Hi,
I am reviewing the sellingPlanGroupCreate (sellingPlanGroupCreate - GraphQL Admin), and was wondering if this would work with VariantRelationshipBulkUpdate so that items that are pre_order populate the bundles created with VariantRelationshipBulkUpdate.
I am looking to do this via the admin Graph API
Thanks
Chris
Hey @ChrisBradley!
I tested this on my dev store to see what actually happens. The API technically allows it - I successfully created a bundle with productVariantRelationshipBulkUpdate where both the bundle parent and one of the component variants had selling plans attached using productVariantJoinSellingPlanGroups.
However, when I tried adding it to cart on the storefront, I got a 422 error: "The bundle product 'Test Bundle for Selling Plan Components' cannot be added to the cart." So the limitation in the docs is correct - bundles can’t be sold with selling plans. The platform just enforces this at the cart/checkout level instead of rejecting it at the API level.
This applies whether the selling plan is on the bundle parent or on the component variants - either way, it blocks the cart add.
Can you share more about what you’re trying to build? Are you looking to create bundles of pre-order items, or something else? There might be an alternative approach depending on your use case.
Hey,
We are really looking to i guess run pre-order on components of bundle components.
I do wonder with all the limitations of bundles (sales channels, no combined products, cant importing orders, $ allocation in bundle, this), what is the plan for bundles with Shopify?
It honestly seems like a great feature, but seems to have a wide range of limitations.
Thanks @ChrisBradley, I hear you - you raised the issue of $ allocation in the past couple of weeks and have now bumped into another bundles limitation.
I looked into this internally and can confirm the sales channel restrictions, order imports and inability to combine products are real pain points that are on our radar.
Bundles working with selling plans is actually the single most-requested feature for bundles and is actively being worked on by the Selling Strategies team. I can’t share timelines, but it’s recognized as the biggest gap in the feature set and is being prioritized.
Thanks again for taking the time to pass on your feedback and keep an eye on the Developer Changelog over the next little whole for news on additions to our bundles and subscriptions feature sets. If you do have any further feedback or encounter any further pain points while building on Shopify, do let us know and we can pass that on to our product teams!
Thanks so much.
Honestly the other thing that is really annoying is that custom lineitemproperties are not transfer to the items within the bundle.
It would be great if there was the ability to designate where the lineitemproperties of a bundle go to, currently we need to call the order and then write this manually and its damn annoying.
I’ve created a Feature Request internally for custom lineitemproperties to cascade to bundle components. Thanks again for sharing these pain points Chris - it really does help shape the roadmap!
@Donal-Shopify Thanks, I am super keen to deploy this further but at the same time its hard when you get blocked from other features.
@Donal-Shopify Would also love combined listing as well with variant bundles. just missing out of features (being plus), that i would love to use.
That’s another documented limitation unfortunately. I’ve logged this as additional feedback alongside the selling plans + bundles request since you’re hitting multiple walls with the same feature set.
The team is aware that bundles need to work with more of the platform’s features to be truly useful, and the feedback from developers like you helps prioritize what gets built next. Thanks again for flagging!
thanks. yeah I know, is there any timeline for something moving on bundles? trying to figure out if i need to migrate or not.
I looked into this further internally and have some better context for you on the bundles + selling plans specifically.
The work is actively in development right now. I can’t give you an exact date because there are still dependencies and things can shift, but they’re looking at Q1 2026.
The other limitations you’ve hit (combined listings, line item properties cascading to components) are separate issues with their own timelines, and I don’t have the same level of detail on those. Your feedback on all of these has been logged, but the selling plans work is the one that’s furthest along.
I know this likely doesn’t make your decision easier, but hopefully it gives you a better sense of where things stand!
@Donal-Shopify thanks, I think any movement from shopify side shows commitment to the bundling in platform, which in turn supports continued support on our end to be honest.
Some we can deal with and have work arounds, for example lineitemproperties, so are less of an issue and more just noting limitations for consideration.
I would say, I think also being able to use the bundle in createOrder mutations is really important to get live earlier rather than later in a graphQL update, it will take time for channels (such as meta/google) to update their integrations to support, and it would be ideal if this was supported by channels by ~Q3CY26.