there is no reason to add a restriction on 3 or more characters to make a smart collection. one of my brands is 2 characters long and i must add a collection for it. So i have to do it manually. this combination of unintelligent and arrogant design, placing restriction for no reason whatsoever really upsets me as a customer. this is not acceptable in the slightest.
there is no workaround sicne the same idiot also decided to exclude spaces and other invisible characters to make really sure that i am screwed over. Very first thing you learn in software design 101 is dont add restrictions unless they are needed.
Hey @frenjamin,
Thanks for reaching out to Shopify community with your concern.
Could you please share more details about the issue that you are facing. As your message is not clear so it’s not easy to understand. If you could mention the issue or share the store url with us then this would be great.
Waiting to hear back from you.
Thanks
Yes,
This is the Valid restriction by Shopify. Because shopify doesn’t allow to write characters less than 3 for the condition based collection. You must enter 3 characters.
Hope it’s clear.
If you have more questions the feel free to ask.
Thanks
I know it is a restriction, i am asking to remove it because it is insanely stupid and there is no reason at all to have it.
Sorry we cannot remove the restriction for the one Merchant only. it’s all fair for everyone.
Hope you understand.
@frenjamin
Shopify Smart Collection Limitations (Not Removable)
Switch to Manual (Custom) Collections If your logic is complex or uses metafields or custom conditions
What? No. A first principle is literally restrictions because memory is not infinite.
Shopify’s is a SASS these types of shin kicking limitations are a requirement to prevent abuse.
Make a formal feature request to a shopify support advisor using the chat in the help website.
Otherwise it’s either just use tags on the target products; optionally using automations to do the tagging.
Or try to invert the conditions so only the target products match the negation criteria.
O use the api and manual collections using either via shopify-flow or even the mechanic app to automate it https://tasks.mechanic.dev/?q=create%20collection .
Though obviously test first that manuals-collects don’t have the same dumb validation.
