Changing a group's SKU from the app

Rewrite a group's SKU across every member in Shopify from the Groups page, and understand what regrouping follows.

What changing a SKU from the app does

Updating a group's SKU rewrites that SKU across every member of the group in Shopify. You do not have to edit each variant by hand.

Members are matched by their current SKU, so every listing linked to the group is updated together.

Note: This writes to your Shopify product data. It is the same change as editing the SKU field on each variant in Shopify admin, just done for the whole group at once.

How to update a group's SKU

Open the Groups page: Go to the app's Groups page.
Open the group: Select the group whose SKU you want to change.
Choose Update SKU: The app shows the members that will be rewritten.
Enter the new SKU: Type the value all members should use.
Confirm with Update SKU: The app writes the new SKU to every member in Shopify.

Permission this needs

Writing SKUs means changing product data, which needs a Shopify permission the app does not request during normal setup.

If that permission has not been granted yet, the confirm button reads Grant permission and update SKU. Choosing it takes you through Shopify's approval screen first, then applies the change.

Info: You only need to grant this once. Other group actions, such as syncing, checking, and adjusting stock, do not need it.

How to undo the change

Set the SKU back to the original value the same way.

Because members are matched on their current SKU, changing it back returns every member of the group to the previous value.

Tip: Note the original SKU somewhere before you change it. Once the change is applied, the app matches on the new value.

What happens to the group afterwards

Changing a SKU can move variants between groups, because groups are built from SKU and stocked location together.

After the change, the app re-sorts the affected variants:

If the new SKU matches an existing group at the same location, the variants may join that group.
If the new SKU matches nothing, a new group is created.
The old group may be left without those members.

This regrouping happens in time for future syncing, not the instant you save. For the full picture, see Changing SKUs after setup.

Warning: SKUs are used by more than this app. Reports, exports, barcode systems, and other integrations may rely on the old value. Check what else depends on a SKU before rewriting it across a group.

Does changing a SKU affect your plan usage?

No. Updating a group's SKU does not use any group syncs.

Group syncs are only counted when a group's stock is updated during a scheduled or manual sync. Rewriting SKUs changes product data, not stock. See Plans, limits, and usage.

Changing it in Shopify instead

You can always rename a SKU directly on the variant in Shopify admin. The result is the same: the app picks up the change and re-sorts the variant into the correct group.

Use the app when you want every member of a group changed together. Use Shopify admin when you want to move a single variant out of a group. See Creating / updating groups.