[Unit Price] Documentation

Summary

What is the feature?

Merchants selling in France and Germany are required to show unit prices for certain types of products to be compliant with the law. Ex: €9.99 / 100g

Why is it needed?

Today, Shopify merchants in France and Germany are not compliant with this law. Unit prices make it easy for buyers to compare prices.

Who is it for?

Merchants selling in categories and products which can be measured by weight, volume and area.

What

At release, this will not be a mandatory theme requirement. We expect to make this a requirement later in the year once we finish updating themes for the new online store design experience. Themes that have a substantial German or French merchant base will benefit from voluntarily making this change.

Update every page where the product’s price is displayed.

• output the new unit price liquid objects in collection page, product page, cart page and order page
• Displayed unit prices should reflect price reductions, such as when discounts are applied either through Shopify Scripts or automatic discounts
• This also applies to ajax cart

Instructions

Initial rollout is planned only for France and Germany.

• 3 conditions are necessary in order to use the new feature:
• Set your shop address in of these countries:
• France: 130 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France
• Germany: Leipziger Pl. 17, 10117 Berlin, Germany
• Have your point of contact enable the beta flag for your test shop. 

You will then be able to see a new checkbox on your product variant page as shown below:

Once enable and the data has been entered you should start seeing the information on checkout and your online store if the liquid files have been updated.

Updates to Liquid

The following liquid code is introduced:

• Product description
  
• Collection list
  
• Cart 
  
• Order account if applicable
  

Feedback

We are looking for your feedback on the theme requirements above for discounts. You can submit your feedback here.

Testing

With automatic discounts

You can create automatic discounts by following this tutorial. This will allow you to test line item and cart discounts.

The theme partnerships team will review the following in your theme update:

• Product page
• Variant unit price is displayed

• Make sure the unit price is recalculated when selecting a different variant

• Collection page
• Variant unit price is displayed
• Cart page
• Cart item unit price is displayed
• Cart level unit price with discount is displayed
• Order page
• Line item unit price is displayed
• Line item unit price with discount is displayed

Timeline

Week of July 16th:

• Partners voluntarily begin updating themes with required changes above. There is a feedback sheet linked above if you run into issues or have any concerns. 
• January 2020: 
• All themes support unit price.

*All dates are tentative

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