Hi everyone, I’ve looked through many apps and am thoroughly confused so I thought maybe someone more experienced might know exactly what I’m looking for. I’m seeking app that can in some sense “unlock” a product to be able to be purchased only upon specific cart total threshold i.e. it’s always active/visible but only able to be added to the cart when buyer has also add a certain amount of other items. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated !! thank you
You need to understand the basic core logic in Shopify’s sales channels. If an item is published in a sales channel, it is listed in that sales channel, and made available for sale. So a backpack is available on your Online Store sales channel, and an external app cannot disable that.
I understand your wanting to “unlock” a certain product, that would otherwise be locked out of purchase, that’s just not how Shopify works.
Ways around this. You can essentially “unlock” a product discount that would otherwise be unavailable. You can do this with upsell apps. So if I spend $50 on product A and B, I can get product C for a discounted price. This doesn’t line up exactly but that’s the best you’re gonna get. A very, very distant second place would be duplicate product C, and mark it as Unlisted (if you don’t know about this feature, go here). Then if someone reaches the threshold, you can automatically input the link or include it in the confirmation email. A final suggestion, and probably one I wouldn’t recommend, would be a “order limits” app, that sets a minimum order value before checkout.
Hi @adam_140 
ontop of just plain conditional upsell apps, these are “cart progress bar” discounts, or “cart goals” discounts/upsells and a smattering of other keywords to search for in the app store; including your own words “cart threshold”.
The problem can be the showing a product IN the cart-page/cart-drawer and having threshold logic.
So sometimes it just boils down to a message/link that sends the buyer to the Product Description Page(PDP) where the add-to-cart is finally unlocked and usable.
This process can also be done with advanced theme customizations, reach out if you need such services.
Plus plan stores can also do this type of upsell in the checkout process itself using checkout-extensions.
For advanced content gating there’s apps like locksmith, Locksmith - Flexible access control for Shopify stores | Shopify App Store
has at least $x in their cart Creating keys | Locksmith
Hi @adam_140
I think the product unlocked shouldn’t be visible on your store before someone unlocks them by cart subtotal threshold, it will be clearer