How to make products pickup-only on Shopify

Short answer: Block shipping for products that must be collected in store (large, fragile or perishable items) while still allowing local pickup. In Checkpost, choose “Pickup-only products” from Templates, adjust the values, test it, then save and enable the rule.

The problem

Large, fragile or perishable items such as cakes, furniture, plants and live seafood often can't be shipped. If a shopper chooses shipping anyway, you either refund or call them to rearrange.

How to set it up

1. Install Checkpost from the Shopify App Store.
2. Open Templates and choose Pickup-only products.
3. Tag pickup-only products with "pickup-only".
4. Use Try this rule to test a sample cart, then click Save rule.

The rule

Checkout is blocked when all of these conditions are true:

• Cart contains products tagged pickup-only
• Delivery method type is any of SHIPPING, LOCAL

Shoppers see: “Some items are available for store pickup only. Please choose Pickup at checkout.” at the top of checkout, once they reach checkout.

{
  "name": "Pickup-only items being shipped",
  "match": "all",
  "conditions": [
    {
      "kind": "cart_contains",
      "filter": {
        "productTags": [
          "pickup-only"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "field": "delivery_method_type",
      "op": "equals_any",
      "values": [
        "SHIPPING",
        "LOCAL"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "message": "Some items are available for store pickup only. Please choose Pickup at checkout.",
  "target": "cart",
  "runOn": "checkout"
}

Where this rule works

These are cart and checkout validations, including supported accelerated checkouts. They are current-cart policies; they do not track previous purchases of a SKU. Shopify excludes POS, recurring subscription orders and native pre-order/Try Before You Buy flows from this API. See Shopify's validation compatibility.

Tips

• Tag pickup-only products and keep store pickup enabled at the relevant locations.
• Add LOCAL to the blocked delivery types if you don't deliver these items locally either.
• Mention pickup times or locations in the message.

FAQ

When does the rule run?

Once the shopper has chosen a delivery method at checkout. Before that, nothing is blocked.

Can I allow local delivery but not shipping?

Yes. Keep only SHIPPING in the delivery method condition.

Related rules

Add pickup-only products to your store