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Configurable Product

Create a configurable product with selectable variations, then set its pricing, inventory, shipping weight, and images.

  1. Go to Product List > New Product and select Configurable Product.
  2. Enter the product information and choose the pricing, inventory, and shipping weight settings described below.
  3. Add variation Attributes and values in Variations, then create or link the Simple Products for each combination.
  4. Set variation prices, quantities, and images where applicable.

A configurable product groups Simple Products (the individual purchasable variations) under one product page. See product types for an example.

See Creating Products - Product Types for more about configurable products.

Product Information

Enter the product name, SKU, description, and visibility in Product Information. The Simple Product guide explains these shared fields, including which are required.

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SKU on the Configurable Product

The configurable product's SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) may be a style code or matrix ID rather than the SKU of a shippable item. Its Simple Product variations have their own SKUs.

The SKU in Product Information is used to generate variation SKUs.

Images

Upload the parent product's images in Images. Its main image appears where the product is listed; additional images appear in the product page gallery. Use the Simple Product guide for image upload, ordering, and main-image controls.

To show an image associated with a customer's selection, see Variation Images below.

Pricing

Choose Fixed pricing if every variation should have the same price. Choose Custom pricing to enter prices for individual variations in the Variations section.

With Custom pricing, set a Default Price for category listings, search results, and the product page before a customer selects a variation. See Configurable Product Advanced Pricing for Special, Group, and Tier pricing behavior.

Optional: Sale, Group and Tier Pricing

Use Special, Group, or Tier pricing when you need sale prices, customer-group prices, or quantity-based prices. With Fixed pricing, variations share these prices; with Custom pricing, manage them on the variations. Custom Special, Group, and Tier prices appear after the customer selects a variation. See Configurable Product Advanced Pricing for the available controls.

Inventory & Shipping

Inventory

Choose Track Inventory on this product's Variations to manage stock by variation. The configurable product remains in stock while at least one variation is in stock; it becomes out of stock when all variations are out of stock.

Choose Do not track Inventory on this product's Variations if you do not manage stock. The configurable product and its variations then remain in stock. To stop offering a specific variation without tracking stock, uncheck it in the Variations section. See Configurable, Bundle And Grouped Product Inventory for more detail.

Shipping Weight

Choose Fixed shipping weight to use one weight entered on the configurable product for shipping-rate calculations. Choose Custom to use the selected Simple Product variation's weight instead. With Custom, enter a weight for each variation in the field that appears in Variations. See Shipping Weight Calculation for Configurable Products for calculation details.

Optional: Advanced Inventory Settings

Set minimum or maximum quantities, quantity increments, or decimal quantities when your variations need purchasing limits. See Inventory & Shipping for the available settings and configurable product inventory for variation-level inventory options.

Variations

Use Variations to offer choices such as Size and Color. Each variation links to a Simple Product with its own SKU and, when inventory tracking is enabled, its own quantity.

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Variations are derived from Attributes

Create a Drop-Down Attribute (a reusable set of selectable values, such as Size) in Products > Attributes before adding variations. Its values appear as options on the product; you can also add a new value from the product screen. You can reuse the same Attribute across products.

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Sorting Variations

To change the order of variation options, go to Products > Attributes, open the Attribute, and reorder its values. The order is set on the Attribute, not on the individual product.

Creating Variations

  1. In Variations, select a Drop-Down Attribute and add the values you want to offer, such as the available sizes. Repeat for any additional variation Attributes.
  2. Review the resulting combinations before proceeding: a configurable product supports up to 250 variation SKUs.
  3. Use the generated Simple Product variations, or link existing Simple Products as described below. Update variation-specific details after generation where needed.
Adding variation values to a configurable product

Link Products

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Linking Products: Super Attributes

The configurable product's variation values must match the corresponding Custom Attribute values on each Simple Product before you can link it. The variation Attributes on the configurable product must be Drop-Down type.

To use an existing Simple Product as a variation:

  1. Open the configurable product and go to Variations > Link Products.
  2. Select a valid Simple Product whose Custom Attributes contain the required variation values.
  3. Confirm that each linked variation has a unique combination of Attribute values. Duplicate combinations cannot be linked to the same configurable product.

See Linking Simple Products to Configurable Products as Variations for the illustrated linking workflow and CSV option.

Configurable SKU Variation Values

Simple SKU Custom Attribute

Variation Pricing

With Fixed pricing, all variations share the configured price. With Custom pricing, enter each variation's price in Variations; use Update All to change prices across variations or Options to set Special, Group, or Tier prices on a variation. See Configurable Product Advanced Pricing for screenshots and details.

Variation Inventory

If you chose Track Inventory on this product's Variations, enter each variation's Quantity in Variations. Use the Options control below a quantity field for variation-level inventory options, or Update All at the top of the column to change multiple variations. See Configurable, Bundle And Grouped Product Inventory for the available options.

Variation Images

Assign an image to a variation in Variations to show it when a customer selects that variation. Enable Swatches in Web Settings > Product Settings > Swatches for variation image switching to work; the Swatches guide explains how to enable Swatches and configure their Attributes.

Optional: Displaying Variation Image Gallery on Configurable Product Page

By default, the product image gallery displays the images assigned to the parent Configurable Product.

To display the images associated with the selected Simple Product instead, enable Change Gallery Images on Variation Select on Product Page under Products > Settings.

When enabled, selecting a variation updates the product image gallery to display the images assigned to that Simple Product. This allows customers to view multiple images specific to their selected variation, rather than only the images assigned to the parent Configurable Product.

Categories

Assign the configurable product to the categories where customers should find it. Search for existing categories or use View Category Tree to select several; see Simple Product for the shared category controls.

Custom Attributes

Use Custom Attributes to add information for filtering, search, or display on the product page. For variation choices, use Drop-Down Attributes in Variations and match those values on linked Simple Products. See Simple Product for the shared Custom Attributes controls.

Optional: Customizations

Add product customizations if customers need to specify information beyond the variation choices. On configurable product pages, Customizations appear above Variations. See Creating Custom Options for setup instructions.

Optional: Related Products

Add related products when you want to show customers other products alongside this configurable product. See Setting Up Related Products for setup instructions.

Search Engine Preview (SEO)

Review the search preview for the configurable product. Its SEO information is initially filled from the product name, URL, and overview; select Edit to change the meta title or description. See Simple Product for the shared SEO fields.

Optional: Design

The Design tab appears only when your theme has multiple product page templates. If available, select the template for this product; see Multiple Product Page Templates for details.

To add choices to a product you've already created, see Adding Variations to Existing Configurable Products.

Updated 13 days ago

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