How to interlink product variants exceeding the limit?

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

A user encountered Shopify’s 100-variant limit per product, forcing them to split color variants into separate products. They need a solution to interlink these now-separate products back together.

Proposed Solution:

  • Install the “Product Variants” app from the Shopify App Store
  • This app enables creating product groups that interlink multiple products
  • Products can be connected via color swatches or custom design elements

Status: One solution suggested; no confirmation yet on whether it resolves the issue or if alternative approaches exist.

Summarized with AI on October 29. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi there,

my Productvariant are exceeding the Shopify Variant limit of 100 Variants. Therefore each color Variant of a product is now its own product.

How do i now interlink the Variants which are now its own product back together again?

thank you o much for your help

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Hi @betaRigel

You can use app - https://apps.shopify.com/product-variants
Create multiple products group interlink by swatches color or custom design.