---
title: Update Shopify products by Variant Barcodes
date: 2026-10-29
description: A products file with only a Variant Barcodes column now finds your products by any of their barcodes and updates them.
tags: ["Products","Imports"]
categories: ["Changelog"]
url: https://www.getaltera.com/changelog/2026-10-29-update-shopify-products-by-variant-barcodes/
---
You can now update products with a file that identifies variants only by their barcodes, for example a supplier price list.

### Fixes

- **Variant Barcodes as the identifier** - A products file without ID, Handle, Title, SKU, or Variant Barcode columns now finds each variant by its `Variant Barcodes` cell ([Variant Barcodes](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/11490229-product-fields#variants-variant-barcodes)).
- **Any barcode matches** - One barcode in the cell finds the variant through its primary barcode or any of its other barcodes.
- **Several barcodes** - A cell with several barcodes finds only the variant that has all of them.
- **Shared barcodes** - A barcode on variants of several products updates each of those products.
- **Barcodes stay the same** - The barcodes that identify a variant don't change the variant's barcodes.