ABAR
Glossary

Commerce terminology, defined.

Short, accurate definitions for every Shopify term merchants encounter.

A

Archived Product
A retired product that keeps its history but is hidden from sale.

B

Barcode
The external product identifier — usually UPC, EAN or ISBN.
Bulk Edit
Editing many products or variants in a single operation.

C

Collection
A group of products a customer can browse.
Compare-at Price
The strike-through 'was' price shown next to a sale price.

D

Draft Product
A product not yet visible on any channel.

F

Flow automations
our built-in automation engine.

I

Inventory Location
A physical or logical place that stocks inventory.

M

Metafield
A structured custom field on a Shopify resource.
Metaobject
A reusable custom data type, referenced by metafields.

P

Product Handle
The URL slug for a product.
Product Status
Active, draft or archived — controls visibility.
Product Type
A single category label describing what a product is.

S

Sales Channel
A place where products are sold — online store, POS, marketplaces.
Shopify Markets
our multi-region storefront system.
SKU
Stock Keeping Unit — an internal identifier for a variant.

T

Tag
A free-form label used for filtering and automation.

V

Variant
A specific version of a product — size, color, material combination.