Setup External/Affiliate product

External / Affiliate products are not as commonly used as other types of products in Shopify. However, the Milano theme supports this special type of product. You may want to redirect customers to other sites that sell the products, and you will need to create external / affiliate products for this purpose. To set up External/Affiliate products, please follow these steps:

Step 1: Create metafields, please follow this article.

1. Login to your Shopify store, click to Settings

2. Click to Custom data -> Metaobjects and Click Add definition

3. Add metaobject definition with 2 fields as bellow:

   • Name: External/Affiliate

   • Field 1:

     • Type: URL

     • Name: External Link

   • Field 2:

     • Type: Single line text

     • Name: Button Text

4. Click Save

Step 2: Setup product

1. From your admin, go to Products and select the products to setup

2. Scroll down to Metafields and click to External/Affiliate

3. Click to Select entry and Create new entry