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Shopify now enforces purchase-type filtering for app discounts at checkout. Here’s how to keep one-time and subscription discount behavior aligned with your Function and admin configuration.
Shopify Rollouts can now control discount timing and buyer reach. Here’s why discount dates alone are no longer enough, and how apps should read Rollout state safely.
Why Shopify can block an app deployment because another checkout UI extension is still on an old API version, and how to upgrade safely.
A practical method for migrating Shopify theme features by mapping dependencies and preserving the target theme instead of copying the old theme wholesale.
How Shopify Cart and Checkout Validation Functions enforce purchase rules server-side when storefront theme code is not enough.
A practical Shopify decision guide for choosing between Checkout UI Extensions and Cart and Checkout Validation Functions.
How to keep one-time Shopify sale pricing from also discounting Recharge subscription lines by separating merchandise eligibility from purchase type.
A practical Shopify architecture for custom sale pricing using metafields, theme display logic, and Shopify Functions without repurposing compare-at price.
Shopify variant images can stop switching because the variant-media association is stale or theme variant-change JavaScript is broken. Re-save the image assignment before rewriting code.
Shopify file-reference metafields can expose a GenericFile object rather than a ready-to-use string URL. Resolve the metafield value, then use the file object’s URL property.