What is G: Combined?
G: Combined Listings & Variant, from Grouptify (the same developer behind G: Volume Discounts & Bundles, covered earlier in this project), links product listings and groups related products to bypass Shopify's 100-variant limit, directly competing with Rubik Combined Listings Swatch and Platmart Color Swatches, both covered earlier in this project. It carries the Built for Shopify badge and shows a perfect 5.0/5 rating on 380 reviews, notably higher than either Rubik (68 reviews) or Platmart (126 reviews) in this same category. It's developed by Grouptify.
How does the app work on a Shopify store?
Merchants group related products or sibling listings for easier discovery, auto-grouping thousands of products by tag, pattern, title or metafield, unlocking unlimited variants beyond Shopify's native cap. Variant display can be redesigned with color swatches, image swatches and dropdowns, while split products keep their own URLs, titles and images for SEO purposes. It covers 8 languages, including French, German, Spanish and Japanese, and connects to Shopify Admin.
Why choose G: Combined Listings & Variant over Rubik or Platmart's equivalents?
This is now the third combined-listings/swatch app covered in this project targeting the exact same problem, alongside Rubik Combined Listings Swatch (5.0/68) and Platmart Color Swatches (5.0/126), and G stands out with the largest review base of the three (380) at a perfect rating, a meaningful signal of broader adoption and reliability at this specific task. Auto-grouping by pattern, tag, title or metafield offers similarly flexible grouping logic to Platmart's manual/CSV/API/metafield approach, though G leans more heavily on automatic pattern detection to save setup time. Being from the same developer as G: Volume Discounts & Bundles, also covered in this project, is relevant for a merchant who wants both discounting and variant/listing management from one vendor. Pricing undercuts both competitors significantly: the free tier covers 3 product groups, and the paid tier is a flat $5/month for unlimited access regardless of Shopify plan tier (though higher Shopify plans do cost more within that structure), a notably lower price point than Rubik's $25-75/month or Platmart's $9.99-49.99/month range, worth testing directly to confirm feature depth matches the lower cost.
What are the 3 main features of the app?
- Auto-grouping by tag, pattern, title or metafield, unlocking unlimited variants.
- Color, image and dropdown swatch redesign, for variant display.
- Flat $5/month unlimited plan, notably lower-priced than direct competitors.
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G: Combined which plan to choose?
| Plan | Starter | Unlimited |
|---|---|---|
| Price on Shopify Basic | $0 | $14.90/month |
| Price on Shopify Grow | $0 | $29.90/month |
| Price on Shopify Advanced | $0 | $49.90/month |
| Price on Shopify Plus | $0 | $99.90/month |
| Price on paused and development stores | $0 | $5/month |
| Product groups | 3 | Unlimited |
| Product grouping | Manual, by single or multiple options | All features, including automatic grouping |
| Variant selector styles | 6 | All, including custom color swatches |
| Native Shopify Combined Listings | – | ✓Shopify Plus stores |
| Multi-language support | ✓ | ✓ |
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