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How to Add SKU to Shopify Product Variants? [3 Easy Steps]

By Vishal DaveUpdated on May 21, 2025 3 min read

Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) is a number used for the internal management of inventory. It can be alphanumeric to identify the product’s colour, size, and other attributes.

In eCommerce, the SKU numbers can help you track and analyze the sales data, and manage product stock. In your Shopify store, you may have many versions of the same products, for e.g. in different colour options. Thus, you must add different SKUs to each of the variants for effective stock management.

In this micro post, I am going to show the step-wise method to add SKU to Shopify product variants.

Let’s go….!

How to Add SKU Codes to Shopify Product Variants?

Simply follow these easy steps to add SKU to Shopify product variants:

Step 1: Edit the Product

Log into the Shopify admin panel, and go to the products list.

Click on the respective product to edit and add SKU to its variants.

step 1 to add sku to product variants in Shopify

Step 2: Enter SKU Numbers

On the product edit page, scroll down to the Variants section. Add the SKU numbers for each of the product variants in their respective fields.

Step 3: Save the Product

Finally, click on the Save button at the top-right corner of the page to save changes.

Add SKU to product variants in Shopify and save

Voila!

SKU numbers successfully added to product variants in Shopify.

Final Words

Hopefully, this post has added value to your Shopify knowledge! Simply follow the above steps to add SKU to Shopify product variants.

Other useful resources for Shopify beginners:

Thanks for reading..! Happy Selling

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Vishal is a technical writer, editor, and digital marketer with over four years of experience. On weekends, you can find him enjoying sunsets or reading books.