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Planning an offer? Shopify Rollouts can schedule catalogue changes.

Shopify’s 23 October release adds catalogue changes to Rollouts, including scheduling availability and pricing by market. Its help guide lists Basic or higher for Rollouts and Grow or higher for experiments. External channels can behave differently, so test the offer beyond the homepage.

Source published 23 Oct 2026

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Your next move

Start with one clear offer and check its dates, audience and price across the channels you use.

THE SOURCED NEWS

Different rollout types do different jobs

Shopify describes scheduled catalogue activation, deactivation or switching, with the option to coordinate theme and checkout changes. A Launch is permanent, an Event runs for a set period, and an Experiment compares a change with a control.

The requirements guide warns that experiments and rollouts reaching less than all visitors apply only to the online store. Product feeds and other channels might show a different offer. It also says catalogue edits made during an Event remain; ending it does not restore an old copy of the catalogue.

SELLERBUNDLE PRACTICAL ANALYSIS

SellerBundle: write the offer in one sentence

State the products, market, price and intended start and finish. Add who will check the launch and what should happen afterwards. Keep the first trial small enough that you can inspect every affected product.

Check a product page, cart and checkout through the normal customer journey. Then inspect any relevant ads, feeds or other sales channels. Record where the offer should appear and where it should not, rather than assuming a successful store preview proves everything matches.

SELLERBUNDLE PRACTICAL ANALYSIS

Check the end as carefully as the start

Before scheduling, decide which prices and availability should remain after the promotion. Keep a record of the catalogue changes you made and review the current permissions and plan requirements.

After the event ends, check the live store and any synced channels again. Allow for their actual update process and investigate mismatches. Compare completed orders and margin with your starting question; a scheduled launch is useful only when the resulting offer stays clear to customers.

GO TO THE ORIGINAL

Check the sources.

Shopify Changelog: catalogue changes in Rollouts, 23 October 2026 ↗
Published 23 Oct 2026

Shopify Help: rollout types (undated) ↗
Published date not stated

Shopify Help: plan requirements and external-channel limitations (undated) ↗
Published date not stated

This is an original SellerBundle explanation with practical editorial suggestions. Check current official terms and suitability before changing your business processes.

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