Custom url

Topic summary

Main issue: A user wants to change a Shopify URL from a prefixed path (e.g., yourbrandname/pages/inventory) to a cleaner root path (yourbrandname/inventory).

Key update: A responder states this is not possible. Shopify enforces core URL prefixes—/pages, /collections, /product—and these cannot be replaced with custom paths like /inventory or /products.

Context: These prefixes are platform-defined routing structures, meaning merchants cannot modify or remove them to create shorter, root-level URLs for these resource types.

Outcome: No workaround or customization path was provided; the limitation is definitive per the reply.

Status: Resolved with a clear platform constraint; no further action items or open questions identified.

Summarized with AI on December 22. AI used: gpt-5.

I’m new to shopify design and I’d appreciate assistance on how I could change my sites collections url from for example yourbrandname/pages/inventory to yourbrandname/inventory

You can’t do that. /pages, /collections, /product are essential and cannot be replaced with /inventory or /products or anything.