Searching for products

You can search for products in the Shopify POS app by using the global search bar or by tapping Products in the navigation bar. From the search results, you can browse your products, view product details, and add a product to cart.

You can search your products by the following attributes:

  • Barcode
  • Variant name
  • Product title
  • SKU
  • Tags
  • Vendor
  • Description

Your search term doesn't need to exactly match the product attributes that you're searching for. You can search using partial words or words out of order. The products that best match the attributes in your search display in the search results.

Products must have their publishing settings set to available for the Point of Sale sales channel for those products to display in Shopify POS. You can set the availability for your products from your Shopify admin.

The global search bar allows you to search your entire store on the Shopify POS app, including products. When you use the global search bar, the POS screen splits and the cart remains visible.

Steps

  1. From the Shopify POS app, tap the magnifying glass icon to open the global search bar.
  2. In the search bar, enter the product name or another attribute, or scroll through your list of products.
  3. In the search results, tap the product's name to view the product details or tap the '+' icon to add the product to the cart.

Search from the navigation bar

You can open your product list from the navigation bar at the bottom of the Shopify POS app.

Steps

  1. From the Shopify POS app, tap Products in the navigation bar.
  2. Tap the magnifying glass icon to open the search bar.
  3. In the search bar, enter the product name or another attribute, or scroll through your list of products.
  4. In the search results, tap the product's name to view the product details.

Sort products

You can sort the Products screen by date or alphabetically. On the Products screen under Sort by, select Recently added, Product title (A to Z), or Product title (Z to A). The list of products will update.

View a product's details

To view a product's details, tap the name of the product in the search results.

The product details include the following information:

  • product image
  • compare-at price, if applicable
  • current location's inventory levels
  • inventory levels at your other locations, if applicable
  • inventory levels at your custom fulfillment service or third-party shipping service, if applicable
  • description
  • product SKU
  • product vendor
  • product type

To see all of the product details, you might need to scroll down.

To see a larger view of the product image, you can tap on the image.

When the image is expanded, you can swipe to see all variants of the product.

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