Shopify Blocks Custom Checkout and Bulk Pricing Edits
Developers building Shopify stores are encountering limitations and workarounds when trying to implement specific functionality. This includes difficulties with bulk data editing, complex pricing structures, custom forms, and extending core features to meet unique business needs. The platform's constraints often require significant custom development and creative solutions.
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“The best is to have Claude for instance take your current theme, inventory current custom code with heavy comments, then upgrade to v3 and v4 using Claude. Claude will do it very easily. Ensure you use git as well so it's to rollback, or forward…”
“I wouldn’t upgrade solely because the version number changed, but I also wouldn’t let customized themes drift indefinitely. Duplicate the live theme, inventory every customization and app dependency, then test navigation, search, cart, discounts, mobile layouts, analytics, and order completion against the new version. Document which changelog items affect your store and set a quarterly review instead of treating every release as urgent. We use SIGNLD internally to connect theme versions, code ch”
“I use it for the customer to write words in such as "To Grandpa, Love Erin" for example. I also use it for choosing "back color" , "lettering color", because all the combinations would be too much for the standard shopify variants. I also use if for logo uploads.”
“Our storefront uses the free Horizon theme with a decent amount of custom code/modifications. We're currently on version 2.X, but version 4.X is already available. I already have all the features I need for the foreseeable future, and after looking at the changelog, nothing really stands out as a must-have. Is it really worth the effort to upgrade because its pain in the butt to upgrade especially to make sure everything is working correctly? My main concern is security - are there any secur”
“I run a Shopify store myself, and one task I kept procrastinating on was catalog SEO. Updating product titles, descriptions, meta fields and image alt text one by one is fine with a small catalog. Once you have hundreds of products, it becomes a ridiculous amount of repetitive work. So I started building ListerRank . It’s now live on the Shopify App Store. The idea is to handle most of the repetitive content workflow in one place: bulk product SEO/content optimization catalog SEO auditing alt te”
“Yes, this is doable. For lots of options with individual price adjustments, product options app is usually much easier than creating hundreds of Shopify varants. Look for one that supports conditional logic and per-option and-on pricing.”
“Actually, apps do offer this—you just need to look for features called "Price Lists" or "Custom Pricing" rather than discount tiers. Here is the concise solution for both your pricing and menu issues: Custom Pricing: Apps like SparkLayer (which you mentioned) and Wholesale Gorilla allow you to upload exact, fixed prices per SKU for specific customer accounts (usually via CSV). The Menu Issue: Don't try to use code to hide 100 links on your main menu—it's a maintenance”
“The problem is no apps offer custom pricing per account, only tiered a percent discount functionality. I need to be able to customize each product price for each account”
“You have to be careful with heavy B2B solutions on standard Shopify plans. To force features like custom pricing and hidden products on a standard plan, these apps usually have to heavily modify your theme and essentially hijack the cart. If you don't have the technical bandwidth to constantly fix theme conflicts, it gets messy quickly. Native B2B on Shopify Plus is the cleanest route, but obviously very expensive. If your B2B volume justifies it, another approach is to spin up a completely”
“The problem is I have customers with lots of products in their catalog and customers with only a couple products in their catalog. There has to be a more user friendly way of doing this. I thought about using attributes or filter options instead of menus for a filter sidebar but I think I’d run into the same issue. I noticed that hidden products are still counted in the collection page.”
“I have looked through a bunch and have not seen any that provide all the features I need”
“I don’t know why these b2b features aren’t more readily available. These are standard features for b2b”
“Yeah that makes it a bit more difficult. It can be done, but these apps usually work best with fixed discount or specific rules. As for hiding products, it can also be done, but depending on the number of customers it can also quickly become a pain.”
“No, not only 3 markets. You can have many more markets on Shopify, but only 3 catalogs. Also some other things like account manager logins that can only see certain companies is not allowed on the non-Plus Shopify stores. Also the net checkout and partial checkouts are not on non-Plus.”
