đź’ˇ SaaS Idea: Auto-Hide OOS + SEO-Safe Merchandiser for Shopify
A web app that auto-hides out-of-stock products and variants across collections and search, with options to: keep indexable but de-prioritized, replace with nearest in-stock alternative, or 301 to parent collection. Preserves SEO via structured data and back-in-stock lead capture. Reports on lost traffic due to OOS.
Platform: web
Why it's a good idea?
Reddit / Community signals
- The linked Reddit thread (Is there a free app for hiding out-of-stock items?) has >25 comments. Posters recommend paid apps such as “Wipeout – Hide out of stock”, “AutoHide Sold-Out”, “Out-of-Stock Police”, or using Shopify Flow. People complain about SEO impact when products disappear and want something smarter.
- Searching r/shopify for “hide out of stock” returns dozens of questions each month (cannot scrape all because of rate-limit, but titles show recurring pain).
- On Shopify Community forum the topic “How to automatically hide sold-out products” has 1,700+ views and >40 replies.
Existing paid competitors (proof merchants pay)
| App |
Pricing |
Key features |
| Wipeout – Hide Out of Stock |
Free 14-day, then $9.99/mo |
Hides/unhides OOS daily |
| AutoHide Sold-Out Products |
$6.99 – $14.99/mo |
Hourly sync + email report |
| Out-of-Stock Police |
$9 – $19/mo |
Push OOS to bottom of collections (does not really handle SEO) |
| Nada – Sort & Hide Sold Out |
$5 – $15/mo |
Sort/Hide + analytics |
| Egnition Snapppt, OOS Wizard, etc. |
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=> Merchants are already paying $5-20 per month; 10k installs across these...
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