The product "Globally Visible" field is a dropdown that determines the products visibility status.

Hidden – hidden from search, visible by URL.
Visible – visible in search and URL.
Private Item – private item, hidden unless item pricing set.

The new "Private Item" option makes the product visible ONLY to customers who have pricing for that product.

API Updates to Products

The old "visible" attribute has been deprecated but is still supported. Please use the new "is_visible" attribute to set or change the visibility of the product.

The new attribute supports these values:

0 – hidden from search, visible by URL.
1 – visible in search and URL.
2 – private item, hidden unless item pricing set.

Storefront

Visibility by Area or Feature of the storefront

See note below about chid items.

Feature/Area of the store	0 (hidden)	1 (visible)	2 (private)
Search	Hidden	Show	Hidden, unless item price
Category list	Hidden	Show	Hidden, unless item price
Product URL	Visible	Show	404, unless item price
Contract list	Show, if item price	Show, if item price	Show, if item price
Quicklist	Show, if item in quicklist	Show, if item in quicklist	Show, if item price and in quicklist
Saved carts (baskets)	Viewable but not purchasable, unless item price or in quicklist	Show	Hidden, unless item price
Quick order	Hidden	Show	Hidden, unless item price
Reorder	Viewable but not purchasable	Show	Viewable but not purchasable, unless item price
Frequently Purchased	Hidden	Show	Hidden, unless item price
Sales quotation	Viewable but not purchasable	Show	Viewable but not purchasable, unless item price
Call-off	Hidden	Show	Hidden, unless item price

Child Items and the Visibility Feature

When a child item is used and visibility is set as Private Item, the parent item pricing is used to determine if it will be visible. This means that a child item will be shown if the parent item is in a contract pricing rule as a SKU, even if the SKU is different on the child item.

Import and Export Changes

When exporting products, the new "Private Item" visibility will be marked as "P" under the "Globally Visible" column.

The import will respect the new option and set the product visibility based on the values provided in the "Global Visible" column.

"N" – hidden from search, visible by URL.
"Y" – visible in search and URL.
"P" – private item, hidden unless item pricing set.