“Hello, I am currently looking to move my b2b from BigCommerce to Shopify. We aren't a massive enterprise so we'd be looking at a standard plan and installing a b2b app like Sparklayer. Our goal is to allow companies to sign in, see their own products, their own pricing. The issues I am running into is that we sell thousands of different products, so we have a vast menu. If a customer is only buying a couple of items are they going to have the entire menu with zero products or is there a”
“Filtering stops via Shopify but you can still write a script to manually sort the collection products automatically.”
“Just use shopify premier partner in directory. They are a bit costly but worth it. Personally used one in Sweden and it’s great”
“With 4,000 products, I wouldn’t treat this like a normal small Shopify build. The big thing I’d sort out first is the product/catalog migration from your current system, including variants, stock, prices, categories and whatever you need synced with the physical store. I’d get that working on a small test batch before paying someone to build the whole storefront, because fixing a bad migration after all 4,000 products are in there is a nightmare. I’d also keep the first version pretty simple and”
“I use Zoho Inventory as the inventory source for my Shopify retail store. One SKU is sold in three ways: As an individual item As one component of a two-item set containing two different items As one component of several larger, multi-item sets containing different items I have 98 units of this shared component physically on hand. Temporarily, I want Shopify to make only about 10 units available through the individual-item listing and the two-item set. My primary concern is preserving enough of”
“I believe you can set those 12 SKUs to its own product theme and ensure the embed only applies there - could that work? fwiw I helped a client do this with stoq last month, working pretty great”
Now its opening to stores on Grow and Professional plans as well.
I can help you out, what do you need? I have approved apps on shopify app store. DM me to send you a link to our portfolio website.
“We run a small ecommerce store and keep the basics in Shopify and Merchant Center fairly clean: titles, variants, pricing, stock and specs. What feels harder is explaining the actual reason someone would choose one product over another. The useful details are often buried in reviews or support messages: who the product is best for, what it works well with, and where the trade-offs are. We could add more FAQs, rewrite the product copy or build comparison pages, but I am not sure what is worth doi”
“Yes, you are right. If you want to code your own custom, private discount app using Shopify Functions APIs, you need Shopify Plus plan to deploy the function. You can use a public app that uses Discount Functions. fyi - I have a public app in this space, happy to help out!”
“Considering that shopify has tons of features that I don't need and it's $29/month, I've been researching for simpler ecommerce alternatives. I'm not looking for custom development. Basically, I'm searching for a simple shopping cart with a payment processor (that also includes Klarna). The customer adds the item to the shopping cart, checks out, and pays. That's all. What options do I have that are cheaper and with less features? I'm in the US. submitted by ”
“Since you said orders syncing properly matters more than catalog size, Podbase or Gooten are probably the better fit over broader apparel-first platforms. Worth testing sample orders from 2-3 since print quality varies.”
“We’ve been using Shopify for around six years and have basically done everything ourselves. We run physical retail stores as well as the online shop, and although Shopify works, I increasingly feel that we’re only scratching the surface of what we could be doing with it. The biggest problem for me is too many possibilities . Apps, analytics, email marketing, automation, inventory, SEO, improving conversion, merchandising, integrations, AI, etc. There is so much you could work on that I find it d”
“the "quote only" product template answer above is the right call for the product page itself. two gotchas nobody mentioned that bit me on a mixed store like yours: (1) collection cards, search results and quick-add still show the price for those machinery products, because they don't use the product template - on Enterprise you'd edit the card snippet with a tag check (e.g. tag the big items quote-only and wrap the price in {% unless product.tags contains 'quote-only' %”
Previous comment was automatically removed because I mentioned the app you mentioned. You don't have to pay any apps. There are free apps out there. Make sure you download your theme and…
“Start by documenting the business rules rather than comparing storefront features. List every product type, variation, subscription, bundle, discount, tax rule, shipping rule, checkout field, payment flow, customer segment, integration, and automated email you currently depend on. Then classify each as native in Shopify, replaced by an app, requiring custom work, or no longer needed. The migration cost usually hides in recurring app fees and edge cases rather than moving products. Also test URL”
“we are considering to change from WooCommerce to Shopify as we are looking at our general tech stack. Have you done this? What are the things to be aware of? submitted by /u/JuiceOk8437 [link] [comments]”
“Yeah, you can use an AI coding tool for this, but I'd make a backup/duplicate theme first and work on that rather than letting it loose on the live store. Shopify themes are basically a collection of Liquid, CSS, JS and config files, so you can download/open the theme files and have the tool modify specific sections. The trick is giving it very specific changes, otherwise you'll get a bunch of code that technically works but makes the theme harder to maintain. I'd start with 2-3 visu”
“Just edit the theme code directly in Shopify. Download the theme file, feed it to Claude, tell it what you want changed, then paste the code back in. You'll need to be comfortable with HTML/CSS though cause Claude might give you stuff that breaks the layout if you're not careful.”
