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Configure Geolocation and Market Redirects

Set up automatic geolocation detection to redirect visitors to the right language and currency based on their location.

Sidekick writes it — you put it live

Sidekick produces the content or code for this, but doesn't apply it to your store itself. You'll paste or publish the result yourself — the prompt tells Sidekick to explain exactly where it goes.

📋 Prompt

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Help me configure geolocation-based market detection for my Shopify store.

Current setup:

  Primary market: [e.g., US / English / USD]
  Additional markets: [e.g., France / French / EUR, Japan / Japanese / JPY]
  Current Shopify plan: [e.g., Basic, Shopify, Advanced]
  Using Shopify Markets: [Yes/No]


I need help with:


  Geolocation strategy
    
      Should I use a popup/banner or automatic redirect?
      Best practices for first-time vs. returning visitors
      How to handle VPN users and edge cases
      Cookie/session persistence for market selection
    
  
  Shopify Markets configuration
    
      Step-by-step setup for each market
      Domain strategy: subfolders (/fr/) vs. subdomains (fr.store.com) vs. country domains (.fr)
      How to map countries to markets
    
  
  Language and currency selector
    
      Where to place the selector in the theme
      What information to show (flag, language name, currency)
      Liquid code snippet for a custom selector if needed
    
  
  Popup/banner design
    
      Recommended copy for the market suggestion popup
      How to phrase “We detected you are in [COUNTRY]” naturally
      Dismiss and remember preference logic
    
  
  SEO impact
    
      Hreflang implementation for each market
      Canonical URL strategy
      How to avoid duplicate content penalties
    
  


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How to Use

Copy the prompt above
Open Shopify Sidekick in your Shopify admin
Paste the prompt and replace the bracketed placeholders with your details
Review Sidekick's response and apply the suggestions