Workflow Trigger ExtensionsWorkflow Trigger Extensions

Tag products when a shopper views a sold out variant

When a shopper lands on a product page whose shown variant is sold out, add the tag restock-demand to the product. A demand signal for buying: these are the products people wanted and could not get.

One trigger, built-in Shopify actions only, no other app needed. Nothing in it is specific to a store, so it works as soon as it is imported.

The workflow in Shopify Flow: Tag products when a shopper views a sold out variant
The complete workflow as it looks in Shopify Flow.

What it needs

  • The app's permission Storefront Behaviour Access + Inventory Data Access + Product, Variant & Collection Data Access. See Permissions and data access.
  • Nothing else: turning the workflow on switches the trigger Out-of-Stock Variant Viewed on in the app.

Install the Workflow Trigger Extensions app and grant Storefront Behaviour Access and Inventory Data Access and Product, Variant & Collection Data Access on its Permissions page. Turning this workflow on switches the trigger on in the app. This is a storefront trigger: events are only collected from shoppers who accept analytics cookies.

Get the workflow

  1. Download the .flow file attached at the bottom of this page.
  2. In your Shopify admin open Flow, click Import and choose the file.
  3. Check the steps, then click Turn on workflow.

The file is an export from Shopify Flow itself. Do not edit it by hand; change the workflow in Flow after importing it.

How it works

  1. Out-of-Stock Variant Viewed fires when a shopper lands on a product page whose shown variant is sold out.
  2. Add product tags puts restock-demand on the product.

Make it yours

  • Sort buying decisions by this tag, or count the views in a metafield with a Run code step.

Next steps