Shopify Unit Pricing Arrives for Australian Retailers

A Major Win for Australian Retailers Selling by Weight or Measure

On October 2, 2025, Shopify officially rolled out global unit pricing, a long-awaited feature that allows merchants to display prices per weight, volume, length, or quantity — like $10.49/oz, $5.32/ft, or $2.99 each.

This update is a game-changer for industries such as:

• 🥭 Fruit and vegetable stores

• 🥜 Nut bars and bulk-food retailers

• 🧀 Delicatessens and butchers

• ☕ Coffee roasters and tea merchants

• 🧴 Cosmetic and health product brands

For the first time, these businesses can display transparent unit pricing directly in Shopify without custom code or third-party apps.

Why Unit Pricing Matters for Australian Retailers

Until now, Shopify users who sold by weight or volume often had to build custom solutions or use complex workarounds to show prices like “$30/kg” or “$5/100g.”

At New Site Agency, we’ve helped several clients develop tailored unit-price displays — especially food retailers and grocery stores like Fresh Connection — but these custom builds were time-consuming to maintain and prone to data mismatches when prices or weights changed.

Now, this functionality is natively supported, meaning:

• Less maintenance

• More accurate pricing displays

• Full compliance with regional regulations

• Dynamic updates across product pages, carts, and checkout

How Shopify’s Unit Pricing Works for Australian Stores

You can now set a total measure (for example, 500g) and a base measure (such as 1kg), and Shopify will automatically calculate and display your price per unit.

For example:

• $30 for 600g coffee beans

• Base unit: 1kg

• Displayed automatically as $50.00/kg

Shopify also ensures this data syncs everywhere — on your product pages, collections, carts, checkout, and even order confirmation emails.

What This Means for Food and Household Retailers in the Australian

This update significantly lowers the barrier for small and medium-sized food businesses to go online legally and competitively.

In many countries (including Australia, the UK, and across the EU), displaying a price per unit is a legal requirement for grocery and food retailers. Now, these businesses can launch online stores faster without worrying about compliance issues or costly custom development.

Built-In. Automatic. Ready for Australian Compliance.

All Online Store 2.0 themes now display unit prices automatically. If you’re still using a vintage theme, it’s worth upgrading — or we can help update your Liquid code to support unit pricing.

This feature also integrates cleanly with bulk import tools like CSV uploads and Shopify’s bulk editor, making it easy to roll out unit prices across large product catalogues.

Need Help Setting Up Unit Pricing in Your Australian Store?

At New Site Agency, we help merchants migrate, optimise, and grow on Shopify. If you sell products by weight, volume, or quantity, we can help you configure unit pricing correctly, ensure your site stays compliant, and make your pricing clear and competitive.

Contact us to set up unit pricing for your Shopify store.

Sources:

• Shopify Changelog – Unit Pricing Global Launch

• Shopify Help Centre – Unit Pricing