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Ad and feed apps sync whole catalog, no product selection

Shopify ad and feed apps sync the entire product catalog with no way to choose which products are advertised or published.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

8 public reports · first reported 21 October 2016 · last reported 1 September 2026

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Merchants using several Shopify ad, retargeting, social feed and TikTok apps report the same failure: the whole catalog, or a set the app picks automatically, is pushed to Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok and retargeting channels, and there is no way to choose individual products.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 8 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.