# Set Up Dynamic Variants
Use this feature to display a wide range of product choices and get around Shopify's limitation on variations.
When building automations that sell on your funnel and fulfill on your Shopify store, sellers face a limitation: Shopify limits the number of variants to three. If you're selling a product with two or three variations (e.g. a coffee pot that comes in three sizes - small, medium, and large), the limitation is not a problem. But what if you're selling a product with two variables and lots of variations? For instance, you sell a super-cute baby t-shirt with three sizes (small, medium, and large) and three colors (pink, blue, and white). That color-size mix represents nine possible variations.
Funnelish has a solution. It's called dynamic variants.
It's a three-step process:
1. [create forms](#creating-forms)
2. [customize the automation](#customizing-the-automation)
3. [run a test purchase](#testing-the-fields)
## Creating forms
The first step is to create a form on your funnel step. This form will display a drop-down menu for one variant with multiple choices.
{% hint style="info" %}
In this example, we create variants for a leather travel bag. The bag has three colors and three sizes.
{% endhint %}
1. Open a funnel.
2. Open the step with your product.
3. Drag a **Select form element** to the canvas to create a drop-down menu.
{% hint style="info" %}
To convert any other form element into a **Select form element** on the side navigation, go to the **Input type** heading and click **Select.**
{% endhint %}
5\. Scroll down to the **Props** heading.
6\. Click the **Data type** field.
7\. Select **Custom** on the drop-down menu.
#### Configuring the form
Now add a Data name and placeholder text.
1. Toggle off the **Show label?** feature. (optional)
2. Click the **Data name** field and enter a unique name. This is for internal use to know what data we're collecting here. The customer does not see this text. In this example, we enter Color.
3. Enter **Placeholder** text (e.g. user instructions). In this example, we enter **Select a color**.
4. Click the **Options** dropdown and choose **Custom**
{% hint style="info" %}
Make sure the **Data name** has no spaces or special characters. To use multiple words, separate them with an underscore symbol, for example "**Color\_Pair1**"
{% endhint %}
#### Adding options
Now add options to the drop-down menu.
1. Click the **Add option** button below the **Options** field
2. Enter a name and value. In this example, we enter Blue and Blue.
3. Repeat steps to add more options.
Create drop-down menu with options
### Adding another variant
In the previous steps, we created one dynamic variant called Color. Repeat the steps to add another variant. In this example, we add a variant called Size.
{% hint style="success" %}
Pro tip: To quickly recreate a form and its settings, hover the mouse on the form element and click the Clone icon.
{% endhint %}
#### Results
The screenshot below shows the results.
### Previewing the fields
You can preview the drop-down menus.
1. Click **Save changes**.
2. Click **Preview**.
* The step displays in a new browser tab. Click each drop-down menu to review the options.
## Customizing the automation
The next step is to customize the automation for the product and enable dynamic variations.
{% hint style="info" %}
This step assumes you already have an automation set up for the product. Not sure how to create an automation? [Learn more](https://docs.funnelish.com/integrations/shopify/automate).
{% endhint %}
1. Open the funnel step with the product.
2. Click the product one time.
3. Scroll down and click the product automation.
4\. On the Edit automation panel, click the **Notes & dynamic variants** button.
5\. On the popup window, switch on the **Enable dynamic variants?** toggle.
6\. Click **Add new variant**
7. Go back to the funnel step and copy the **Data name** of one variant.
8. Go back to the Edit automation window and paste the **Data name** into the **Value** field.
9. Enter a variant name. Shopify shows this name on the Order page.
#### Adding another variant
1. Repeat steps to add more variants.
2. Click **Done**.
3. Click **Save changes** on this panel and the next panel.
## Testing the fields
Now you can test the fields and see how they display on the Shopify admin page.
1. Go to the funnel step and click **Preview**.
2. Select the product.
3. Choose an option for each variant. In this example, we select a Black and Large.
4. Complete the test transaction. (Use [test credit card numbers](https://stripe.com/docs/testing).)
### Go to Shopify
1. Go to your Shopify account.
2. Open the **Orders** page.
3. Open the order.
* Shopify shows the product and variants that were selected on the funnel page.
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