How to make different prices at point of sale and online store

Topic summary

A merchant seeks to set different prices for their online store (discounted) versus point-of-sale locations (regular prices). Multiple users confirm this basic functionality is not natively supported in Shopify, expressing frustration that such a fundamental feature is missing from a leading e-commerce platform.

Proposed workarounds include:

  • Using wholesale apps like Wholesale Club to create variable pricing by customer tags
  • Setting up automated discounts excluded from POS
  • Duplicating products for each channel (online vs. POS)

Issues with workarounds:

  • Product duplication causes severe inventory management problems, especially for stores with large catalogs (2000+ SKUs mentioned)
  • One user reports duplicated products caused API errors at their automated warehouse
  • Not practical for businesses with multiple locations

Potential solutions discussed:

  • VariPrice app was mentioned but reported non-functional (creates redirect loops)
  • MultiPrice app was recommended by its creator as a solution that avoids product duplication and supports different pricing per POS location
  • One merchant opened a separate Shopify store exclusively for POS to work around the limitation

The discussion remains unresolved as a native feature request, with users expressing little hope for official implementation despite ongoing business impact.

Summarized with AI on October 24. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Have you found any solution to this problem? I was looking at apps today and there is an app, but it has no reviews or sample stores so I am weary. It is called VariPrice - POS Custom Pricing