Upcoming release of useContextualPricing

GraphQL Admin API Troubleshooting
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Hey Shopify Developer Community! :wave:

I’m working on an order editing app and encountered an interesting challenge with market-specific pricing that I’d love to get some guidance on.

The Challenge

I’m building an app that lets merchants edit orders, but I’ve run into a pricing discrepancy between the storefront and admin API prices. Here’s the specific scenario:

  • A product costs $70 AUD in the admin
  • Using current FX rates, this converts to $77 NZD
  • The merchant has rounded this up to $80 NZD in their market settings

When my app adds products to an order through the Admin API, it’s using the base price instead of the market-specific price, effectively undercharging customers.

Current Workarounds

For cases where storefront prices are lower than admin prices, I’ve successfully implemented a solution:

  1. Query the storefront API for the current price
  2. Query the admin API
  3. Apply a custom line item discount to match the storefront price

However, this approach doesn’t work when storefront prices are higher than admin prices.

Interesting Discovery

While investigating, I noticed the Shopify admin UI uses a parameter called useContextualPricing when editing products, which seems to solve this exact use case. However, this parameter isn’t currently available in the public API.

Questions for the Community

  1. Is there a recommended way to handle market-specific pricing in order editing apps?
  2. Are there plans to expose contextual pricing functionality in the API?
  3. Has anyone found a reliable workaround for this scenario?

Thanks in advance for any insights or guidance! :raised_hands: