groupmate: Combined Listings

mimic a variant setup with a set of separate Shopify products

With groupmate, you can take a set of separate Shopify products, group them and mimic a variant setup. Your customers can then flexibly choose between the different product options.

It feels like real variants, but the swatches link from product page to product page.

And you do not need Shopify Plus.

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groupmate in use:

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    groupmate 'Text Buttons' (top) with regular variant selectors (bottom)
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    'Product Color Swatches' with dedicated images/patterns
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    Simple 'Product Image Swatches' in a rectangular style
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    groupmate Swatches (top) with regular variants and a selling plan option (bottom)
  • groupmate in the wild
    'Product Color Swatches' with dedicated images/patterns
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    'Product Image Swatches' simply using the products featured image
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    groupmates Swatches the color, regular variant selectors for choosing the size.
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    This store links physical books with their digital version
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    heavily adapted groupmate Swatches as part of a configurator
  • groupmate in the wild
    'Product Image Swatches' simply using the products featured image
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    'Product Image Swatches' with a little badge customisation
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    'Product Image Swatches' with a unique shape

Use cases for groupmate Combined Listings

  • Dedicated product pages for each variant

    That means tailored descriptions, product images and other content for each variant

  • Unique URLs for SEO/GEO per variant

    Optimize each variant's URL individually and capture SEO benefits

  • Marketplace compatibility

    Lots of Marketplaces like eBay do not support variants or make working with them way harder

  • Show every variant in your collections

    Keeping variants separate makes filtering way better and allows for a easier store navigation

  • Keeping physical and digital versions separated

    Since digital and physical products, like books, are taxed with different rates in a lot of countries, keeping them separated is a must

  • Easier inventory management

    Let's be honest: Shopify variants can become very confusing. Managing them adds a unnessecary layer of complexitiy

  • Group different products under the same design

    Ideal for many Print on Demand Businesses

On the backend

  • Keep your products as they are
  • Easily set up new groups and manage swatch titles, colours and option labels

On your product pages

  • Adjust the groupmate Swatches to your liking
  • Create tailored content and images for your variants
  • Customers can easily switch between product options like they're used to

Get groupmate

Free plan available. Commercial plans starting from $8/mo

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We promise:

  • NO chatbots on support
  • NO sudden price increases
  • NO code injections that ruin your theme
  • NO coding skills required
  • NO AI generated slop
  • NO impact on your load speed
Hackers welcome!

Wether you want to style your swatches 100% on brand, add custom features or build on top of functionality, this app is meant to be personalized.

What users say about groupmate:

  • After switching from a Products<>Variants structure to only individual Products on our theme and store I was searching for a fast and codeless path to offering "variant pills" or buttons on our product pages. Groupmate was the perfect solution for this and offered a simple, yet intuitive interface. I was up and running with product buttons within 15 mins. Manuel was also extremely responsive over email and accommodating of our needs. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone who's looking for more flexibility around variant and product pills / selectors on their theme without needing to fuss with the theme or liquid code!

    Capy

  • I've been using Groupmate on our Shopify store and it's a game-changer! It's not only easy to integrate but also lightweight, ensuring my page speeds stay fast. The app's ability to organize products into 'groups' and display them as variants has simplified my product management tremendously. Plus, the 'barebone' version is a bonus, allowing customization to match our store's style. Highly recommended for its user-friendliness and efficient functionality!

    Grizzly Foods

  • GroupMate did the trick. I simply wanted to have my product's 5 (color) listings grouped under one product page, and this app accomplished that seamlessly. The customer support gets 5 stars too. Manuel helped PROMPTLY when I needed some adjustments made to fit my store's style.

    REBELLIVN

  • We've been looking for a way to show multiple product options in the same product page, and this app gave us what we needed. Also, customer support is quite professional

    American Tile Depot

  • I was looking for a simple way to display multiple formats for my bookstore, while keeping separate pages for each product. This app delivers!

    Faith & Family Publications

  • We recently integrated this app into our Shopify store to enable product grouping, and it has exceeded our expectations. The app is intuitive and powerful, making it easy to organize our products into cohesive groups, which has significantly improved our store's navigation and customer experience.

    Luna Furniture

  • Manuel was absolutely brilliant, this app is a lifesaver and is 100x better than Shopify's own 'combined listings' app!

    justmylook