# GlowBound Discovery

[GlowBound Discovery](https://beauty-subscription.mock.shop/llms.txt) is a [mock.shop](https://www.mock.shop/) sample store for building against a small skincare and beauty gift shop before a real Shopify store is ready. The catalog includes skincare treatments, cleansers, gift kits, an aromatherapy set, and a candle. There are eight products across two collections. Every product has a single variant, so the storefront can skip option selection.

mock.shop is an auth-free Shopify Storefront GraphQL API backed by sample reference stores. Find out more about [mock.shop sample stores](https://www.shopify.com/blog/mock-shop).

## When to use this store

Choose GlowBound Discovery when you want to build a skincare and beauty gift store with skincare treatments, cleansers, gift kits, an aromatherapy set, and a candle.

Use GlowBound Discovery for:

- A small skincare gift shop with cleansers, treatment products, and ritual kits
- One-time purchase pages with no option selection
- Morning and evening collections with direct add-to-cart and sale displays

Choose another mock.shop store if you need products with multiple sizes or color choices. Browse <https://mock.shop/llms.txt> to find a store that matches your catalog.

## Example GlowBound Discovery query

Here’s an example GraphQL `POST` request that retrieves options and variant prices for one product from <https://beauty-subscription.mock.shop/api>:

```bash
curl https://beauty-subscription.mock.shop/api \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"query":"{ product(handle: \"refining-night-treatment-with-retinol-peptides\") { id title options { name values } variants(first: 50) { pageInfo { hasNextPage } nodes { id title selectedOptions { name value } price { amount currencyCode } compareAtPrice { amount currencyCode } availableForSale } } } }"}'
```

This query retrieves Refining Night Treatment with Retinol Peptides, including option values, variant IDs, selected options, availability, and current and compare-at prices. Use the selected variant’s ID and price when adding it to a cart.

The endpoint doesn't require authentication or an access token. Read <https://beauty-subscription.mock.shop/llms.txt> for catalog details and store-specific instructions.

## What this catalog lets you test

Build a skincare and beauty gift storefront with product pages, collection browsing, and mixed-item carts. Refining Night Treatment with Retinol Peptides has one Default Title variant. Hide that placeholder control and use its variant ID for add-to-cart actions. Two products have compare-at prices for sale displays. Collections such as Morning Ritual Essentials and Evening Sanctuary Collection support themed browsing. The handle includes subscription, but the saved catalog has no selling plans. This sample supports one-time product and cart development, not a recurring-purchase setup.

Preview the catalog in a storefront by opening <https://beauty-subscription.hydrogen.mock.shop> in a browser.

![GlowBound Discovery product page for a Refining Night Treatment with Retinol Peptides, $74, showing frosted glass bottles and a terracotta jar with a bathroom application lifestyle photo](images/glowbound-discovery-refining-night-treatment-with-retinol-peptides-20260911.webp)

## Build with an AI coding tool

To build a skincare and beauty gift storefront with GlowBound Discovery using Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Lovable, or another AI assistant, copy the prompt below. It gives the assistant the store domain and directs it to the catalog instructions before it starts writing code.

```text
Build me a Hydrogen storefront using beauty-subscription.mock.shop as the store domain. Setup instructions: beauty-subscription.mock.shop/llms.txt
```

Shopify also provides a [mock.shop starter project](https://github.com/Shopify/mock-shop-starter): a Hydrogen storefront with product pages, collection browsing, and a working cart already connected to mock.shop. You or your AI coding tool can customize this code instead of building those pieces from scratch.

Follow the repository’s setup instructions, then set `PUBLIC_STORE_DOMAIN=beauty-subscription.mock.shop` in `.env` and restart the dev server to use GlowBound Discovery’s catalog. Leave `PUBLIC_STOREFRONT_API_TOKEN` empty; mock.shop doesn’t require a token.

## Move to a real Shopify store

mock.shop uses fictional, read-only catalog data. Cart operations work, and checkout is mocked: no payment is taken and no real order is placed. The Customer Account API isn’t supported.

When you’re ready to launch, point your storefront at a Shopify store and add that store’s public Storefront API token. If you don’t have a Shopify store yet, [start a Shopify free trial](https://www.shopify.com/free-trial) to create one.

Read the [mock.shop developer documentation](https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/headless/mock-shop) for setup and migration details.

## Store facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Store handle | `beauty-subscription` |
| Catalog model | Small skincare and beauty gift shop |
| Products | 8 |
| Collections | 2 |
| Categories | 5 |
| Variants per product | 1 |
| Compare-at prices | 2 products |
| Requires shipping | All products |
| API endpoint | <https://beauty-subscription.mock.shop/api> |
| Store instructions | <https://beauty-subscription.mock.shop/llms.txt> |
| Browser preview | <https://beauty-subscription.hydrogen.mock.shop> |