Getting started
Install OmniBuzz, run the first price check, add the price block to your product page and review your labels.
OmniBuzz needs three things from you after install: a first price check, the price block on your product template, and a look at the label wording. The Get started guide on the app’s Home page walks through the same steps and tracks them.
1. Run the first price check
OmniBuzz starts the first read on its own when you install. It reads the prices of every enabled market and starts a price history for each variant. The Home page shows when it is running. If you need another read, choose Refresh prices on the Home page.
You can start up to 2 checks yourself per 24 hours. The Home page shows how many are left and when the next one is available.
Nightly check. After that, OmniBuzz reads prices once a night, shortly after midnight in your shop’s time zone. It does not listen to price-change webhooks, so a price you change during the day is picked up the following night.
2. Add the price block to your product page
- In your Shopify admin, open Online Store, then Themes, then Customize on the live theme.
- Open the Product template.
- In a section that accepts app blocks, choose Add block, open the Apps tab and pick Omnibus price.
- Move the block next to the price and save.
The block does nothing until a variant has a stored result for the buyer’s market, so an empty block on a product that is not on sale is normal. Details are in The storefront block.
3. Review your labels
The built-in label reads “Lowest price in the last 30 days: €49.90” in English, with a “-20%” badge next to it. Open Labels in the app to change the wording for any of the ten supported languages. See Labels and markets.
What to expect on day one
OmniBuzz knows the prices it has seen since install. It cannot know what you charged before.
- Less than 30 days of history. OmniBuzz uses the history it has and marks the variant as having partial history. The label still shows by default, and the Home page counts how many variants are in this state. If you sold a variant for less at any time in the 30 days before install, the real prior price is lower than the one shown, and the discount shown is too high.
- A product that is already on sale at install. There is no earlier price on record, so OmniBuzz has no prior price and shows no label for that sale. Labels appear for the next reduction, once history exists.
- A market you turned off. Prices are not read for a market while it is off. See Labels and markets.
Check your own records. If you sold products for less before installing OmniBuzz, the prior price you must show may be lower than what the app can see. The app warns about partial history. It cannot fill the gap for you.