--- title: Working with product variants related: - https://docs.kentico.com/k9/e-commerce-features/managing-your-store/products.md - https://docs.kentico.com/k9/e-commerce-features/managing-your-store/products/working-with-product-options.md --- > Agent instructions: > **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown. > > - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version. > - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt). Product variants are combinations of product options from [product option](https://docs.kentico.com/k9/e-commerce-features/managing-your-store/products/working-with-product-options.md) categories of the _Attribute_ type. You can offer and manage the variants as separate products. For example, your on-line store sells T-shirts (products) that are available to your customers in different sizes and colors (combinations of options from two product option categories). Each combination of size and color for a given T-shirt (product variant) has its own SKU (product number), price and stock records. Each variant behaves in the system as a separate product. Or perhaps your store sells sunglasses (products) for women, men and children (a combination of options from a single product option category). Each type of sunglasses (product variant) has its own SKU, price and stock records. Again, each variant behaves in the system as a separate product. > **Tip:** You can manage product variants in the Kentico E-commerce Solution administration interface, as described below. > > You can also manage product variants for selected products in the **Pages** application while editing the corresponding product pages on the **SKU -> Variants** tab. ## Adding variants to products > **Info:** You can add variants only to products that use product options from at least one ENABLED product option category of the **Attribute** type. > > You can [add](https://docs.kentico.com/k9/e-commerce-features/managing-your-store/products/working-with-product-options/creating-and-modifying-product-options.md) such product option categories to your products while editing the products on the **Options -> Option categories** tab. You can add variants to your products in the **Products** application while editing the products on the **Options -> Variants** tab. 1. Click **Define available variants**. 2. Select option categories. - The system allows you to add variants from selected categories only. 3. Select variants. - Your customers can purchase only selected variants from these categories. 4. Click **Save**. ![Defining available variants](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k9/working-with-product-variants/defining_available_variants.png "Defining available variants") Your customers can now purchase the currently edited product in multiple variants. ## Filtering variants The system allows you to view for the current product only variants matching certain search criteria (e.g. a combination of options, variant name, SKU). > **Info:** The system shows all product option categories whose options it uses in the variants (e.g. _Color_, _Size_). > > You can select any options from these categories (e.g. _Black_, _White_, _S_, _M_, _L_), as you specified while selecting [available options for products](https://docs.kentico.com/k9/e-commerce-features/managing-your-store/products/working-with-product-options/creating-and-modifying-product-options.md). 1. Open the **Products** application. 2. **Edit** () a selected product. 3. Switch to the **Options -> Variants** tab. - The system shows all variants available for the current product. ![Viewing all available variants](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k9/working-with-product-variants/available_variants.png "Viewing all available variants") 4. Specify your search criteria. 5. Click **Search**. 6. (Optional) Click **Reset** to view all variants available for the current product. The system shows for the current product only variants matching your search criteria. ![Viewing only selected variants](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k9/working-with-product-variants/viewing_selected_variants.png "Viewing only selected variants") ## Changing the price of multiple variants at once The Kentico E-commerce Solution allows you to change the price of multiple variants of the current product at once. For example, you want to charge the same price for all items of a specific T-shirt in a specific color. 1. Open the **Products** application. 2. **Edit** () a selected product. 3. Switch to the **Options -> Variants** tab. - The system displays all variants available for the current product (if any). 4. Select the variants whose price you want to change (check the respective boxes). 5. Choose **Selected variants** in the left drop-down list. 6. Select **Change price** in the right drop-down list. - The system displays the **New price** field. 7. Enter the new price for the selected variants. ![Changing the price of multiple variants at once](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k9/working-with-product-variants/changing_price_atonce.png "Changing the price of multiple variants at once") 8. Click **OK**. > **Info:** You can change the price of all available variants of the current product at once. > > To do so, select **All variants** in the left drop-down list (Step 5) while following the steps in this subsection. Your customers can now purchase the selected variants of the current product for the new price. ## Modifying variants You can modify product variants in the **Products** application while editing products on the **Options -> Variants** tab. 1. Select a variant and click **Edit** (). 2. Modify the [variant properties](#reference---variant-properties) as required. 3. Click **Save**. You can now use the variant with its updated settings. ## Removing variants You can remove product variants from your on-line store in the **Products** application while editing products on the **Options -> Variants** tab. > **Note:** You cannot remove variants which are used in at least one [order](https://docs.kentico.com/k9/e-commerce-features/managing-your-store/orders.md). ### Removing variants one by one 1. Select a variant. 2. Click **Delete** (). 3. Confirm that you want to remove the variant (**OK**). The system removes the variant from your on-line store. ### Removing multiple variants at once 1. Select the variants you want to remove (check the respective boxes). 2. Choose **Selected variants** in the left drop-down list. 3. Select **Delete** in the right drop-down list. 4. Click **OK**. ![Removing multiple variants at once](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k9/working-with-product-variants/removing_variants_atonce.png "Removing multiple variants at once") > **Info:** You can remove all available variants from the current product at once. > > To do so, select **All variants** in the left drop-down list (Step 2) while following the steps in this subsection. The system removes the selected variants from your on-line store. ## Reference - Variant properties | **General** | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Variant name | The name of the variant that the system displays to your on-line store administrators in the administration interface. | | SKU | Allows you to specify a variant identifier, for example _L-Green_. You can use the identifier in your accounting records, etc. | | Price | Here you can specify the price of the variant in your on-line store [main currency](https://docs.kentico.com/k9/e-commerce-features/configuring-your-store/configuring-currencies.md). | | Allow for sale | Allows you to specify if your customers can purchase the variant. | | **Attributes** | | | Indicates which attributes, i.e. options from option categories of the **Attribute** type, are used in the variant. For example _Color_ and _Size_. | | | **Inventory****Info:** The system offers this section only if the product's **Track inventory** property (**General** tab) is set to _By variants_. | | | Available items | Here you can enter the number of variant items available in stock. | | Reorder at | Indicates at which quantity you/your on-line store administrators should reorder the variant.
The system informs you about variants that you should reorder in the _Inventory_ [report](https://docs.kentico.com/k9/e-commerce-features/managing-your-store/store-reports.md) (in **Store reports -> Products -> Inventory**). You can also configure the **Products widget** (in **Store overview**) to display this information. | | **Shipping** | | | Package weight | Allows you to specify package weight in [units set for your on-line store](https://docs.kentico.com/k9/configuring-kentico/managing-sites/configuring-settings-for-sites/settings-e-commerce.md). | | Package height | Allows you to specify package height in units of your choice. | | Package width | Allows you to specify package width in units of your choice. | | Package depth | Allows you to specify package depth in units of your choice. |