# Exchange Variants The **Exchange Variants** API is what enables Exchanges. It is used to request a list of available product variants, typically items of the same style number, from your ecommerce platform when the shopper will be offered an opportunity to exchange a return item. **When it is used:** - Optoro sends an **Exchange Variants** GET message to you when the shopper chooses a return reason that prompts the returns portal to show exchange options for an item that has an associated variant identifier. Version: 1.0.0 ## Download OpenAPI description [Exchange Variants](https://developer.optoro.com/_bundle/openapi/variants/openapi.yaml) ## Other ### Exchange Variants - [GET /sku/{parent_sku}/variants](https://developer.optoro.com/openapi/variants/openapi/other/variants.md)