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How to Create Configurable Product in Magento 2

Creating a configurable product in Magento 2 is a powerful way to offer your customers multiple product variations—such as different sizes, colors, or styles—all within a single product page. This not only enhances the shopping experience by allowing easy selection of options but also streamlines inventory management by assigning unique SKUs to each variation.

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced Magento user, mastering the process of creating configurable products is essential for expanding your online store’s offerings and boosting sales. In this blog, let's check step-by-step process of how to create a configurable product in Magento 2 ecommerce platform from setting up attributes to management product information effectively.

Magento has different product types of which Configurable is the most common magento 2 product types.

Configurable Product Type

With Configurable product type, a customer can choose various options of a products, like color, size, etc. You can also set different prices for these options.

One of the advantages of Configurable product is the inventory management for each attribute (options) of a product. For example, a T-shirt with different sizes have individual SKU Code (Store Keeping Unit).

Creating Configurable Products

Setting up Configurable products is not as easy as that of Simple Products. You need to define various parameters for creating Configurable products.

A Configurable product is configured using different Simple Products.

For example, T-Shirt is our configurable product. T-shirt – Small, T-shirt – Medium, T-shirt – Large are the Simple Products of this T-Shirt.

Similarly, for t-shirt colors like Red and Blue, T-Shirt-Red and T-Shirt-Blue are the other Simple products of the same T-Shirt.

Steps to Create Configurable Product in Magento 2

The method of creating Configurable Product is like that of creating Simple Product, but with the setting up of an additional Configuration session in it.

We will see how to create a Configurable product in Magento 2. Below instructions will guide you to create a Simple Product.

  1. Select Configurable Product as Product Type

    Login to Admin page and go to Products > Catalog in Admin sidebar.

    Select Magento 2 Product Catalog

    Select Configurable Product type from Add Product dropdown list.

    Add Product button to create Configurable product
  2. Disable the Enable Product Option

    Change the Enable Product from Enable to Disable. This will make your product not published in your site. Once completing filling of all the information related to the product, you can enable this option.

    Enable or Disable product to create Configurable product in Magento 2
  3. Choose or create Attribute set

    Select the Attribute Set of your product from the dropdown list or create a new attribute by clicking Add Attribute button. Selecting an existing attribute from the list will reflect the fields to be updated for your product accordingly.

    Adding a new attribute set to create Configurable product in Magento 2
  4. Name your Product

    Give a name that is most suitable for your product.

    New Product to  create Configurable product in Magento 2
  5. Create Store Keeping Unit

    SKU is Stock Keeping Unit, which is a unique number or code that is used internally for inventory management. You can either use the code suggested by Magento or of your own custom code.

    Store Keeping Unit to Configurable product
  6. Set Price

    Unlike for Simple Product, there is no option of Advanced Pricing in Configurable Product type. Enter the selling price of the product in the Price field. So once customer view the product in store frontend the default price will list. According to the choosing of product options by customer, the price will change.

    configurable product set price
  7. Define Tax Class

    If the Product is taxable, choose Taxable Goods from the dropdown list.

    Define Tax Class to create Magento 2 Configurable product
  8. Define total quantity of product

    Enter the total number of products in store in the Quantity field.

    Define Total Quantity of Product
  9. Set the Stock Status and Weight of your product

    Select In Stock from the dropdown list next to Stock Status field. In the Weight field, enter the weight of your product in the unit defined in Configuration section of your store.

    set the stock status and weight of your Magento 2 Configurable product

    In order to change the default weight unit, from the admin panel go to store - configuration - general section - locale options. Select “This item has weight” from the dropdown list next to weight field. If the product is not a physical product, then select, “This item has no weight”.

  10. Product Category and Visibility

    Select Categories from the dropdown list or create a new category by clicking New Category button.

    Assign category to create Magento 2 Configurable product

    Choose Visibility option from the dropdown list, Catalog, Search is the default.

    choose visibility option
  11. Configuration Section

    To create Configurable products, click the Create Configurations button.

    create configurations

    Select Attributes or Create New Attributes

    Either select the attributes from the existing list like, Color, Size.

    select the attributes from the existing attribute sets in magento 2

    or create a new attribute by clicking Create New Attribute button.

    Add new attribute to create Configurable products in Magento 2

    Press Next button.

