> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.exclusivo.one/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Privacy and visibility
> Choose who can see your shop — open to anyone, behind a password, or members only.
Three settings, and they mean quite different things.
| | Who gets in | Shows up in search |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------ | :----------------: |
| **Open invite** *(default)* | Anyone with the link | Yes |
| **Password** | Anyone with the password | No |
| **Invite only** | Members only | No |
## Invite only really does mean only
Someone who isn't a member gets a locked page that tells them nothing — not even
what your shop is called. No name, no products, no way in.
If you want a shop that's simply *unlisted* rather than closed, that's **open
invite** — anyone with the link can still get in, it just won't be indexed.
The default stays open invite, so switching to invite only is something you
choose, not something that happens to you.
## What a private shop turns on for you
Two things switch on automatically and can't be turned off while you're private:
* **Cloaking.** Your shop doesn't reveal itself to anyone who isn't allowed in.
* **Staying out of directories.** You're kept out of your own sitemap and robots file, so search engines aren't handed a map to a shop you've closed.
## The assurances panel isn't marketing copy
The privacy panel your shoppers see is generated from your actual settings. If
it says something is protected, it's protected — nobody typed that sentence in
by hand, so it can't drift out of step with what's really switched on.
## Discreet billing
For shops where a customer would rather their purchase wasn't obvious.
It changes the receipt, not the bank statement.
Your email and confirmation carry the discreet name. But your Stripe account is
the merchant of record, and Stripe only lets us set part of the statement text —
the bank's own prefix still shows.
Set a descriptor when you turn it on. Without a valid one the setting resolves
to off, instead of half-applying and falling back to your shop name — which is
the outcome you were trying to avoid.
## A gotcha with robots rules
A `Disallow` line matches the start of the URL, not a whole path segment. So
`Disallow: /sale` also blocks `/sales` and `/sale-items`. Be more specific than
feels necessary.
## Related
For the pages you do want found.
Running a private shop on your own address.