Hide Mystery Box Components from Customers

Hiding Components from Customers for  Mystery Boxes is Critical, as there won't be mystery left if customers can view the components before the package arrives.

Hiding components will be based upon your choice of Mystery Box Fulfillment. There are 4 Options for Mystery Box Fulfillment, Go to App Settings --> Mystery Box section, in the Order editing preference you should be able to see Regular Fulfillment, Shell Fulfillment, Only sync Inventory, No order edit and Create new Associated order.

Regular / Shell Fulfillment

Here you need to hide the components at individual surfaces, Now there are 2 main places where customers would know about mystery box components, one will be order status page. Customer can land here by clicking on view order button in the create new order mail sent by your store. To Hide bundles Components on Order Status Page

1. Navigate to the Settings page for your store.
2. Click on the Checkout section on the page.
3. Scroll down to the Order status page scripts section.
4. Add the following snippet to the Order status page scripts section

Next you need to hide the contents in the mails that are sent to the customers like Shipping Mail, Order Cancellation Mail, Order Refund Mail sent to the customers, To do this Follow these steps

• Navigate to the Settings page in Shopify
• Go to the Notifications section
• Select the email from which you want to remove line items

There are 2 variations of code snippet based upon the email in which you need to hide, not all of these emails have to be updated, you can do a subset also based upon your store's requirement for example if you don't do local pick up or local delivery, those email templates don't need to be updated.

Shipping and Local Delivery emails

This code and instructions above applies to the emails listed below:

Shipping

• Fulfillment request
• Shipping confirmation
• Shipping update
• Out for delivery
• Delivered

Local delivery

• Out for delivery
• Delivered
• Missed delivery
• In the email contents, look for the following code snippet:

{% for line in fulfillment.fulfillment_line_items %}

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• Right below the start of the for loop highlighted above, add the following liquid code snippet

Orders and Local pickup emails

This code and instructions above applies to the emails listed below:

Order

• Order confirmation
• Order edited
• Order invoice
• Order canceled
• Order refund
• Draft order invoice
• Email cart from POS
• Abandoned checkout
• POS and mobile receipt

Local pickup

• Ready for pickup
• Picked up
• In the email contents, look for the following code snippet: 

{% for line in subtotal_line_items %}

• Right below the start of the for loop highlighted above, add the following liquid code snippet

Limitations of Regular / Shell Mystery Box Fulfillment

• Child Items need to be hidden at per surface using code snippets , if order comes from outside of your shopify storefront for example Shop app, we can't control how these 3rd party marketplaces show orders and modifying order status page on these 3rd party surfaces won't be possible.

Only sync Inventory, No order edit

This fulfillment option offers a streamlined approach for managing bundles and mystery boxes without modifying the original order. Here's what you need to know:

1. No Order Modifications
   • The app doesn't edit orders or add child items.
   • No need for code snippets to hide child items for mystery boxes.
2. Inventory Management
   • The app automatically updates (deducts) inventory for the selected child items.
3. Fulfillment Assistance
   • To aid in picking the correct child product variants during fulfillment, the app adds a detailed composition list for each bundle or mystery box.
   • This information appears as an order note attribute (additional details) in the order.
   • The note includes the correct quantity for each child item.
4. Versatility
   • This fulfillment type is compatible with both bundles and mystery boxes.

Key Benefit: This option simplifies your workflow by handling inventory updates automatically while providing clear fulfillment instructions, all without altering the original order structure.

Associated Order Fulfillment

If you select Associate Order Fulfillment for Mystery Box Fulfillment, What it does is, it won't touch your original order, it will create a new associated order with details like shipping and billing address, Shipping lines and a note pointing towards Original order number for reference from original order and add mystery box components at 0 price.