Custom charm necklaces help— Custom product builder app

Topic summary

Issue: A store owner’s “custom product builder” for charm necklaces makes chains and charms disappear after a certain step, blocking smooth design and visualization. They asked how to check for issues.

Guidance offered:

  • Expert/consultant: Theme customizations may be required alongside the app, and a paid app might be avoidable. Offered direct consulting to design a custom product flow.
  • Alternative app (Teeinblue Product Personalizer): Promotes beginner-friendly setup with conditional logic (show/hide options based on selections) to prevent unexpected disappearances, plus live preview and support.
  • Alternative app (Easify Product Options): Detailed setup guidance—multi‑step flow (Chain Style, Charm 1–3), Image Swatches, per‑charm pricing, and enabling Live Preview to layer charms over a blank chain. Optionally allow customers to adjust charm size and position. No coding needed. Screenshots illustrate result and settings.

Status/outcome:

  • No direct fix for the current app was provided. Suggestions focus on consulting and switching to alternative apps with live preview and conditional logic. The original question about diagnosing the current app remains partially unanswered.

Notes:

  • Images/screenshots are central to demonstrating live preview, layering, and configuration.
Summarized with AI on December 10. AI used: gpt-5.

I have been trying to navigate the “custom product builder” app for days now, and cannot figure out how to get my custom charm necklace builder to perform properly. All of the chains and charms disappear after a certain step. I want customers to be able to smoothly design and visualize their own

charm necklaces. Can anyone provide any assistance with navigating this app? Thank you!

Hi @Seventhebrand :waving_hand: I’m @PaulNewton shopify-partner with a decade of experience in shopify customizations.

In some cases theme customizations may be needed in tandem with the app.
In other cases you might not actually need an app that you pay a growing monthly fee for.

You can reach out to me for services and consulting to set up a custom product process.
CLICK my profile-pic or visit my profile on the forums for options to connect directly.
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Thank you so much! How can I check for these issues?

Hey [email removed]Seventhebrand! :waving_hand:
Totally feel you on this. Product customizer apps can be tricky to navigate at first.

If you’re open to exploring other options, Teeinblue Product Personalizer is designed to be beginner-friendly while still handling complex product setups like your custom charm necklaces.

Here’s what you get with our app:

  • Conditional logic to show/hide options based on customers’ selections, so nothing disappears unexpectedly
  • Live preview lets your customers visualize their design in real time
  • Set up easily with our user-friendly artwork editor

Here’s an example of our app’s conditional logic and live preview features:

We also have a support team that’s happy to help you set things up if you get stuck so you won’t have to struggle alone for days!
Feel free to check it out or reach out to our team.

Best of luck with your store! :sparkles:

Hi @Seventhebrand :raising_hands:
I can see that you’re trying to create a “custom charm necklace designer,” but the app you’re currently using is causing the chain and charms to disappear after a few steps. For a more stable builder—where charms never disappear and customers can see a live preview as they design—you might consider using Easify Product Options.

The app fully supports multi-step selection, real-time live preview, layering charms onto the necklace, and it all works without any coding..

Here’s an example I’ve created so you can see how it works:

  • This is the result:

  • This is the app setting:

First, you create each step in the builder — such as Chain Style, Charm 1, Charm 2, Charm 3, and so on — and set the display type to Image Swatch. Since each charm has its own image, the preview updates instantly as customers make their selections.

If you’d like to add pricing to individual charms, simply enter the amount in the Price field. The total cost will automatically adjust based on the customer’s chosen charms.

Next, to ensure the chain and charms don’t disappear when moving between steps, you can enable Live Preview in the Product Personalizer tab. This feature lets you set a blank chain image as the background and layer each charm in the exact position you want.

If you’d like customers to adjust the size or position of each charm, simply turn on Change image size and Change image position — giving them full control while designing their necklace.

As a result, customers can design their charm necklace smoothly, with every charm remaining visible at each step — exactly the kind of experience you’re aiming for.

If you need help setting things up in detail, feel free to reach out to us anytime — the Easify team is always ready to guide you through every step. :yellow_heart: