Locksmith
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I would recommend this app. The app developer work with you to figure out if/how this app can work for your store or not. Keep in mind you may need a few days to get it dialed 100%, but the devs will work to deliver you a working solution.
Darn Locksmith for being too good! Due to Shopify''s fee structure on sales, I subscribed to a higher plan than I probably needed. Which meant that I was placed into a higher tier than I'd hoped for Locksmith. The dilemma is, I couldn't bring myself to reach out to ask for a lower price due to how well their plug-in works!
You see, I offer custom products that I only want people to be able to add to their carts (since I despise invoicing as I also have an expansive catalog) AFTER I send them back a proof of what I'd be making for them. Locksmith gives me the peace of mind of protecting my custom products from ordering ahead of a request which is invaluable. It also works with Shopify's app which of all the plug-ins I've had to subscribe to, is the only one.
Alls this to say, if you need to restrict products, I HIGHLY recommend Locksmith as it's been invaluable to my sanity and business model!
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Thank you for a very kind reply. I have updated my review due to the nice reply. However, the problem still remains after I click on the hide features which you are referring to.
Old review:
This app has been very expensive for us!!! The app allows one to make a locked shop. However, the products in that locked shop are not hidden. We tried the app for 2 weeks where we had a locked shop, but during those weeks we experienced a drop in sales of 20k USD. We wondered why this happened. Turned out people could find the locked store in Shopify search and of course people did not want to buy our normal products when they could find the cheaper products in the locked store. Until hiding the products and the locked site, I would not recommend this app.
Hello!
I understand the frustration of discovering that your wholesale products were visible in search results - that's a significant issue that impacted your business. I want to help address this, and I'm sorry you've had this experience.
Locksmith does include features to hide products from search results and collection listings, but these need to be specifically enabled. Currently, these aren't enabled on your locks.
To prevent wholesale products from appearing in regular store searches, you'll want to:
1. Enable the "Hide this product from search results and other lists" option in your lock settings
2. For additional protection, enable "Hide from sitemaps" (this uses Shopify's native SEO controls)
I've added some extra trial days to your account if you'd like to test these features. Our complete guides on product visibility:
- https://www.locksmith.guide/tutorials/more/hiding-products-from-product-grids
- https://www.locksmith.guide/faqs/can-locksmith-hide-content-from-my-in-store-search
Also, I noticed that your theme has some code from a search and filtering app present. i'm not sure if that's currently active, or if it caused the issue, but it's important to note that Locksmith isn't compatible with apps like that. We mention that in our agreement when installing the app:
https://www.locksmith.guide/policies/usage-agreement
During any app trial, we're here to help make sure everything is configured correctly. Please reach out to us at team@uselocksmith.com with any questions - we want to help you get this right.
Best regards,
Ken from Locksmith/Lightward
Locksmith, particularly Erica in the support team, were extremely helpful in helping to get the app configured as we needed. We were without our developer during the setup and they stepped in and helped a huge amount
The app itself has worked brilliantly for us and prevents customers from adding an item from a certain collection to the cart without first adding a one of a group of products.
This is the best performing Shopify app out there! We have built around 50 Shopify stores and use this on quite a few of them. The functionality, billing and customer service are all spot on. I haven't had any issues that weren't resolved quickly and professionally. Thanks a ton!
Terrible experience with this app. Firstly, the private link cannot be used in Klaviyo, so did not work as intended as for its promotional purpose.
Now the apps installation has made our Shop sales profile become unapproved stating:
Your Online Store is currently using password control or age verification app(s). To meet the requirements to Sell on Shop, please uninstall these apps.
This is a catastrophic issue to be caused by using this app and is a massive regret in doing so.
Thank you so much for sharing your feedback, and I'm very sorry for the issues you faced when using Locksmith. We understand the frustration that comes about when unexpected things happen.
To start, I'd like to address the Shop App issue, for you and for anyone else who reads this:
Please note that if the Shop App is an important part of the traffic and sales on your store, you may not want to install Locksmith, or any other access control app, because the Shop App will stop functioning.
The Shop App have some requirements for using their app. One of those requirements is that the store may not use any access control apps. This includes Locksmith, and any other apps that conditionally restrict access or "gate" the store. You can read the requirements for the Shop App, currently at this url:
https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-sales-channels/shop/eligibility/requirements
This is something which is out of our hands, since it's not a requirement we set. Because we know this is important, we make this a major heading in our Agreement page. This agreement must be accepted when the app is installed and before it can be used. You can find the text of that here:
https://www.locksmith.guide/policies/usage-agreement
Using a Locksmith secret link with mailing lists services like Klaviyo can sometimes result in access being denied, and it's usually a minor formatting issue. It looks like we were able to offer you a fix, but at that point you had noticed that the Shop App was inactive, and needed to remove the app.
Locksmith secret links are often used in mailing lists, but they may need to be double checked for formatting. Mailing list emails can sometimes alter the link in a way that results in access being denied, and double checking that the URL parameters are formatted correctly will get things working. We're happy to troubleshoot those if your tests don't work. :)
Again, I'm sorry for the frustration you experienced. We're here to help if you need us.
All the best,
-Ken
We have been using Locksmith to control access to digital content on our store. Without Locksmith, our business just wouldn't work on Shopify. It's very powerful and flexible, and the support is top notch. We're really grateful to the developers for making such a great app available!
I purchased this app after using 4 days of the 15 day trial period. Coming in, I had three specific goals in mind for my wholesale store. I read the articles provided, added the locks and keys as described and it didn't work. After several back and forth emails with Tristan, he pointed out my errors, I corrected them and we had two locks working. More emails, he sent line numbers of code in my theme where manual changes needed to be made. Third lock is now in place.
The locks I wanted were implemented, the level of support provided to a trial user was exceptional - including messages received over a weekend. I'm a customer now.
The Locksmith team is incredibly helpful. I needed some help with perhaps the easiest coding exercise ever (just had to hide prices unless a user was logged in and tagged with "Approved"). The team did not hesitate to offer their help, quickly implement the solution, and provide me step-by-step directions on how to replicate the solution. All-in-all, I would definitely recommend. Customer Service 10/10.
Great app! We wanted an app that would hide Shopify store pricing of selected products until we allowed certain customers to be able to view them. The app works perfectly for our requirements. I needed a little assistance in setting it up and their support (Erica) was extremely helpful - quick to respond and knew the app inside out. Can thoroughly recommend Locksmith.
