# Catalogue only

List products with no prices or orders, for businesses that work from enquiries, and let visitors ask about any product.

For: Businesses that take enquiries rather than orders

## A catalogue without a shop

Not every business sells online. A catalogue lists your products with categories, pages, specifications and files, without prices, a basket or a checkout, so visitors browse and then get in touch. It comes with the Pro plan, like the shop.

Switch on Catalogue switched on under Storefront in the products area and leave the shop off. Products, categories, collections and files all work as they do in a shop.

Walkthrough: Switching the catalogue on (The Storefront tab)

1. **Catalogue switched on**: The listing, category and product pages, added when you publish.
2. **Show prices**: Yours to choose while the shop is off. With the shop on, prices always show.

1. Open Products, then the Storefront tab.
2. Switch on Catalogue switched on.
3. Leave Show prices off, and set up the enquiry panel.
4. Publish the website.

## Prices without buying

Show prices puts prices on listings and product pages without letting anyone buy; buying needs the shop. Enquiries still carry the product, and the price filter appears only when prices are shown.

Once the shop is on, prices always show and visitors can buy.

## Ask about this product

Product page enquiries puts a panel on every product page inviting questions, with a heading and text of your choosing. Point it at an enquiry form page: a page with a contact form, and the enquiry then carries the product's details. Or give an email address, used when there is no form page. With neither, the panel does not show.

Files whose type is set to visitors ask for it are never served; visitors see that they exist and send an enquiry to ask.

Walkthrough: Enquiries about a product (The Storefront tab, then A product page on the website)

1. **Product page enquiries**: A heading, some text, and a form page or an email address.
2. **Ask about this product**: The enquiry carries the product's details.
3. **Files on request**: Never served: visitors ask for them instead.

## What a catalogue leaves out

Without the shop, everything about buying stays out of the way, on the website and in CubeSites.

| Without the shop | What happens |
| --- | --- |
| Basket and checkout | Not on the website |
| Stock | Not counted; the Stock tab is hidden |
| Orders, Insights and Order emails | Not in the website menu |
| Variants, bundles, delivery and VAT | Not in the product editor |
| Codes | Kept in the Basics card of each product |

## Switching the shop on later

Switching the shop on or off changes no content: products, categories and pages stay exactly as they are. Turning the shop on adds the selling cards to the product editor and the shop pages to the menu, ready to set up.

## Can I show prices but not sell?

Yes. Switch on Show prices under Storefront and leave the shop off.

## Where do product enquiries arrive?

With an enquiry form page, they arrive under Messages like any other form, carrying the product's details. With an email address, the panel opens the visitor's email app.

## Do I need the Pro plan?

Yes. Products, categories, collections and files come with the Pro plan.

## Related guides

- [Build a contact form](/help/forms-and-enquiries/build-a-contact-form)
- [Add products](/help/shop/add-products)
- [The storefront and filters](/help/shop/storefront-and-filters)
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