thread Re: Variations with same options in Orders, Menu Items, Catalog & Fulfilment

Variations with same options

ForeveChristina — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 09:43:33 GMT

Hi...I desperately need help! I'm in an item I'm trying to list and I have added an Option: Color Option 1 and I want to create a Color Option 2 with the same color choices. When I complete the list and hit Done it won't let me continue. Is there a way to have 2 of the same options?

Re: Variations with same options

Donnie-M — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:27:10 GMT

@ForeveChristina Each option has to have a unique name or it will flag it. What I have done for say a soup of the day is: Secret Recipe Chili & Secret Recipe Chili! .

I have 2 options on my soup of the day, but I don't always have 2 different soups. I don't want to have to re-edit every single time, so I use the one as a placeholder. So if you want 2 color options, I would name them: Color Choice 1, & Color Choice 2 where you would have: Blue, Blue2, Red, Red2, etc etc.

This might take care of it for you.

Re: Variations with same options

ForeveChristina — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:49:32 GMT

That sounded like a great idea and I just tried it but unfortunately it gave me the same message. It tried to create 240 something variations combining all the color options. Any ideas on how do I stop that?

Re: Variations with same options

Candlestore — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:00:10 GMT

@ForeveChristina ;

Since you are creating 240 (+/-) Variations that might be the Problem. Square use to limit Variations for the Website to about 120 variations. You may have to Create more Items based on Colors.

Since your not giving examples I will use T-shirts.

T-shirt (item) 240 Variations in all shades of color would not work on a website.

Category T-shirts

Sub Categories Blue T-shirts

In this category you may have 50 or 60 variations of Blue T-shirts by size and shades of blues which would work

Repeat this for all you other Colors.

Re: Variations with same options

MayaP — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 18:28:09 GMT

Hey @ForeveChristina, does this work for you? Thank you @Candlestore for jumping into help!

Re: Variations with same options

MayaP — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:00:07 GMT

Hello @ForeveChristina - Just checking back in. Since I have not heard back, I will go ahead and mark @Candlestore as the best answer. If you need anything else, please let me know- happy to help!