Hello
The new, 2000 variant limit for product is like a dream coming trough finally but will it be available for all shopify users or exclusive to shopify plus?
Another question, this limit will be raised for certain apps to be installed and to increase current limits or this will be increased without combining extra apps to go over current limit of 100 variants?
to piggy back off this - What will rate limits look like for shops with over 50k variations with 1k
Specifically:
The following Admin API resources, in both GraphQL and REST versions, have an additional throttle that takes effect when a store has 50,000 product variants. After this threshold is reached, no more than 1,000 new variants can be created per day.
https://shopify.dev/docs/api/usage/rate-limits#resource-based-rate-limits
This is very easy to do and most of my customers run in to this issue almost everyday and we have to reference this article to them.
Well so that’s not what I was expecting really. I was more like hoping that Single product variant limit will be increased in product catalog rather than daily upload limits? Bit miss-leading to be fair
Is Shopify Aiming to increase product Viariant limit at all
Hello
The new 2000 variant limits are planned to be made available to all Shopify Users. Currently the APIs are in developer preview and can only be used by developer stores.
The variant limits will be at a shop level, not at an App level. Always query what a shop’s limits. More information here
I’ve definitely read that the 2,000 limit is variants of one product and that it will be availbe to all but you’ll need the right sort of theme. Also no news on when it will arrive. I typically sell kits for slippers that typically come in 10 sizes, 12 colours, 4 types of sole so I can’t wait to see this impletmented! https://www.shopify.com/editions/winter2024/video/product-merchandising-updates The issue of only adding a set amount of new variants per day appears to be a side issue.
This is exactly how I understand this change, however I’m bit worried that this is just a hook for now. But at least for me it’s most awaited feature - ability to Add Hoodie in 9 different sizes multiplied by over 40 colours
I’m also very curious about this, and glad to know it’s not Plus exclusive. Additionally I guess that means the 250 images per product cap will be lifted.
Does anyone know if it’s still going to be one image per variant by default? I’m currently getting around this by using an app.
Not sure if this will be lifted but currently I have learned how to work out more images - 1 image per variant is fine, additional images I’m just adding to product itself so customer can scroll the pictures but still it will use the front image as a proof of purchase
How can we implement it in our store using developers profile?
I would like to emphasize the importance of implementing this feature as soon as possible. For our store, not being able to create a product with more than 100 variants is a significant obstacle. So expanding the number of variants to 2000 will attract many such customers.
I tried this feature using developers preview but I can just test it not able to use it in my original store it is asking to create a demo development store there I am able to add 2000 variants but not on my store.
Thank you for update, This brings a lot of hope for us! 
This will be a game changer
We’ve fixed the problem long ago and it’s pretty easy actually. We created our products based variantA (Color) and each contains all sizes.
We then created a collection that includes all the products we want to group. And within the product page, we just call the collection and loop through them. And Voila, you can have as many variants as you want. We offer 14 sizes in 24 colors. This little trick came in handy when we started with shopify a few years ago.
Unfortunately this is just some kind of a shortcut… With big catalogs this would not work that easy plus user experience might be a bit harsh too.. Swapping between colours for the same garments might push customers away.
Can’t say, this is a solution we are looking for
I don’t think you understand how effective this solution is. It was adopted by Fashion Nova as well. Their catalog is over 100,000 SKUs.
The user experience is as good as a regular product, the deliverability is instant.
I do understand this perfectly, I was thinking at some stage of doing this the way you have explained. The way we operate, the apps we use and the functionality we are aiming to achieve just would not work that way.
This is not removing the problem of variant limits, it’s just way around pretending the problem do not exist…
The new 2,000 variants limit is a good solution but is still capped. You’ll run into the same problems as before if you have products that have multiple variation options. In engineering, you have constraints, and you have to find an elegant solution to work around the problem. The solution I provided is as good as it gets.
I’m curious what apps do you use that conflict with the solution, and what functionality do you want to achieve?
I will side with Pierre-Francis here: I need to use volume discount apps/widgets a lot. If I do what you @Starshards suggest, then the volume discount apps/widgets will no longer update/work accordingly. Also: To switch to a different color for example, the product page will reload to the product with the new color. This is not the customer experience I am looking to have. I already talked to 9 app developers who launched apps that will expand your variants - they all confirmed that a volume discount app can not draw variants from other products that may be hidden in the background. The only solution to this issue is for Shopify to finally make their 2000 variants available. There just is no other way to get this good.
The product page does not need to reload, since you’re loading the collection of products. I would need to see your website to understand your needs better. I don’t disagree that 2,000 variants is going to help but when you’re facing products that have more than 2,000 it can happen easily. For example, customizable shirts, that have 6+ sizes, 20-30 colors, motifs, placements, stitching colors, fabric blends, etc…
I go back to my original thought to solve this problem. Create collections that include all your variations, bind them, loop through them, and life becomes simpler.
As for volume discounts, bundles, etc…, this can easily be achieved in a lot of different ways with coding within your templates. Apps tend to do more than what most people need and slow down your website which impacts the conversion ratio.
No… It needs reloading…
Unless you are adding product to cart from collection page. My customers and probably many others are adding products from product page, so you can see descriptions, options etc.
Our point is to have variant limits increase on a product page level - your way unfortunately prevent this and is NOT suitable at least for our store and despite trying to figure out (just in case) once again - this works but not the way we want this to work