“Hi! Shopify offered me some themes. Even though I change many things, it still looks regular. I would like to use some AI tools to make adjustments. I want to use Claude code. How do I do this? Can I connect them and ask Claude code to make changes in some ways? I want a more unique, creative design. Thanks in advance! submitted by /u/helloiambrain [link] [comments]”
“Youll need a cart transform or a tiny custom app that takes each uploaded file and adds it as its own line with the size. The upload apps only attach the file, they dont split the cart.”
“If you have a company that has a lot of custom products, which order form app do you like? I'd like to hear positives and negatives. Someone recommended using Google Forms but I'm not sure that's the best or even a good option. submitted by /u/Old-Brilliant-7881 [link] [comments]”
“my (and most) website will not be effected since I did not change the code when it was available to edit years ago.”
“Before you choose Woo, also look at Medusa (also open source and MIT licensed) if you want control of the commerce layer that is cheap and headless. There is a whole migration guide via agents from Shopify and you own all of the source code. has the main commerce functions: products and variants, categories, prices, customer groups, promotions, carts, checkout, payments, orders, returns, exchanges, inventory, stock locations, and fulfillment.”
“If you're on Online Store 2.0, most themes built in the last few years, Shopify's own Search & Discovery app can do this natively. It lets you add a filter by vendor/brand to your collection pages without any extra app or code. Worth checking that first since it's free and one less subscription to maintain. If your theme's older or the native filter option isn't showing up, Boost AI Search & Filter is a solid paid option a lot of stores use for exactly this. Either wa”
“what people usually do instead is keep each item as its own product with its own size/color, then link them with shopify's built in combined listings so they show up as one page to the customer.”
“Does anybody know how to create bundles in Shopify for clothing items? I’d like to house two items into one bundle but they exceed 3 variant options with both having size and color. Are there any easy work around for this or free apps that meet this need? submitted by /u/Ok_Quantity_7102 [link] [comments]”
“This is maybe against the spirit of open source and opposite of what you’re asking but are you able to have the functionality you need with the Shopify free tier or with a small subscription?”
“If you run Meta, GA4, Google Ads or any conversion platform on a non-Plus store, run one documented test order before Shopify upgrades the Thank you and Order status pages on August 26. Seeing a tag fire isn't enough. That only proves something happened in the browser, not that the platform received the purchase once, with the right value. The test: Place a test order. If your purchase event is browser-side, watch the request leave from the Thank you and Order status pages in the Network tab”
“Yeah, definitely. I think the key is whether the app is solving a simple problem or something that’s becoming core to the store. For a small feature, an app is usually the easier choice. But if you’re heavily relying on it or working around its limitations, that’s when custom starts making more sense.”
“Exactly. That’s an important part of the trade-off that often gets overlooked. With a well-maintained app, the developer handles compatibility, API changes, security patches, and ongoing updates. Custom development gives you more control, but you also take on that maintenance responsibility yourself.”