Shop not displaying in local language, language based redirects

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Topic summary

Main issue: Local-language display and market-specific pricing/redirects aren’t working as expected for the Germany market.

  • Setup: One domain with three Shopify Markets (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany). Dutch is default for NL/BE; German is set as primary for DE. A price increase is configured for the Germany market.

  • Observed behavior: Language selector shows options but selecting German routes to /en, not to a German path. Manually visiting /de shows German content, but prices still match Netherlands pricing (no DE price increase applied).

  • Redirects: Automatic language-based redirection is enabled, and the browser is set/detected as German (DE), yet users (including from Germany, VPN, and private windows) land on the main Dutch site instead of German.

  • Attempts: Verified browser language, used VPN, and tested private browsing; issue persists for multiple users in Germany.

  • Status: Unresolved. Key questions: why automatic language redirects aren’t triggering for DE, and why DE market price adjustments aren’t being applied even on the German-language path.

Summarized with AI on December 29. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi!

I have a store on a single domain, with 3 markets (Netherlands, Belgium and Germany). For each of these markets, Dutch is configured as primary/default language. For the Germany marked I selected the German language als primary language. Also I raised the prices automatically for the Germany market.

The language selector dropdown displays both language, and correctly redirects to /en when selecting German language. The prices stays the same Netherlands prices and not the updated Germany prices as I installed.

The automatic redirection based on browser language does not seem to work. The language redirect option under Market preferences is enabled, and I’ve confirmed my browser is configured and detected as using German (DE). Still, when browsing to the store, I remain on the main URL with language set to Dutch. I also tried with VPN connection and change the browser to the Deutsch language. Also in a private browser nothing works. I also asked people in Germany who also saw the Netherlands language. When I search directly the www.domain.nl/de then it works and go directly to the translated site but the prices won’t change to the raise I installed.

Hope someone can help me out!