Example products shown instead of my products

Topic summary

A user customizing Shopify’s Dawn theme encountered an issue where only example products appeared in sections like “featured collection” or “featured product,” despite having published their own products. Product selection dropdowns also showed no items.

Troubleshooting attempts:

  • Converting products to draft and republishing
  • Duplicating the theme
  • None of these solutions worked initially

Resolution:
The issue was resolved when the original poster discovered a toggleable option within the DSERS app (used for importing products) that needed to be enabled. A screenshot shows the relevant DSERS setting that fixed the problem.

Current status:
Another user has now reported experiencing the identical issue but cannot locate the same DSERS settings screen shown in the solution, leaving their problem unresolved and seeking clarification on where to find those options.

Summarized with AI on November 2. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Customizing the “Dawn” theme & I have added 2 products (published). Whenever I try to add a section like featured collection or featured product only the example product(s) show up even when I’ve selected either my collection or the product.

Also when I try to add a button it doesn’t show anything under products.

& this is what my products look like

This is indeed odd. Try to make the product draft again and make it available. Try also duplicating your theme and seeing if that works. If it doesn’t work, you can reach out to me to take a look or talk with Shopify Support.

Yeah, none of these ideas worked. How can I rach out to you or shopify support?

-tnx

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NEVERMIND GUYS, problem was I imported the product using DSERS app & there was a toggleable option which I turned on!

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Great that you figured out. That was what I asked you on my first reply but didn’t know you were using a Dsers app. My contact is right below if you are stuck on anything in the future.

I’m having the exact same problem as you where did you find that screen in DSERS to fix it. I might be a little slow but I cannot seem to find that screen with those options anywhere on my DSERS.