One product with multiple variants (draft or disable a variant)

[rashednaber]

So basically I have an item that I am selling for example a shoe model which has multiple colors and sizes.

In another shipment which arrives in a month I want to add the new color of this shoe model in my system but I dont want to activate it not until it arrives.

If it was a completely new model I can draft it.

If its a new variant of an item thats already active I dont think I can deactivate it until it actually arrives and becomes available in stock. Is there a way to do that?

Thanks!

[mstrohFG]

I'm interested in this, too. @rashednaber - Have you found a solution yet? I was wondering if adding a variant-level metafield object with a boolean value would do it. E.g., metafield object "Hidden" = true.

[rashednaber]

Hi MstrohFG,

I havent really found a solution yet but Im only adding these as soon as the shipment arrives which is not ideal.

[rashednaber]

Im not sure if I exactly got what you meant but Im wondering if this worked for you.

[atomix]

This is a common request to Shopify. There's no GOOD way to do this apart from template edits and a metafield that you check on page load. It's a massive oversight. There are plugins that hide 0-stock SKUs but nothing exactly for what you want.  They're all hacks.

[rashednaber]

Hi Atomix,

Can you please recommend such plugins?