- Short answer
- A Shopify Plus admin switch (Settings > Organization) that turns an unreleased feature on for chosen stores before it auto-releases to all.
- Plan
- Plus organizations, per the test-drive page; one feature page says "Plus and Enterprise".
- Who can manage it
- The organization owner by default, or a role given the Feature test drives permission.
- Feature list
- The admin lists current test drives; help pages we read on September 26, 2026 name three.
- Ship and pickup in one order
- Test drive until July 1, 2027; then active for all eligible stores and no longer deactivatable.
- As of
- Shopify Help Center and changelog, read September 26, 2026.
What does a Shopify feature test drive let you do?
Shopify's Help Center defines it in one sentence:
Feature test drives let you activate upcoming Shopify features on specific stores in your Shopify Plus plan organization before the feature is released to all Shopify stores.
The same page adds that this lets you test and update any workflows and API integrations you might need to adjust for the new feature. Per Shopify's February 27, 2024 changelog, the extra time before release is also for training staff before a change ships.
Test drives are available only for organizations on the Shopify Plus plan — see whether an organization itself requires Plus.
How do you turn a test drive on or off?
Click Settings, then under Organization click Feature test drives. Access defaults to the organization owner, who can grant it through a role with the Feature test drives permission.
- Activate: pick stores in the dialog, filter by staging or production, or toggle Automatically activate on all future stores.
- Deactivate: click Manage next to the feature and deselect stores. Shopify's help names at least one feature that can no longer be deactivated once its testing period ends — ship and pickup in one order, below.
- Timing: you can edit the auto-release timeline to any time before the date the feature must release.
Shopify emails you when a feature reaches test drives, and again if activating it on a store hits issues.
Which features have been offered as test drives?
Shopify's help pages name, for example:
- New Markets for B2B: on the Shopify Plus plan, activated through a test drive — check whether your store already uses new Markets.
- Ship and pickup in one order: a test drive for organizations on the "Shopify Plus and Enterprise plans". After the testing period ends on July 1, 2027, the feature automatically becomes active for all eligible stores and can no longer be deactivated.
- Exchanges: on the Shopify Plus plan, you can activate the exchanges feature in returns through a test drive.
Inside a Plus admin, Settings > Organization > Feature test drives lists the features currently in test drive with their auto-release timelines; the public help pages we read on September 26, 2026 name these three and publish no complete list.
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