We've just created our first attributes that we'll use to add some shoes to our women's fashion store. Of course we do not want to display all sizes as individual products. We want to show our visitors one product and let them choose the right color and size.
Start by creating a new product. Add a long and short description, select the correct category or create one, and assign a couple of tags. Set a featured image that will appear in your product category page.
Next, in the Product Data area, select Variable product as the product type.
Note that some fields have disappeared; it's no longer possible to add the product price here. The SKU field is still available, but normally you would leave it empty and set individual stock keeping unit (SKU)'s at a lower level. We'll see that in a minute. In the Inventory tab, check the field Enable stock management at product level, but do not set the Stock Qty field. Skip the other tabs for now and head over to the Attributes...