NOTE: First, please do not modify this product in ANY way (except for changing the images on that product if you desire) - or you risk breaking how this product functions to power upcharge pricing on your store!

HIDING THE "CUSTOMIZATION CHARGES" PRODUCT

TO MAKE SURE YOUR CUSTOMERS CAN'T SEE OR BUY THIS PRODUCT INDIVIDUALLY ON YOUR STORE:

STEP 1: DO NOT use an "All Products" collection on your store

A collection showing all products on your store will display the "customization charges" product on your storefront. And you don't want your customers / shoppers to see this.

👍🏽 Use only modified / custom collections only on your storefront (that have excluded this "customizations charges" product from displaying).

STEP 2: Creating & using modified collections on your storefront instead

There are several possible methods of "hiding" this product from your storefront - so your customers do not see it and do not order it by itself:

👍🏽 For automated collections - to exclude products from a collection:

Navigate to Products > Collections.
Select the automated collection you want to modify.
Add or edit the collection conditions: to exclude the product. For example, you could set the condition "Product type is not equal to [Product Type]" if the product has a specific type you want to exclude.
(For more specifics, see this Shopify article on the topic)

👍🏽 OR - Use a metafield to exclude products from a collection:

In your Shopify admin, go to a specific product.
Add a custom metafield with the type True/False and name it something like show_in_collections.
For products you want to hide from collections, set this metafield value to False.
In your theme's code or settings, add a condition to collections so they only show products where the show_in_collections metafield is True.
(For more specifics, see this Shopify article on the topic)

👍🏽 OR - Using a tag to exclude products from a collection:

Go to the specific collection page.
In the product conditions, add a tag-based rule that excludes products with a particular tag.
Add that tag to the product you want to hide. (ie, tag the "Customization Product" with a tag like "restricted" and then exclude any products with that tag from your collection)

REMEMBER:

✖️ DO NOT set delete this "customization charges" product from your store!

✖️ DO NOT set the "customization charges" product to "Draft" status!

These functions will break its functionality on your store, and your upcharge pricing function will not work.

👍🏽 But if you desire, feel free to change the image on this product - just be careful not to modify anything else on this product.