The End of Automatic Checkout Redirects on Shopify

For years, many Shopify merchants relied on custom scripts and legacy checkout customizations to automatically redirect customers after checkout.

Whether it was sending customers to a survey, loyalty program, affiliate offer, warranty registration page, or custom thank-you experience, automatic redirects were a common part of many post-purchase workflows.

However, Shopify’s migration to Checkout Extensibility and the deprecation of Shopify Scripts means that many of these legacy checkout customizations are no longer supported. Shopify Scripts will stop executing entirely on June 30, 2026, requiring merchants to adopt newer, supported alternatives.

One important limitation of Shopify’s modern checkout architecture is that merchants can no longer automatically redirect customers after checkout without some form of customer interaction. Checkout Extensibility operates within a secure, sandboxed environment that prevents arbitrary JavaScript execution and forced redirects.

So what is the best alternative?

The Recommended Alternative: A Full-Screen Post Purchase CTA

Instead of automatically redirecting customers, the best practice is to display a dedicated full-screen post-purchase call-to-action (CTA) page immediately after checkout.

This approach allows you to:

• Direct customers to a warranty registration page
• Promote a loyalty or rewards program
• Encourage app downloads
• Collect customer feedback
• Offer a post-purchase upsell
• Send customers to a custom landing page
• Drive engagement with partner offers

When the customer clicks the CTA button, they are redirected to your chosen destination.

This keeps the experience compliant with Shopify’s checkout framework while still achieving the same business goal.

Why This Approach Works Better

Forced redirects often created a confusing customer experience because customers were unexpectedly taken away from their order confirmation page.

A dedicated CTA page gives customers a clear choice.

Benefits include:

Higher Trust

Customers understand why they’re being redirected and what they’ll receive by clicking.

Better Conversion Rates

A focused CTA page can explain the value of the next step before asking the customer to continue.

Shopify Compatible

Unlike legacy redirect scripts, this solution works within Shopify’s supported checkout customization framework.

Future-Proof

As Shopify continues investing in Checkout Extensibility and Shopify Functions, CTA-based post-purchase experiences remain fully supported.

How to Set It Up with Checkout Plus

Checkout Plus makes it easy to create a full-screen post-purchase CTA page without writing code.

With Checkout Plus you can:

• Display a custom full-screen message after checkout
• Add your own headline, content, images, and branding
• Create a prominent CTA button
• Redirect customers to any URL after they click
• Show different CTAs based on products, order value, customer tags, and more
• Use the feature on all Shopify plans

Whether you’re sending customers to a survey, warranty registration form, loyalty program, or promotional landing page, Checkout Plus provides a simple replacement for legacy post-checkout redirects.

Conclusion

If your store currently relies on automatic redirects after checkout, now is the time to prepare for Shopify’s June 30, 2026 Scripts shutdown. Shopify’s modern checkout architecture no longer allows merchants to force customers to another page without interaction, but a dedicated post-purchase CTA page provides a clean, compliant, and effective alternative.

With Checkout Plus, you can recreate the intent of a checkout redirect while delivering a better customer experience and you can do it on any Shopify plan.

Start using Checkout Plus today and unlock the full potential of your Shopify checkout.