What Does Marking a Product as "Featured" Do?

Marking a product as featured flags it with a special status that can be used to highlight it prominently on your storefront. Featured products are:

• Visually distinguished in the admin product list with a highlighted star icon.
• Identifiable via the featured flag, which can be used by your storefront theme to display products in a featured section, carousel, or homepage highlight.

The exact display behaviour depends on how your storefront is configured, but the featured flag gives you a way to curate a selection of products for promotional purposes without changing their active status.