SAKU Gift Option: How to hide the option on specific products

If you want the gift option on some products but not on others, you can switch it by using separate product templates. This article explains how.

Note: this setting works only when "Application Scope" in "Gift Option Settings" is set to "Per product".

In this article

• How to create a template without the gift option (Method A)
• How to assign the template to products (in bulk or one by one)
• The opposite approach: creating a template only for products with the gift option (Method B)

Where to go: Shopify admin → Online Store → Themes → Customize (theme editor) / Products

This method assumes you've already added the block to your product page and saved it, as described in "How to set up the app". If you haven't, read that article first.

The app's Home page also shows a tip, "Show gift options on selected products". It points to what this article explains.

There are two approaches. Method A is explained in detail here, and Method B is introduced at the end.

• Method A: keep the default template that has the block, and create a new template without the gift option.
• Method B: remove the block from the default template, then create a new template with the gift option (the app's "Add block to product page" button adds the block to the default template, so you need to remove it first; see 4️⃣ for details).

Overview (Method A)

1. In the theme editor, create a product template named "no-gift" (1️⃣).
2. Remove the "SAKU Gift (Product page)" block from the new template and save (2️⃣).
3. In Products, assign the "no-gift" template to the products that shouldn't show the gift option (3️⃣).

What you need before you start

• SAKU Simple Gift Option is installed
• "Application Scope" in "Gift Option Settings" is set to "Per product"
• The "SAKU Gift (Product page)" block is already placed on your product page and saved (see "How to set up the app")

1️⃣ Create a product template in the theme editor (Method A)

In your Shopify admin, go to "Online Store" and click "Customize" (Edit theme) on your current theme.

The name of the page you're editing ("Home page" at first) is shown in the center at the top of the theme editor. Click it, choose "Products", and click "Create template".

The "Create a template" dialog opens. Enter a name such as "no-gift" under "Name" and click "Create template".

Note: always use letters of the English alphabet for the name. If you use Japanese or other non-alphabet characters, the name may end up empty or become something like "-2".

2️⃣ Remove the block from the new template

The "no-gift" template opens. Select "SAKU Gift (Product page)" in the list on the left and click the trash can icon ("Remove block") to delete it.

After removing it, click "Save" at the top right. Your template is ready.

3️⃣ Assign the "no-gift" template to products

[To change many products at once]

In the product list under "Products" in your Shopify admin, tick the checkboxes to the left of the products, then click "Bulk edit" at the top.

Click "Columns" on the right and tick "Template". A column showing each product's template is added to the table.

Change the template of the products that don't need the gift option to "product.no-gift" and click "Save". In the list, the template appears as "product.no-gift" (the name "no-gift" you chose in 1️⃣, with "product." in front).

[To change products one by one]

Open the product's edit page, choose "no-gift" under "Theme template" on the right, and click "Save".

4️⃣ Method B: create a template with the gift option

You can also do it the other way around. Create a new template (for example, "gift"), add the "SAKU Gift (Product page)" block only to that template, and save. Then choose that template under "Theme template" for the products that should show the gift option. Products using the default template, which has no block, don't show the gift option.

Note: the app's "Add block to product page" button adds the block to the default product template. If you use Method B, first open the default product template, remove the "SAKU Gift (Product page)" block, and click "Save". Then add the block only to the new template (for example, gift).

Steps for Method B

1. Open the default product template, remove the "SAKU Gift (Product page)" block, and click "Save" at the top right (the same as in 2️⃣).
2. Create a new product template as in 1️⃣. Use a name in English letters, such as "gift".
3. On the left side of the new template, click "Add block" (or "Add app block") and choose "SAKU Gift (Product page)".

   

   Choose "SAKU Gift (Product page)" in the red box.

4. Click "Save" at the top right.
5. As in 3️⃣, assign the "gift" template to the products that should show the gift option.

Note: don't use the app's "Add block to product page" button with Method B. It adds the block to the default template, and the gift option then appears on every product.

Method B takes less work if only a few products need the gift option, and Method A takes less work if only a few products don't.

How it looks in your store

Open product pages in your store to check. It's working if products assigned "no-gift" don't show the "Gift options" block and other products do.

To hide all gift options temporarily, see "How to hide gift options temporarily".

Troubleshooting

• Products set to "no-gift" still show the gift option
  Check that the product's "Theme template" is "no-gift", and that you removed the block from the template and clicked "Save".
• The template name is empty or becomes "-2"
  This happens when the name uses Japanese or other non-alphabet characters. Enter the name again using English letters.
• It doesn't work with "Entire order"
  This method works only with "Per product". With "Entire order", the gift is shown on the cart page, so it can't be switched per product.