The “Unlisted” product status was added Oct 2025.
Sometime after launch, the documentation updated to indicate that the Shop App does not support this status.
Because a large number of Shopify stores use the Shop App, this is practically speaking an almost unusable feature.
Not at all. It’s a very specific feature that fills quite a large gap in the Online Store sales channel (website). Has absolutely nothing to do with the Shop app.
Has absolutely nothing to do with the Shop app.
Yes, that is the problem.
Products that are unlisted on the web are treated as draft by the app.
This of course is a problem only for merchants that use the Shop App – but that is a large number.