WooCommerce: My different variations have not been created in Rackbeat

If you are working with variations in WooCommerce and find that the variations are not transferring correctly to Rackbeat or are not transferring at all, this may be because a unique SKU number has not been selected for the variation.

In order for variation products to be created in Rackbeat, they need to have a unique SKU number (an "item number") for the variation to be transferred to Rackbeat. Variation products without SKU numbers are NOT transferred to Rackbeat.

Example:

You sell t-shirts in different colors and sizes. The t-shirt has a "master" SKU number "499000", from which your variations have their own SKU numbers.

The variations might look like this:

t-shirt, black, small = 499000-ss

t-shirt, black, medium = 499000-sm

t-shirt, black, large = 499000-sl

t-shirt, white, small = 499000-hs

t-shirt, white, medium = 499000-hm

t-shirt, white, large = 499000-hl

The above 7 items, including the overall item, will be created in Rackbeat as individual products.

How to add the unique SKU number to the item in WooCommerce?

To add a unique SKU number to the variation in WooCommerce, follow the instructions below.

Find the product in WooCommerce.

Then, add attributes to the item:

1. Product data: In this menu, select "Variable product" to indicate that there will be variations on the item.
2. Attributes: Click on "Attributes".
3. Custom product attribute: Here you should select the attributes that you have created in WooCommerce (If you need to create attributes, you can follow this guide from WooCommerce: Product attributes).
4. Add: Click on "Add" after selecting the custom attribute you want to use.
5. Values: Choose the attributes you have created. You can either click on "Select all" to choose all attributes or select them manually.
6. Used for variations: Here you must indicate that these attributes are used with variations in WooCommerce.
7. Save attributes: Click save to add the attributes to the item.

Next, we will go through how to add unique item numbers to the variations.

1. Variations: Click on the Variations tab.
2. Add variation: Open the drop-down menu and create variations based on the attributes you have selected.
3. Go: Click on "Go" to create the variations.
4. Open variation: click on the variation to open an extended product information page.
5. SKU: In the "SKU" field, you can add the unique item number for your variation.
6. Save: The next step is to save your changes. Make sure to repeat this for all variations that need to be created in Rackbeat.