Release Notes / Spring 2026
Unit Price: Show Price Per kg, Liter, or Meter Right Where Shoppers Compare
By Stacy
April 12 2026
2 min to read
When a shopper is deciding between two olive oils — one at $4.50 for 500ml and one at $6.00 for 750ml — the product price alone doesn't help them. The unit price does. Until now, Searchanise search results and the Instant Search widget showed the product price only. That gap is closed.
You can now surface unit prices (price per kg/lb, per liter/fl oz, per meter/yd — whatever you've set in Shopify) directly alongside product prices in both widgets. A shopper comparing protein powders sees $1.20/oz, $0.94/oz, $1.05/oz under each result and knows immediately which tub is the better deal per serving. A fabric store shows $4.50/yd across bolt options. No manual entry, no custom code — if you've already filled in unit prices in your Shopify product settings, enabling this is a single toggle. The unit price is pulled directly from that field and stays in sync with your catalog automatically.
You can now surface unit prices (price per kg/lb, per liter/fl oz, per meter/yd — whatever you've set in Shopify) directly alongside product prices in both widgets. A shopper comparing protein powders sees $1.20/oz, $0.94/oz, $1.05/oz under each result and knows immediately which tub is the better deal per serving. A fabric store shows $4.50/yd across bolt options. No manual entry, no custom code — if you've already filled in unit prices in your Shopify product settings, enabling this is a single toggle. The unit price is pulled directly from that field and stays in sync with your catalog automatically.
If you sell in the UK, this is also a legal requirement
Since April 6, 2026, the UK Price Marking Order (PMO) requires online retailers selling products by weight, volume, or length to display unit prices everywhere a price appears on their store — including search results and filtered browsing pages. Full details are available on legislation.gov.uk.
That "everywhere" is the part most stores miss. A unit price on the product page isn't enough — it needs to appear at the point of comparison, which is exactly where search and filter results live. Fresh release covers that gap for Searchanise merchants without any development work.
That "everywhere" is the part most stores miss. A unit price on the product page isn't enough — it needs to appear at the point of comparison, which is exactly where search and filter results live. Fresh release covers that gap for Searchanise merchants without any development work.
How to turn it on
- Go to your Searchanise admin panel
- Navigate to Search & Navigation → Search Results Widget or Instant Search Widget → Content
- Flip on Show unit price
How to turn it on
That's it. Unit prices appear in your widgets immediately. The only prerequisite is having unit prices filled in within your Shopify product settings.
Getting the most from unit price display
Check your Shopify unit price data before enabling. If unit prices are missing or inconsistent across your catalog, shoppers will see gaps — which can erode trust faster than no unit price at all. Run a quick audit of your products before switching on.
Prioritize your comparison-heavy collections first. Grocery, household goods, beauty, and supplements are where unit pricing changes decisions most visibly — whether you're showing per oz, per lb, or per 100g. If you run a mixed catalog, start there and verify the display looks right before rolling it out store-wide.
UK merchants: treat this as an audit prompt. The PMO requirement covers every place a price appears — product pages, collection pages, search, filters. Use this release as an occasion to check that unit prices are consistently set across your entire catalog, not just the products you've recently added.
Prioritize your comparison-heavy collections first. Grocery, household goods, beauty, and supplements are where unit pricing changes decisions most visibly — whether you're showing per oz, per lb, or per 100g. If you run a mixed catalog, start there and verify the display looks right before rolling it out store-wide.
UK merchants: treat this as an audit prompt. The PMO requirement covers every place a price appears — product pages, collection pages, search, filters. Use this release as an occasion to check that unit prices are consistently set across your entire catalog, not just the products you've recently added.
Scope note
Unit price display is available on all plans, including Free. It applies to the Search Results Widget and Instant Search Widget. Unit prices must be set in Shopify's product settings — Searchanise reads and displays them; it doesn't generate them.
If you're already using Searchanise Search & Filter, the toggle is waiting for you under Search & Navigation → Content. UK merchants in particular: the sooner it's on, the sooner your search results are PMO-compliant.
Not yet on Searchanise? Unit price display is available from day one on every plan, including Free. Start your free trial.
If you're already using Searchanise Search & Filter, the toggle is waiting for you under Search & Navigation → Content. UK merchants in particular: the sooner it's on, the sooner your search results are PMO-compliant.
Not yet on Searchanise? Unit price display is available from day one on every plan, including Free. Start your free trial.
Stacy
Stacy is a content creator at Searchanise. Her professional areas of interest are SaaS solutions and ecommerce. Stacy believes that quality content must be valuable for readers and achieve business goals. When she is not busy writing, which does not happen often, she reads passionately, both fiction and non-fiction literature.
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