How to fix missing schema product on BigCommerce

Steps for BigCommerce

1. Go to Storefront → Themes → click Customize on your active theme → then Advanced → Edit Theme Files (or use the Stencil CLI for local editing).
2. Open templates/pages/product.html (Stencil theme).
3. Check whether your theme already outputs a JSON-LD block by searching for 'application/ld+json'. Cornerstone (BigCommerce's default theme v5+) includes basic Product schema by default — review and extend it if needed.
4. To add or extend: paste a <script type='application/ld+json'> block using Handlebars variables — e.g. {{product.title}}, {{product.price.without_tax.value}}, and a conditional for availability based on {{product.stock_level}}.
5. Save and publish, then validate a product URL with Google's Rich Results Test.

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Product",
  "name": "{{ product.title }}",
  "description": "{{ product.description | strip_html }}",
  "image": "{{ product.featured_image | img_url: 'master' }}",
  "sku": "{{ product.selected_variant.sku }}",
  "brand": {
    "@type": "Brand",
    "name": "{{ product.vendor }}"
  },
  "offers": {
    "@type": "Offer",
    "url": "{{ canonical_url }}",
    "priceCurrency": "{{ cart.currency.iso_code }}",
    "price": "{{ product.selected_variant.price | money_without_currency }}",
    "availability": "{% if product.available %}https://schema.org/InStock{% else %}https://schema.org/OutOfStock{% endif %}",
    "itemCondition": "https://schema.org/NewCondition"
  }
}

What is missing schema product?

Structured data is a standardized block of code — invisible to shoppers but readable by search engines — that explicitly tells Google and Bing what your page is about. Product schema specifically describes your item's name, price, availability, reviews, and more using a vocabulary that search engines universally understand. Without it, search engines have to guess at those details by reading your page text, which is slower and less reliable. Adding Product schema is how you "raise your hand" to Google and say: this page sells a product, here are the details.

Product schema is the gateway to Google's **rich results** — the eye-catching search listings that show star ratings, price, and stock status directly in the search results page. These rich results get significantly higher click-through rates than plain blue links, meaning more organic traffic to your store without spending more on ads. Missing schema means your product pages compete at a disadvantage against rivals whose listings stand out with price and review badges. Additionally, as AI-powered answer engines (like Google's AI Overviews and Bing Copilot) increasingly pull structured product data to answer shopping queries, having valid Product schema is how your products get surfaced in those AI-generated answers.

See the complete Missing schema product guide for every platform and the full background.