How to add Virtual Options to a product

Select a Product

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In the navigation click  

Click on   and select the product you want to add product options too.

Virtual Options

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Virtual Options let you get past the  3 option/ 100 variant limit of Shopify options and allow you to create infinite options and values.

  • They support add-on prices with our Advanced Plan.
  • Images can’t be associated with variants (they don’t change when the variant is selected)
  • No inventory control.
  • Can be hidden with conditional logic (Advanced Plan).
  • Can have multi-select options.
  • No SKU policy.

Adding Virtual Options

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Click on to add a product option.

Title

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For Title enter the name you want to give the option. For example size, or color.

Next choose the type of product option you want.

Values

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Under values, enter all the variants you want for the product option with a comma in between each variant.

For example “blue, red, white, grey” or “S, M, L, XL”

Setting up Required Options

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If you check the box marked required the customer has to select one of these options to add the product to the cart.

Setting up Conditional Logic

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If you check the box for conditional it will only show this option if a defined value is selected.

Setting up the preselected variant

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You can also define which option you want to be preselected (selected when the product loads).

  • To do this check the box for Preselect this value
  • Then choose which value you want preselected.
  • You may need to press ok then click edit again to see these options populate.

Multiselect

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If you click the box for Multiselect it will allow the customer to choose multiple variants.

You can choose between allowing your users:

  • no restriction
  • must choose at least
  • must choose at most
  • must choose exactly

Price Add-ons

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