App & API Custom product creation and management

Technical Q&A
1

Hi there,

I am creating an app that will create a custom product with metafields fields and and custom components and I have a few question about this.

  1. Is it possible to hide this product from the main shopify admin so it can only be managed from within the app?
  2. Is it possible to customise the product edit page for these products as there are components (like stock management and variations) that need to be hidden as well as some custom components and/or buttons that would need to be added?
  3. Is it possible to customise the variations ui on the product edit pages?
  4. The other option would be to store this product externally to shopify and then create it on the fly within the store and checkout.

Not sure what the best practice, any help would be much appreciated :slightly_smiling_face:

2

Hi,

  1. No
  2. No
  3. No
  4. Yes
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3

Thanks Jayvin,

So if product is created and managed externally how does it hook into the front end so that it can show amongst the products and collections?