What are variants?
Variants are simply different versions of the same item.
If your ecommerce website sold clothes, for example, you might have a red skirt that is available in sizes 6, 8, 10, 12, and so on. These different sizes are all variants.
Variants are an easy and effective way of giving clients important information about your items. They are there to distinguish between different versions of the same item. Being able to offer not just one item but, say, 10 different versions of the same item makes your shop much more dynamic and increases chances of customers making purchases on your website.
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Variants are simply different versions of the same item.
If your ecommerce website sold clothes, for example, you might have a red skirt that is available in sizes 6, 8, 10, 12, and so on. These different sizes are all variants.
Open the editor, click on Basket, and enter the Items section.
Scroll down until you find the Variants section and open it up.
Choose an item you want to apply variants to and click on the blue Edit button.
You can have three different variant option types (e.g. size, colour, weight) for each item.
Each variant option can have up to 20 values. So, if needed, a skirt could be made available in 20 different colours by using the Variants option.
In the top-left field, insert the name of this particular variant option (e.g. size, colour, weight).
If needed, enter an instructive message of some kind that will sit underneath the variants for this option.
Enter anywhere up to 20 values for this variant option, separating each one with commas.
So, for example, I would add size 6, 8, 10 and so on for the variant option of Size.
If you sell items you can change the advertised price of the main option variation.
You may, for example, want to sell the larger version at a higher price.
Leaving the variant's field blank will mean that it adopts the overall price given nearer the top of the page.
Once you have created a variant option and added its associated variants, click Save and view.
As you can see, the variant option - Size - and its associated variants - 6, 8, 10 - have been added, along with the elevated price for the largest size.
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