How do you sell hidden items?

I've checkmarked Offer For Sale To Others and left Display To The Public unchecked because I want to sell to some specific people, and not the general public.

I assume this will allow me to send specific people a link that they can follow to the product I want them to buy. A product that is invisible to everyone else.

I tried sending a link to the hidden product's page, but that does not work. They cannot see or purchase the product.

What am I doing wrong? How do I sell to specifically invited people?

If I need to send a link, then what, EXACTLY, do I include in the link?

Many thanks!

--Denis

You need to make sure the key shows up in the address, like this

https://www.shapeways.com/product/9UUZ7XYJP/fsnp-key-chain-t ag-square-border-emboss?key=f69e762557eb46efe20d09a8004071e1


Getting that link address is another issue. What works for me is that I need to edit the model, then click on view model, and then the key shows up in the address. I can't seem to get to the keyed address any other way. Not sure if I'm doing it wrong or if it's a recent hiccup in the system.

That's a very comprehensive answer, MrNibbles, thank you so much!

I will give that a try and see if it works.

I'll let you know!

--Denis

The hidden links are a hit or miss: sometimes it works, sometimes not. I sent someone a private link that worked one week ago. Today, I was contacted by this user saying that it could not access the model anymore. I tried, and yes, it didn't work. I had to set the model as public.

Things might be hit or miss right now with the model editing changes taking place. Probably best to be patient until they figure everything out.

I haven't seen this working reliably in the past either, I have usually had to make models public for customers to see them.

I haven't checked lately -- steering clear of Shapeways's site for the present, as it sounds like everything is comprehensively broken. Certainly not a good time to make whatever 1000 updates they want me to make to the categories.

Where's your sense of adventure?

That did, in fact, work! (At least in this instance.)

Thank you MrNibbles!

--Denis

And a belated thanks for this thread. I found it helpful this morning. Thanks!!!!