---
title: Cleaner product imports with extra image rows
date: 2026-06-30
description: Product imports no longer throw a spurious option-value error on empty image-only rows that don't describe a real variant.
tags: ["Products","Imports"]
categories: ["Changelog"]
url: https://www.getaltera.com/changelog/2026-06-30-skip-phantom-variant-rows-on-product-import/
---


If your product file had more image rows than variants, the import could report a confusing error even though every real variant updated correctly. That's fixed.

### Fixes

- **Phantom variant rows** - product files with image-only rows (a Variant Position but no SKU or option values) no longer fail with a spurious "you need to add option values" error.
- **Real variants unaffected** - variants matched by SKU keep updating as before; the empty rows are now skipped with an info note instead of being sent to Shopify as new variants.