Is it possible to add a product as a variant in another product?

Topic summary

A user wants to link product variants (e.g., different colored shoes) so that clicking a variant opens its own dedicated product page, rather than staying on a single product page with variant selectors.

Proposed Solutions:

  • Product Colors app: Recommended for linking products of different colors using swatches, allowing each color to exist as a distinct product while appearing connected.

  • Simple Material app: Originally designed for raw material inventory, but can repurpose variants into standalone products while keeping inventory synced between the variant and its product page.

  • Manual implementation: One user suggests this can be achieved without apps by following a YouTube tutorial.

Additional Questions:

A follow-up question asks whether these solutions work for dropshipping scenarios where products come from different suppliers but need to be combined into one product listing with automated fulfillment. This remains unanswered.

The original poster expressed gratitude for the initial app recommendation.

Summarized with AI on November 10. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Hi @imarsaal

What you would need is this app: Product Colors - Link your products of different colors using swatches. | Shopify App Store

Where variants can be combined on one page but each are distinct and in other products. Let me know if I got your idea correctly here.

Cheers!

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