How can I increase the variant/SKU limit beyond 100 in DSers and CJ Dropshipping?

Topic summary

A merchant requests the ability to exceed Shopify’s 100 variant/SKU per product limit for use with DSers and CJ Dropshipping, noting that splitting products degrades the storefront experience. They seek a practical workaround to list products with more than 100 variations.

A developer proposes a custom app that bypasses the limit by managing variants in an external database while keeping Shopify as the storefront. Customer selections would query this database, providing a seamless front-end experience without Shopify’s variant cap.

Key elements of the proposed workaround:

  • Own database not bound by Shopify’s 100-variant limit.
  • Linking Shopify products to external variant data.
  • Front end remains unchanged for shoppers.

The merchant asks whether this approach can integrate with DSers and CJ Dropshipping and accurately reflect inventory (show only in-stock SKUs and hide out-of-stock options). They request direct contact to explore implementation.

Status: No resolution yet. The thread pivots toward a potential custom-app solution, pending confirmation of integration and inventory handling.

Summarized with AI on January 12. AI used: gpt-5.

That would be great if it can work with the 2 apps I mentioned. When you say it checks the database, I’m hoping that means it checks the inventory or that is preferably worked in to only show SKUs in/out of stock stock (this automatically shows/doesn’t currently show to the customer if their chosen variation is/isn’t in stock). Please leave your contact information so I can connect with you. Thanks.