Why are my product variants showing as unavailable on my website?

Topic summary

Product variants (Size options) appear as “unavailable” on the storefront despite being in stock in the admin.

  • Context: The store owner added a Size variant to all products and sees all variants marked unavailable on the product page.
  • Troubleshooting step: A responder requested the product link and asked whether each variant has an available quantity set.
  • Evidence provided: The store owner shared the product URL and screenshots showing quantities assigned to variants, indicating inventory exists.
  • Current status: No confirmed cause or fix yet; the issue remains unresolved and under review.

Key points and open questions:

  • Variants: In Shopify, each variant (e.g., each Size) must have its own inventory quantity and availability per sales channel.
  • Attachments are central: Screenshots were provided to demonstrate inventory settings.
  • Unanswered: Why the storefront still flags variants as unavailable (e.g., channel availability, theme logic, or other configuration) has not been determined.
Summarized with AI on January 17. AI used: gpt-5.

I have added a variant to all my products seperetely: Size. But when I go to my website products page, all the variants are shown as ‘unavailable’ (despite being available). How is this possible?

Hi @laurendemmmm

Can you send product link to check? Also, did you add available quantity to your variants?

Hello, yes, this is the link:

https://demaere.be/products/white-hug

In this picture you can see that I added the quantities: