Migrate from Bold / SC Product Options to Print It My Way (2026)

Bold Product Options (now part of Shop Circle, often shown as "SC Product Options") is one of the oldest and most established Shopify options apps. Stores migrate to PIMW to get a true personalizer with a live preview (showing the customer's text or photo on the product) rather than just option fields; to use native Cart Transform add-on pricing as clean cart line items over the legacy hidden-product approach some older options apps use; and for flat pricing with a free plan and no per-order transaction fees. Bold remains capable for pure option selection and its customer-group/B2B pricing features, so if that's your need it may still fit. Migrate when you need visual personalization or want to move off a hidden-product pricing model. Verify each app's current pricing on its listing.

Some older options apps, including Bold's historical approach, implemented add-on pricing by creating a hidden "add-on" product (often named something like OPTIONS_HIDDEN_PRODUCT) and adding it to the cart to represent the upcharge, plus theme snippets to wire it in. When you uninstall the app, those hidden products and leftover theme code can remain and cause clutter or odd cart behavior. So yes — after migrating, check your product list for any hidden add-on products the app created and remove them, and review your theme for leftover snippets or assets. Print It My Way avoids this entirely by using native Cart Transform to apply add-on pricing as clean line items, so there are no hidden products to manage. Do the cleanup only after you've fully switched over and confirmed everything works.

No. The option selections on past orders are stored on the Shopify order as line item properties, so they remain intact and viewable after you uninstall Bold or install a new app. Your Shopify products are untouched. The two things to watch with an older options app are (1) any hidden add-on products it created for pricing, to clean up after migrating, and (2) leftover theme snippets, to remove once you've switched. Use a parallel run: keep Bold installed while you rebuild and test in PIMW, switch product by product, confirm pricing behaves correctly through Cart Transform, and only then uninstall Bold and clean up its hidden products and snippets. Back up your theme before removing any code.

You rebuild each product's option/personalization configuration in PIMW: input fields (text, dropdowns, swatches, checkboxes, photo upload), conditional logic, and add-on pricing — now via native Cart Transform line items instead of hidden products. None transfers automatically because the apps store configuration differently. You keep your Shopify products, your fulfillment/POD setup, and the data on past orders (line item properties). Rebuilding is a chance to modernize: clean Cart Transform line items and a live preview where products are personalized. Document your current Bold configuration (fields, logic, upcharge pricing per product) with screenshots first, then replicate it and verify with test orders before switching each product over.

Run a parallel migration with no downtime: (1) Document each product's Bold setup — fields, logic, upcharge pricing — and note hidden add-on products and theme snippets. (2) Back up your theme. (3) Install PIMW alongside Bold. (4) Rebuild a test product's options/personalization in PIMW, adding a live preview where relevant, and set add-on pricing with Cart Transform. (5) Place draft/test orders and confirm selections and pricing flow correctly and reach your vendor via line item properties. (6) Roll out product by product, best-sellers first. (7) Once everything is migrated and verified, uninstall Bold and clean up its hidden add-on products and leftover theme snippets. Both apps coexist during rollout, so there's no downtime and instant rollback.

For personalization and most option/add-on use cases, yes — PIMW provides text and choice fields, swatches, dropdowns, conditional logic, photo upload, a live preview, and native Cart Transform add-on pricing without hidden products. The area to check is Bold's broader feature set: Bold/SC also offers customer-group and B2B/wholesale pricing features beyond product personalization, so if you rely specifically on those, confirm whether you need a dedicated pricing app alongside, since PIMW focuses on customer-facing personalization and add-on pricing rather than full B2B pricing rules. For the common case — products customers personalize with text, names, monograms, or photos, plus option selection and clean add-on pricing — PIMW covers it and adds a live preview and a modern, hidden-product-free pricing model. Match your exact requirements to each app's current capabilities on its listing.