How to get the variant.ID for a single item product (no variants)

Store Design

Topic summary

How to obtain the variant ID for a single-variant (no options) Shopify product to use in forms or add-to-cart URLs.

Key methods shared:

  • Use Liquid in theme preview: product.variants.first.id, then extract the ID (works but is a workaround).
  • Admin endpoint: /admin/variants.json lists IDs, but only 100 per page (pagination required).
  • Reports: Analytics > Reports > ABC analysis by Product; edit columns to show IDs, then export.
  • Admin product JSON: open the product in admin and append .json to the URL to view data and find the variant ID.
  • PDP URL via cart: add the product to cart, go to the cart, click the product to its page, and read the ?variant=XXXXXXXXXXXX in the URL.

Notes:

  • Even “no variants” products have a single default variant with a unique ID.
  • Some participants find these steps too technical for clients and request Shopify to surface variant IDs or provide a simple tool.

Outcome: No official solution provided; multiple workable user-found methods. Discussion remains open with a call for easier admin support.

Summarized with AI on December 24. AI used: gpt-5.
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This is a bit of a dumb question…

But I need to use the variant.ID for a form but I can’t find an easy way to get the variant.ID of a product that has no variants. The easiest way I can find is using {{ product.variants.first.id }}, view the preview of the page to extract the variant.ID… there has to be a better way? (I need the variant.ID of one product to use on a different product’s page)

This is for products with no variants! So I can’t get it from the URL. I’ve tried a bit of a search on the forum and google but everything is about products with variants.

Do you know the best way?

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Found this, it’ll probably do for now

https://youtstorename.myshopify.com/admin/variants.json

edit: oh no, it only has 100 on a page

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This looks like the best best option for now!

  1. Go to analytics > reports
  2. Under inventory click ABC analysis by Product
  3. Edit the columns to show IDs or whatever info you need
  4. Export
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If you’re happy doing it product by product you can go to the product in the admin then type “.json” at the end of the url

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Thanks for figuring it out! Support had no clue.

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None of these solutions are something I can tell my clients to do. They’ll go crazy. We ALL need Shopify to either create a quick tool that generates add-to-cart urls for one or multiple products (with and without variants) or just make the only variant number part of the url in admin. I mean, this is ridiculous work to just find an id number that they chose to hide from us in the first place for no good reason.

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To find the variant ID for a single product with no variants, follow these steps:

  1. Add the product you want to your cart: Go to the product page and add the product to your cart.
  2. Navigate to your cart: Go to your store’s cart page at https://yourstorename.myshopify.com/cart.
  3. Click on the product: In the cart, click on the product you just added. This will take you to the Product Detail Page (PDP).
  4. Check the URL: In the URL of the PDP, you will see the unique product variant ID. It will look something like this: https://yourstorename.myshopify.com/products/product-name?variant=00000000000000.
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Thank you!