When I select View Public Shop I get a view of the shop which has prices for all items, even if they are not for sale. Imo this is incorrect, this view should do what it says on the tin, i.e. allow shopkeepers to see what the customer's view is.
Yes there are workarounds - but why does it not work as it should? It's called 'View Public Shop", not "See a view that isn't My Models but also isn't what the Customer Sees'...
I understand, I had the same concern myself. To divulge the Shapeways Cost would kill any sales prospects. Goo test is to enter the site without signing in.
Most browsers have an "Incognito" mode - you can see what your customers see with a single right-click and selecting Incognito
That is a cunning ,idea, Stony, but the purpose of my post was to point out that this functionality is incorrect, like so many of the Shop handling pages. I imagine that SW is keen for more of its designers to set up shops and make them as good as can be, to increase Print throughput (for obvious reasons). And yet the way the pages are structured and the errors within those pages makes the whole process very tiresome and frustrating. A positive dis-incentive, in fact, to setting up a shop or adding new products with more than perfunctory details. Imo...