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Most sold-out hiding kicks in once inventory hits zero. By then a few customers have already had their cart fail. Inventory thresholds fix that.
If you sell in multiple regions from one Shopify store, you'll hit variants that shouldn't be visible everywhere. When to use Camouflage, when to use Markets, when to actually split the store.
Wholesale buyers should see the 48-pack. VIPs should see the limited colourway. Customers outside your shipping regions shouldn't see what can't be delivered to them. Here's how to set that up.
The interesting Camouflage configurations don't come from one rule. They come from layering rules so the same catalogue behaves differently for different customers, regions, and stock states.
Most variant hiding focuses on the product page. But sold-out variants quietly kill conversions on the collection page too — and almost nobody fixes it there.
Sometimes you want a variant gone from the storefront even though it isn't sold out — a phased-out colour, a wholesale-only size, a bundle you haven't launched. Here's how to do it without deleting anything.