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title: Creating Product Variants
description: "![](https://acadiapos.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/translate.svg)[Read this guide in Español](https://acadiapos.com/es/doc/crear-variantes-de-producto/) 1. From dashboard, click on \"Settings\" ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-11-12/c9a6c588-0892-4fb2-88fa-c39ec4e44d9e/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1) 2. Click on \"General Settings\" ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-11-12/31435a87-4e97-4deb-96ae-8ee6de44a53d/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1) 3. Scroll down to \"Additional features\" and \"Enable Product Types\" Or use the settings filter, or the find feature on your browser.…"
url: "https://acadiapos.com/doc/creating-product-variants/"
updated: "2025-11-13"
category: Inventory / Products
---

# Creating Product Variants

![](https://acadiapos.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/translate.svg)[Read this guide in Español](https://acadiapos.com/es/doc/crear-variantes-de-producto/)

1. From dashboard, click on "Settings"

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2. Click on "General Settings"

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3. Scroll down to "Additional features" and "Enable Product Types" Or use the settings filter, or the find feature on your browser.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-11-12/6ab190b3-5f73-400b-989d-d33938bd2bdf/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1)

4. Click "Save"

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5. Go to "Items"

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6. Click "+New Item"

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7. Name the Product (broadest name possible), add the price, cost, tax class, and various other details

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8. Click "Variants Matrix" under product type

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9. Go to Variation Attributes

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10. Add as many Variation Attributes as apply to that product

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-11-12/1ee4b741-9163-4d59-8e64-890083d26f55/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1)

11. Scroll down to "Add by attribute Values"

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12.

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13. After adding attributes, you will see the option to "Add +" press it and it will create variants

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14. The more attribute values you add the more variants the system will create

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15. You can also create all possible combinations of the variants by simply selecting all the variant options. Each product will now have every variant if that's what your business is intending.

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-11-12/277ffa36-6e9c-4388-9658-5e5b38ceacf9/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1)

16. It will create all possible combinations of the variants

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-11-12/eae54aa4-872b-40a6-9bad-66d91f502c8e/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1)

17. Then enter the quantity of inventory you have for each

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18. To add a picture scroll back up to the top. After selecting the picture, Save the product and it will add the same picture to all product variants.

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