values. The following variant details can optionally be added or overridden from the product:
When you add or edit a variant, you can set which combination of option values the variant represents.
You can set the available option types in the product's product details .
Note that if you do not assign any option values to the variant, it may not appear on the storefront and customers would never be able to buy the variant.