With this feature, you can now hide a product from your store. Hidden products are still accessible via product links, so you can hide a product and provide the link to specific customers to only allow them to purchase.
This article will cover the following:
1. How to set up a hidden product
Step 1. Confirm the plan of your store and start using it
in the upper right corner of the store backstage, go to [Hello, OOO] > [My Subscription & Billing] to view the store's plans and modules.
- There are Plans and Modules under the "Paid Subscription". Please confirm whether your store has an "Advance Store Management Tools" module. If so, you can go to step 2 to set it up.
- If you are using the Basic, Advanced, Premium, O2O, or Enterprise plan (as shown below). Please confirm whether your store is using Premium/O2O/Enterprise plan.
If so, please go to [App] > [App Store] in the left menu to install the feature.
Step 2. Click Edit
In the SHOPLINE Admin, go to [Products & Categories] > [Products]. Click Edit next to the product or click Add to create a new product.
Step 3. Go to the "Settings" tab
Go to the "Settings" tab, and switch on the "Hidden product" toggle.
The product must be published to switch on the feature.
Step 4. Click the "Copy Link" button
Click the Copy Link button to copy the product URL. You will see "Link copied to clipboard" in the top right corner.
Step 5. Provide product link
You can now provide the URL to your customer to purchase the product.
Step 6. Icon indication
In the product list in the Admin, you can see an icon indicating the product is hidden.
2. Storefront display
- When a product is set as hidden the product will not appear anywhere in your store. You can provide the product link to specific customers (refer to step 3 & step 4).
- When a product is set to hidden, the status in a customer's wishlist will become unavailable. The customers can then delete the hidden product from the wishlist.
3. Notes
- If the product is unpublished, the link will redirect to the home page or 404 error page, depending on the settings in [Domain Settings]).
- The hidden setting will not affect the product's published/unpublished status.
- If the product is hidden, it will not display on [Product & Category] > [Categories] > View products.
- Hidden products can still be added to an express checkout page.
- When a published product is set to hidden, it will no longer appear on your product catalog and won't be synced to marketplaces such as Facebook or Google.
- After a published product is set as hidden, it might appear in the product list or the "Related Products" section on the product detail page for a short time until the browser cache is cleared.
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