Exclude items from collection using tags 'does not contain'

Store Design
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Hi, is it possible for Shopify to expand the condition settings under Collections?

Here’s an example of what I would like to achieve:

I’d like to do a store-wide sale for Hats, and wish to exclude new arrivals from the sale.

Logically I’d:

  1. Tag all the new arrivals with ‘New Arrivals’.

  2. Create a collection with conditions of:

(1) Product Type equals to ‘Hats’

(2) Product Tag does not contain ‘New Arrivals’

  1. Create a discount code that applies to this collection.

However the ‘does not contain’ option is unavailable if selecting Product Tag.

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Or is there other ways to achieve the same goal without changing Product Title and Variant Title?

I would prefer not to add ‘New Arrivals’ to the Product/Variant Title as then I’ll need to edit all the new arrivals 1 by 1 when season changes, which is a lot of hassle.

Thank you.

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Hello! You can use the Product type field by setting it to “new”. The “not equal” filter for Product type works in the collection.

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Thanks for replying.

I don’t think we can set 2 Product Types under the same product, can we? I have set the Product Type as Hat and would like to keep it this way otherwise all the products will be mixed, hope this makes sense.

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Hello [email removed]T2R!

I can offer you two more options:

  1. Create a vendor with some marking, specify it for new arrivals, and then create a condition Product vendor is not equal to.
  2. Tag all items except new arrivals with “Old” tag (for example) and add a collection with the condition product tag is equal to Old.

I also found a thread in the forum where merchants are also interested in the possibility of setting a condition “product tag is not equal to” and there is still no solution other than using third-party paid apps.

https://community.shopify.com/c/shopify-discussions/why-is-there-still-not-a-quot-is-not-equal-to-quot-option-in-the/td-p/342988

I’m thinking of making a simple little application that would give you the ability to set such a condition, but I’m not sure it would be in demand.

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It absolutely would be - it would seem a simple thing for Shopify to so a “is not equal to” condition for tagging… would be so very helpful!

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It is really hard to understand why this does not work. I have exactly the same issue (exclude “new” from discount) and problem here. Why does it work for all other conditions but not for tags?

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  1. https://www.loom.com/share/0b3f5e76ff914050b344447c4f367d5b?sid=05e036b3-2b6a-4015-b651-cc44547d10a5

  2. My workaround until shopify comes up with a solution.

  3. I bulk updated my data to set type to ‘Auction’ for example.

  4. Created a new collection that contains products that excludes ‘Auction’ type

  5. If new products are created with the tag ‘auction etc’ I auto classified them to type ‘Auction’

  6. Apps Used: Matrixify and Shopify Flow.

  7. lmk if this makes sense hope you can apply this to your system some how for the workaround.

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Yes - in our case wanted to exclude our leather collection so made a collection called non leather that is hidden and used that tag for my discount code - I just have to remember to ensure any new product added is tagged with this for future.. thank you for coming back on this.

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Hi Timkuts,

Anything new on this subject?

Has there been made any solution from Shopify´s side?