I'm getting an error that says Line Items Variant Id cannot be a variant with components

When importing your orders with a product SKU or using the product id and variant id and you get an error message that says Line Items Variant Id cannot be a variant with components, it means you're trying to add a product with components to your order.

Shopify returns this error message as product bundles or variants with components are not usually meant to be ordered as a single-line item.  The error you're seeing is because the Shopify API prevents you from ordering a variant set up as a bundle of other products.

Since this is an error returned by Shopify and has to do with how your products are set up, there isn't anything you can configure in EZ Importer to fix this error message.  This is a known limitation, and you can solve it by reviewing this forum post.  In the forum post, the Shopify team provides a workaround to create orders for these products that don't involve removing components:

  • Instead of trying to order the parent variant (the one with components), you can order its components individually.
  • Break down the bundle into its constituent products, and add each one as a separate line item in the order.

App: EZ Importer

Tags: import, product bundles