Pause and resume product sync
Requires the Comics Catalog plan (or Retailer Ops). Compare plans.
The top card on Sync Rules — Sync is active / Sync is paused — is a global stop button for product sync. Use it to halt creation and updates without throwing away your rules.
Pause
- Open Sync Rules.
- Flip the switch on the top card to off. The card label changes to Sync is paused.
- Click Save changes.

Resume
Same card, switch back on, Save changes. Sync re-evaluates the catalog against your rules and creates anything that became eligible while you were paused — same behaviour as saving sync rules normally.
What pause does — and doesn't — affect
While paused:
- No new products are created.
- No upstream catalog updates land on existing products (cover art, dates, credits, price).
- Existing products stay live on your storefront exactly as they are. Orders, pre-orders, and subscription billing all continue.
- Manual edits and overrides persist.
- Your rule groups, subscription setting, and product settings are preserved — nothing on the rest of the page takes effect while paused.
Pausing is not a rollback
Pausing stops future changes but leaves everything already synced in place. To remove synced products, delete them in Shopify — see Narrowing rules does not remove existing products.