Variant images App connecting with ERP API

Shopify Apps

Topic summary

  • A store owner with 2,000+ products (each with 3–6 variants) needs robust variant-specific image handling and ERP connectivity.
  • States Shopify currently limits variants to a single image and lacks a native way to display only images tied to the selected variant.
  • Requests recommendations for an app that can: (a) assign multiple images per variant; (b) show only the selected variant’s images in the gallery; (c) connect to an ERP (via API) that already stores products, variants, and their associated images.
  • Also asks whether Shopify plans to introduce native support for these capabilities soon.
  • No solutions, confirmations, or timelines provided yet; the inquiry remains open and unresolved.
Summarized with AI on January 12. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi,

Shopify currently restricts the inclusion of more than one image per product variant.

Additionally, there is no native capability to selectively display images exclusively associated with a chosen variant.

Are there any plans to change that? I mean that’s such a basic thing in a shop.

Now I have a shop with over 2000 products and each of those products has 3 to 6 variants. Do you know of any App that is capable of

a) Selecting more than one image per variant

b) Displaying only the variant associated images when selecting a variant

c) Most importantly being able to connect to an ERP where we have our products and variants stored with their associated images

Or do you think Shopify will implement this feature soon natively?

Thanks

Sven