Line 56-76: Validation failed: The variant '-' already exists. Please change

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Topic summary

Importing products via CSV into Shopify fails with variant-duplication errors (e.g., “Line 83-92: Validation failed: The variant ‘x’ already exists. Please change at least one option value.”). A similar error is referenced in the title with different line numbers.

Context: The store sells floor and wall tiles. The poster believes duplicate option values (e.g., same color like “white” or size like “100x300”) should be acceptable across different tile ranges, and is unclear why Shopify flags them as existing variants. (Variant = a product option combination such as color/size.)

Artifacts: A screenshot of the Shopify email and the CSV file are attached and central to diagnosing the issue.

Status: The poster requests help identifying the cause of the validation error. No solutions or next steps are provided yet; the issue remains unresolved.

Summarized with AI on February 1. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi,

I am having trouble importing products. I keep getting these error messages:

“Line 83-92: Validation failed: The variant 'x” already exists. Please change at least one option value."

I sell floor and wall tiles. I don’t understand how I have existing variants because though there might be the same colour or size variant, i.e. white, or 100x300, they are for different tile ranges.

Can someone please help me figure out what the issue is.

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I have attached a screenshot of the email I get from shopify, as well as the csv.