Feature Request: Filter & Sort by Availability

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

Feature request to add “Product Availability” as both a filter/sort option and a condition in Shopify Collections.

  • Current setup: Automatic collections use conditions like “Product Type = ____ AND Inventory Stock > 0” to hide out-of-stock items.
  • Problem: This logic also excludes products set to “Continue selling when out of stock” at 0 inventory—items intended for pre-order or imminent restock—so customers can’t see or order them.
  • Desired change: Enable availability-based filtering/sorting and collection conditions, so items available to order (even at 0 stock) remain visible and purchasable while distinguishing their availability status.
  • Workaround: Custom Liquid code (Shopify’s templating language) displays a message indicating an item is out of stock but available for pre-order.
  • Status: Suggestion only; no decisions or resolution reported.
Summarized with AI on January 8. AI used: gpt-5.
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I know there isn’t a dedicated feature request discussion, but I’d like to make a suggestion:

Product Availability should be a Filter & Sort option, and an option in Collections conditions.

Most of my product collections are automatic/all conditions, like this: “Product Type is equal to ____ AND Inventory Stock is greater than 0”. This prevents out of stock items from showing in collections. However, it also excludes the items where I have “Continue selling when out of stock” checked when the inventory for those items might is 0. I have certain items that are available for pre-order, or where the inventory is expected imminently. I would like customers to be able to go ahead and see/order those products. I do have custom Liquid code that shows a message if an item is out of stock and available for pre-order, so that customers know it isn’t available for immediate shipping.

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