If you have a product on your site that's only available in the US, is there a way to avoid it leading to a 404 error if a user in Canada accesses it?
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A client has some products on their site that are only available in Canada. When a user in the US accesses the product listing, it results in a 404 error page.
Are there any work-arounds for something like this?
Thanks in advance!
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Hi Federico,
I have a follow-up question that maybe you can help with. What would be the best way to prevent these product pages from showing up in search results? One of their products that's only available in Canada is showing up as a top page for US users.
Thanks!
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Thanks for the response Fedrico. Your recommendation is what I was leaning towards as well.
Thanks again for the help!
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Take the example of Amazon. There are several products that they do not ship outside the US, and just by adding a notice on the product page should be enough. Try getting the IP location and then add a message in the product page specifying that the product is only available for XX.
You can even go a little farther by adding related products that ARE available for that user similar to the ones he's looking.
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