How to Manage Discontinued Products in Shopify

I’ll introduce the considerations for managing discontinued products in Shopify.

Background: Considering How to Manage Discontinued Products in Shopify

I considered different patterns for managing discontinued products in Shopify, so I’ll share them.

Options for Managing Discontinued Products in Shopify

Option A: Don't Show Product Pages to Customers

By changing to [Archive Product] in the Shopify admin, you can prevent customers from seeing discontinued product pages.

Here’s reference information about Shopify’s [Archive Product] feature:

Option B: Show Product Pages to Customers / Display "Discontinued" Text

Set up tags for discontinued products
Tag name suggestion: 販売終了 (discontinued)

Option C: Show Product Pages to Customers / Internal Management Only

To show product pages to customers, considering export functionality mentioned later, it’s more convenient to manage with tags even if only for internal management purposes.

Set up tags for discontinued products
Tag name suggestion: EOS

EOS [Abbreviation] end of sales 販売終了 (discontinued)
Source: EOSの意味・使い方｜英辞郎 on the WEB

Managing Discontinued Products

Export from https://your.myshopify.com/admin/products using "Export"
Determine by checking if the Tags column in the CSV file contains 販売終了 or EOS

That’s all from the Gemba about considering how to manage discontinued products in Shopify.

Reference Information

ProductStatus