    Click on Next Button

    Select the Attribute Values

    Select all the values from each attribute and click Next button. For e.g. in the case of Color attribute, select values like Red, Blue, Black, etc.

    select the attribute values to create Configurable product in Magento 2

    Configure Bulk Images, Price and Quantity options

    For Images, select the appropriate option from the given three options.

    Configure bulk images, price, quantity options to create  Configurable products in Magento 2

    If Apply single set of images to all SKUs option is selected, then upload or drag one set of images for all attribute value like for side view, top view etc. for all color values red, blue, etc.

    apply single set of images to all skus

    If “Apply unique images by attribute to each SKU” option is selected, then select the attribute, for e.g. Color.

    apply unique images by Magento 2 attribute to each SKU

    Then upload or drag the image of the product based on the color, like red, blue, etc. Each color can have a different set of images, like front view, side view, etc.

    upload or drag the image of the product based on the color

    Like Images, for Price also, there are three options.

    apply single price to all SKUs

    If “Apply single price to all SKUs” option is selected, then enter the single price for all attribute values.

    If “Apply unique price to each SKU” option is selected, then select the attribute, for e.g. Color, and enter prices for each color.

    apply unique price to each SKU

    For quantity also, there are three options.

    apply single quantity to each skus

    For the first option, enter the total quantity of products in store.

    For second option, enter the total quantity of products with each attribute value, like in the case of color, total quantity of Black product, Red product, etc.

    apply unique quantity by attribute to each sku

    Click Next and you will reach the Summary section. Click Next.

    Associated Products summary section in Magento 2

    Configurable product is created. Here you can make changes to different values.

    Associated Products Listed Configurable type in Magento 2
  12. Upload images or videos

    You can either drag the product image or upload the image, which will be the Main image of the product. Also, you can add the product video as well.

    upload images, videos in Magento 2 Configurable type product
  13. Complete relevant information about the product

    As we processed in the Simple Products, enter the following information as the same in the Configurable product also. Please Read How to create a Simple Product in Magento 2 to know more about this.

    • Set Product as New From
    • Select Country of Manufacture
    • Content information
    • Search Engine Optimization
    • Related Products, Up-Sells and Cross-Sells
    • Customizable Options
    • Product in Websites
    • Design
    • Schedule Design Update
    • Gift Options
    • Downloadable Information
  14. Publish the product

    After completing all the details of your product, publish the product by enabling the Enable Product option on the top. Save the product details by clicking Save button.

    How to create Magento 2 Configurable product save button
  15. View the new product in your store

    To view the new product created, from the admin dropdown list in the upper right corner, select Customer View.

    How to create Magento 2 Configurable product customer view

Setting up Configurable product is time consuming, as it requires multiple SKUs.
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Common Mistakes to Watch Out For

When setting up configurable products in Magento 2, be sure to avoid these common pitfalls that can impact your store’s performance and customer happiness:

  1. Insufficient attribute values
    Not enough attribute values can limit customer choice and make your configurable products less appealing.
  2. Inconsistent pricing
    If prices differ unexpectedly between product variations, customers will be confused and abandon their carts.
  3. Poor product images
    Using low quality or wrong images for product variations makes it harder for customers to visualize their selection and hurts sales.
  4. Bad inventory management
    Not tracking inventory for each product variation can lead to overselling or stockouts and damage your reputation.
  5. Not testing thoroughly
    Not testing your configurable products before launch can lead to errors in attribute values, product variations or display issues and hurt the shopping experience.

Avoid these mistakes and your configurable products will be easy to use, visually appealing and reliable for you and your customers.

Troubleshooting Product Issues

Even with proper setup, issues can occur with configurable products. Here’s how to troubleshoot the most common problems:

  1. Product variations not showing
    Check that all attribute values are correctly assigned and each product variation is enabled and visible in the catalog.
  2. Pricing errors
    Review your pricing rules to make sure they are consistent across all product variations. Make sure any price differences are intentional and clear.
  3. Inventory management issues
    Verify that inventory levels are correct for each product variation and your inventory management settings are set up to prevent overselling.
  4. Product images not showing
    Check that images are uploaded and assigned to the correct attribute values. Check your image settings to make sure the correct product variation image shows when customers select different options.
  5. Customer complaints
    Respond quickly to any customer feedback on configurable products. Investigate and resolve issues fast to keep the shopping experience positive.

By addressing these common issues proactively you can keep your configurable products running smoothly and customer happy with every product variation you offer.