> ## Knowledge Base Index
> Fetch the complete knowledge base index at: https://helpdesk.brandsgateway.com/sitemap.xml
> Use this file to discover available pages before exploring further.
> Pure-Markdown content can be obtained by appending a '.md' suffix to the content URLs listed in the sitemap (without the trailing slash).

# Explanation of the ''New Products as Draft'' feature.

The **“New Products as Draft”** feature allows you to **review products before they become visible on your store**.

When this option is **enabled**, every **new product imported from BrandsGateway will appear in your Shopify store as “Draft”** instead of being published automatically. This means the product will **not be visible to customers** until you manually change its status from **Draft to Active**.
This feature is useful if you want to:
* Review new products before publishing them
* Select only specific items to sell
* Adjust pricing, titles, descriptions, or collections before making them live
When the feature is **disabled**, all new products that match your selected filters will be **imported and published automatically** on your website.

**Important note:** We **do not recommend enabling both “New Products as Draft” and “Remove Out of Stock” at the same time**. If both features are active and a product goes **out of stock**, it will be **removed from your store**, and when it becomes available again, it will be **re-imported as a new product**. In this process, any **manual changes you made to the product title, description, or other fields may be lost**, as the product will be created again from the original catalog data.

**Summary:**
* **Enabled:** New products are imported as **Draft** (you publish them manually).
* **Disabled:** New products are **automatically published** to your store.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/f/6/6/5f66a2d0953de000/screenshot-2026-03-09-at-15424_alla9y.png)

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us via our [support ticket system](https://app.brandsgateway.com/support-tickets/).