A Shopify store owner wants to remove international marketplaces (Germany, Spain, etc.) from their UK-based site to focus solely on the UK market. They’re concerned about potential 404 errors and SEO consequences from deletion.
Key Questions:
Technical Context:
A moderator asked clarifying questions about the setup method—whether using Shopify Markets or just international shipping, and whether localized domains exist (e.g., website.de, website.es).
Similar Concern:
Another user joined with the same question, having set up markets via Shopify Markets with URL extensions like /fr-fr, /fr-ch, /fr-be. They suspect these international versions are causing duplicate content issues that harm their SEO.
Status: The discussion remains open with no resolution yet. The moderator is gathering setup details to provide appropriate guidance.
We have published four other marketplaces (Germany, Spain etc) on our Shopify UK website. We just want to focus on the UK marketplace. If we remove these international marketplaces is it going to cause 404 errors or any other SEO-related issues?
Are there any benefits to keeping the international markets published and if so what are they?
Thanks
Hi @Skhann ,
Thank you for reaching out. Did you set up these marketplaces via Shopify Markets, or did you just offer shipping to these countries? Do you own localized domains (e.g. website.de, website.es, etc) for the marketplaces you’ve set up?
Hello Victor I have the same question 
I set up the marketplaces via Shopify markets.
I have a main website www.mywebsite.com and extension like www.mywebsite.com/fr-fr www.mywebsite.com/fr-ch www.mywebsite/fr-be
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Could you please help?
is it ok if I delete these markets ?
Because I think my SEO is really bad now due to duplicate content.
Thanks in advance and best regards
Elise