Products by Unit Type

Retail & Point of Sale
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Topic summary

A merchant is requesting the ability to sell products by variable unit types (per hour, liter, ounce, pound, yard) rather than only fixed quantities.

The primary use case involves fresh produce, bulk grains, meat, and seafood where customers may want varying amounts—for example, a single tomato or a fraction of a pound. Currently, pricing flexibility for weight-based sales (like $5.00/lb with adjustments for actual weight) is not natively available.

The user finds it frustrating that third-party apps are required for this functionality and believes unit type selection should be integrated directly into the standard product creation form. They emphasize this feature would be especially valuable given the growth of farmers markets and bulk grocery stores.

The request remains unresolved, with the merchant advocating for native platform support rather than relying on additional applications.

Summarized with AI on November 4. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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When adding a new product there should be an option to change the unit type.

  • Per Hour
  • Per Liter
  • Per Ounce
  • Per Pound
  • Per Yard

My store carries a lot of fresh produce and it would be a lot better if I could charge by the pound (or even ounce when I’m selling bulk grains) rather than marking it by “each” or a bag that equals a pound. Because sometimes not all my customers want a pound. They might come in for one small tomato or onion. Same with people that sell fresh meat or seafood. If they charge $5.00/lb, but there’s not a way to adjust those prices if it’s +/- that pound they are weighing out.

It is so silly to me that we have to use apps in order to get this feature. It should just be integrated into the new product form.

I really wish Shopify would consider this to be a normal function when adding new products. Especially with the rise of farmers markets and bulk grocery stores.

Also, I wish this platform was more user-friendly towards bookstores.

I love the platform, I just really don’t like having all the added applications that I need to install and most of them being paid subscriptions.

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