HBN Notes

Shopify guides for catalog, checkout, and product pages.

Work through product availability, delivery, buying rules, and storefront questions with practical checks for Shopify merchants.

How to show different size charts for different Shopify products

Choose a store-wide default, group products that share a sizing system, define exceptions, and test which chart wins when assignments overlap.

Should a size chart use body or garment measurements?

Choose body measurements, finished-product measurements, or both without asking shoppers to compare numbers that describe different things.

How to find published Shopify products customers cannot reach

Trace published products through collection membership, collection publication, and the menus shoppers actually use, while separating definite dead ends from paths a theme may still provide.

How to find Shopify products that are not in any collection

Review collection membership across the catalog, decide which ungrouped products should be discoverable, and choose a manual or automated collection without creating a new maintenance problem.

Does every Shopify collection need to be in the navigation menu?

Decide which collections need a menu path, which are intentionally reached through search or theme sections, and how to review unlinked collections without treating every exception as broken.

Why is a Shopify product with inventory still unavailable to customers?

Work out whether a product is hidden from shoppers or blocked at checkout, then check publication, markets, sellable stock, and delivery in the order that finds the cause fastest.

SKU vs. barcode on Shopify: what is the difference?

Understand what Shopify SKUs and barcodes identify, when each field is used, and why one value should not automatically be copied into the other.

Do Shopify products need SKUs or barcodes?

Decide when a Shopify variant needs an internal SKU, an assigned barcode, both identifiers, or an intentional blank based on its sales and fulfillment path.

How to create a SKU naming convention for Shopify

Build a short, consistent Shopify SKU format that distinguishes variants, works with warehouse systems, and can grow without creating collisions.

How to validate GTIN barcodes on Shopify

Check Shopify barcode values for supported GTIN length, digits, check-digit errors, duplicate assignments, and the correct product-variant match.