Variant Matrix

Overview

Product variants let one product listing cover all size/color/material combinations — each with its own price, SKU, and inventory. Platforms generate the full matrix of combinations from your option values and handle the variant selector UI automatically. The main tasks are: entering options correctly, generating all SKUs, setting per-variant pricing and inventory, and managing large matrices efficiently.

When to Use This Skill

• When modeling apparel, footwear, or accessories where products have multiple option axes
• When importing products from a supplier CSV with flat variant rows that need to be grouped
• When building an admin interface for merchants to manage variant pricing and inventory
• When a variant selector on the product page needs to disable unavailable combinations

Core Instructions

Step 1: Determine platform and understand the variant model