---
title: 'Liquid objects: market'
description: >-
  A group of one or more regions of the world that a merchant is targeting for
  sales.
api_name: liquid
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/market'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/market.md'
---

# market

A group of one or more regions of the world that a merchant is targeting for sales.

To learn more about markets, refer to [Shopify Markets](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/markets). To make sure that visitors interact with the optimal version of a store using Shopify Markets, refer to [Detect and set a visitor's optimal localization](https://shopify.dev/docs/themes/markets/localization-discovery).

## Properties

* * handle

    [string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)

  * The [handle](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#handles) of the market.

  * id

    [string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)

  * The ID of the market.

  * metafields

    array of [metafield](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/metafield)

  * The [metafields](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/metafield) applied to the market.

    Tip

    To learn about how to create metafields, refer to [Create and manage metafields](https://shopify.dev/apps/metafields/manage) or visit the [Shopify Help Center](https://help.shopify.com/manual/metafields).

```json
{
  "handle": "ca",
  "id": 6157828161,
  "metafields": {}
}
```

##### Example

```
{
  "handle": "ca",
  "id": 6157828161,
  "metafields": {}
}
```