@FabAug
With Draft Order Edit, you can have custom pricing on ANY product (or variant) inside your draft order. This means you can make ANY product cheaper or more expensive, depending on the unique order requirements.
Topic summary
Merchants need to create Shopify orders at prices higher than listed product prices (e.g., selling a $5 item for $6 externally) while maintaining proper inventory tracking and COGS reporting. Shopify’s native draft order system only allows price reductions through discounts, not increases.
Current Workarounds:
- Using custom items (but this bypasses inventory deduction and COGS tracking)
- Applying full discount then adding custom line item at desired price
- Third-party apps like Draft Order Helper/Draftable and Draft Order Edit that enable price increases on draft orders
- REST API manipulation (with mixed success reported)
Community Frustration:
Multiple users express disappointment that this basic feature remains unavailable after 4+ years of requests. Merchants note this functionality exists in competing platforms like BigCommerce. Common use cases include custom pricing, trade-ins, gift card loading, and negotiated prices where showing “fees” creates poor customer experience.
Status:
Shopify has not implemented native price editing for draft orders. Several developers offer paid apps ($0.99-standard pricing) to fill this gap, though users argue this should be built-in functionality. The discussion remains unresolved with ongoing requests for Shopify to make draft order price fields directly editable.