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Updates to products are not showing up

If a product is not updating as expected on Shopify, there are only a handful of possible causes.

Updated over a week ago

Overview

Updates usually occur within a minute of the change. The following checklist will help you quickly isolate whether there is a delay or linking problem preventing a product from updating as expected.

Example: A product price has been updated in your POS, but that price has not shown up on Shopify yet.

Check each of the items on this checklist. Most concerns can be resolved by resyncing the product in question. If the problem persists after that, our support team can get to the bottom of it.

Troubleshooting checklist

Additional considerations by POS

How to Fix

Check for a product linking error

  1. Navigate to the product or variant in Shopify.

  2. Confirm the SKU and barcode fields are correct and edit if needed.

  3. Use View in POS (found in the More Actions menu) to see what the product or variant is currently linked to.

  4. Based on what you find:

    • Linked to the wrong item or matrix — Use Unlink from POS (also in the More Actions menu) to break the link, then save the correct item or matrix in your POS to resync and relink.

    • Not linked at all — Save the item or matrix in your POS to trigger a resync and establish the link.

    • Linked to the correct item or matrix — The link is not the issue. Continue with troubleshooting below past step 5.

  5. After resyncing, wait a few minutes and use View in POS again to confirm the correct link is in place.
    Learn more: "Unlink from POS" action

Check settings

Ensure that product and pricing updates are ON

Learn more: Mortar Advance Settings > Products and Variants

Check for delays

Check your status page to see if a bulk update to customers or products is in progress. Ask your colleagues if anyone has updated a lot of customers or products recently. If so, be patient. Your changes are in the queue and already on their way. 1000s of product updates can take some time to process.
Learn more: Status Page

Lightspeed Retail imports

Imports using Lightspeed's import tool do not reliably get sent. Resolve this by using the Mortar Shopify extension to trigger a resync for the products.
Learn more: Resync product and variant details on-demand

Heartland Retail users with custom grid dimensions

Custom grid dimensions like flavor, scent, strength, etc., must also be entered into one of the custom fields mapped to Accumula for size, color, or third on your Heartland Retail Products settings.

Still have an issue? Contact Support

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