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Turn Off "Requires Shipping" for Non-Physical Add-On Variants

Bulk-uncheck the physical-product/shipping flag on specific service or digital add-on variants so they stop triggering shipping rates and fulfillment holds.

📋 Prompt
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Turn off “Requires shipping” (the “this is a physical product” setting) for these specific variants: [VARIANT_LIST, e.g. “the Extended Warranty variant on every product in the Electronics collection” or exact SKUs like “engraving service and installation service variants store-wide”]. These are service or non-physical add-ons bundled alongside physical products, and leaving shipping required on them is causing incorrect shipping rates and fulfillment holds.

For each targeted variant:

  Show me its current “requires shipping” status, price, and inventory tracking setting before changing anything.
  Skip and flag any variant where “requires shipping” is already off – no need to touch it.
  Turn off “requires shipping” only. Do not change price, compare-at price, inventory tracking, tax status, or SKU/barcode on any variant.
  If a flagged variant’s title doesn’t clearly read as a service or non-physical item (e.g. it looks like a normal stocked product), stop and ask me to confirm before changing it – don’t assume.


Show me the full list of affected variants before applying anything. After I confirm, apply the change and report: how many variants were updated, how many were skipped because they were already correct, and any flagged for manual confirmation with the reason why.

How to Use

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