When Will Shopify's 2000 Variant Limit Be Available?

[theek]

I heard that Shopify now allows up to 2000 variants per product and more than 3 options. However, I don’t see this option available in my admin panel yet. Is this feature not rolled out to all users yet? If so, does anyone know the exact date it will be available?

I stopped using 3rd-party apps because they create virtual options that don't track inventory, and I was hoping the new Shopify update would resolve this issue for me.

[szoki]

I change to other platform becouse of variant limit. I came back when the limit rise to 2000. becouse is the most basic """feature""" as a clothing brand seller. 100 variant is like nothing.

[AestheteStudio]

It would be really nice to get an estimate of when this update will be available since it was announced over a year ago. I've been holding off implementing a workaround for the 100 variant limit because I thought 2000 variants and more than 3 options was just around the corner...

If it's going to be another 2 years before the product variant limit is increased I'd rather know so I can just use a workaround.

[KLC]

10000% agree. This is so frustrating not knowing when it will be released. I too am about to launch a site on Shopify (it is in development) and I am going to have to implement a workaround only to delete that workaround when it comes out and hopefully that is not in my busy season. I am so frustrated with the lack of communication about this apparently EXTREMELY anticipated change. Shopify needs to do better about releasing information on release dates. 

[AestheteStudio]

@Shopify Any information on this?

[PeterV]

same… waiting for this update.

[kmac]

@Shopify Any updates on this? We were expecting the 2000 Variants to be released in January, as per comms from Shopify last year. 

[AestheteStudio]

@Shopify Any information on this feature's release would be appreciated.

[Ben310]

Shopify communbity team is all laid off

[Liquify]

I think it's technically possible soon tbh. From the docs:

As of the 2025-01 version of the GraphQL Admin API, you can now use a limit of up to 2000 variants when running a query on a single product, such as product or productByHandle. This enhanced limit does not apply if you make multiple queries in one request, or are accessing the variants any other way except through the variants connection.

https://shopify.dev/changelog/enhanced-variant-query-limits-for-single-product-queries

it's still in developer preview
but all apps are being forced to update 
and themes will need to update too I believe
it's no small change

I'm assuming we can use this via an app from the app store in April.

[kmac]

That is somewhat promising, except that Shopify said it would be January and I am about to update our Theme for a web dev project. 

This feature should have bee in place years ago, that and more variant options. The limitations on these 2 for our requirement for exact SKU sync to our inventory system is big and we have had to do so many workarounds that ultimately impact UX and SEO. Not ideal. 

[Liquify]

I know your pain (been a Shopify expert for over 10 years). But it's basically done Shopify's side now - it's on the app developers from what I see.

[PeterV]

So this won't be native to Shopify and we'll have to get a 3rd party app to get around the limit?

[AestheteStudio]

Seems strange for an app to be necessary for them to raise the product variant limit. Wouldn't this just be a change to the Shopify product area?

[Liquify]

That was my understanding based on past messages in our team however I just checked dev preview and indeed you can add 2048 in Shopify admin. Perhaps that was an earlier preview we were looking at where it was only via api - so yeah, no need for an app to manage from the looks of things. But apps are needing to update to cater for this change.

[Liquify]

I'd imagine that many people will be using an app like matrixify - I wouldn't like to be managing product sets that large in the Shopify admin.

[AestheteStudio]

Ahaha yeah, was just thinking the same thing. Managing that many products without a spreadsheet of some sort would be a nightmare.

[Renars]

Hi @Liquify 

Thank you for mentioning Matrixify.

Indeed you will be able to use Matrixify also for the increased variant limits. Matrixify can already handle the increased variant limit API changes so if needed you can try it out in a store where this limit is already increased such as the dev preview store.

And if anything comes up - let us know!

[GiorgioRed]

How do we access the 2048 variants in Shopify? I'm just setting up my store and 100 variants doesn't work for me either but I can't get past 100 on my trial products! Happy to hire you to make it happen 🙂

[Liquify]

I'd contact Shopify support to see if they can activate it or have a timeframe - I only have access in dev preview.  To my knowledge it's not active on any client store yet but I've not checked all.

[JR-TMR]

@Liquify , does that allow you to help a store access and utilize the 2K variant if you are working on it?

This years-long delay is ridiculous... They have talked about it for too long, many other platforms haven't had this kind of restriction on quantity for years. Shopify needs to get on with it and launch the feature already.

[Liquify]

@JR-TMR nope - sorry. As devs we get access to features before they become public but we can't make them public - it's for testing & building things.

Regardless of how stupid the original decision was to use 100 variants and 3 options (we've been annoyed with it for over a decade).  The problem here is that it was done this way and a lot of things are built around it being that way. There's app and theme changes here to co-ordinate with 3rd parties which is no small task. There's some quite fundamental changes being enforced and I think is where the delay is. 

[familycrafts]

This was promised in the Shopify Editions in early 2024 but then nothing since. I don’t understand why they promote something then years go by with no update. Shopify is the worst for keeping customers updated, they never respond to any threads we just get left in the dark.