Hello Garth,
I really like the solution proposed in this thread. It solves the exact problem we are facing. I am running into a couple difficulties. I created the seo.hidden metafield. I also created a collection called hidden to assign for those products. My “test product” is active, is in the hidden collection, and has the seo.metafield assigned as the integer 1 in its product definition page. Here are the issues and what I am experiencing.
If the test product is published on the online store sales channel, it can be found by anyone by looking at the navigation menu catalog selection which lists all products.
If the test product is not published in any sales channel that the product is not seen in a catalog listing however it is not available as a link to send to anyone nor is it available to be able to send a review or any other communications to that customer as it is “not in the store”.
I really don’t see what use adding the metafield is as it doesn’t seem to do anything. Am I missing a step to activate that metafield within the store theme somehow?
Really would appreciate your thoughts and help on this one.
