One of the most frustrating things about shopping is when you can’t find what you’re looking for. Whether it’s a product that’s sold out or simply not captured in your search results, it can be a major headache. Fortunately, there are ways to hide products from search in Shopify. By doing this, you can make sure that your customers have the best chance of finding what they’re looking for and avoiding frustration altogether. In this blog post, we will explore how to hide products from search in Shopify and give you some tips on how to do it effectively.
What are Sold Out Products?
If you have products that are no longer in stock, you can hide them from search results in Shopify. To do this, go to the Shopify Settings page and under “Shop Appearance,” select “Show Sold Out Products.” You can also set a hidden limit on how many sold out products are displayed at any given time.
How to Hide Sold Out Products From Search in Shopify
There are a few ways to hide sold out products from search in Shopify. The first is to add a hidden field to your products that includes the product’s stock status. To do this, open up your Shopify admin panel and go to Products > Edit Product. Under the “Details” tab, under ” fields”, add a new field called “Stock Status”. Enter the following code into this field:
soldOut
This will set the product’s stock status to “soldOut”. Next, you’ll need to create a custom query for your products that includes the “Sold Out” column. To do this, open up your Shopify admin panel and go to Queries > Create Query. In the “Query Type” drop down menu, select “Custom SQL Query”. In the “Query Parameters” section, enter the following code into this field:
SELECT p.id AS id_product, p2.stockStatus AS stockStatus FROM products p INNER JOIN products_to_categories p2 ON p2.id = p.category WHERE (((soldOut) IN ( SELECT COUNT(*) FROM inventory ))) AND (p2.published > :date )
How to Enable Sold Out Protection in Shopify
If you’re selling products that have sold out, you may want to hide them from search results. You can do this by setting a Sold Out filter on your products. This will prevent people from searching for products that are no longer available.
To set a Sold Out filter on your Shopify store:
1. Log in to your Shopify account.
2. Click the “Shop” menu item in the upper left corner of the screen.
3. Select “Settings.”
4. Under “Shopping,” click “Sold Out.”
5. In the “Sold Out Products” section, set the “Enabled” checkbox to Yes and the “Viewed” checkbox to No, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Setting a Sold Out filter on your Shopify store If you want to disable this filter later, uncheck both boxes and the filter will be removed automatically when products are added or edited in the future.
Conclusion
Shopify offers a great feature that allows you to hide products that are currently out of stock from search results in your shop. This can be helpful if you don’t want customers to be able to find these products easily, or if you’re trying to conserve inventory space by hiding these items until they become available again. To enable this feature, navigate to Shopify’s Settings page and under “Search & Browse,” click on the “Products” tab. From here, you can select which products should show up in search results and which ones should be hidden.
