It’s official, Shopify rocks! if you’ve used it you already know that, but now its official as the new Foo Fighters shop is built on Shopify, the shop is a typical Shopify design easy to use, minimal layout and a user friendly checkout system. Check it out.
Shopify have released a new theme design called Onyx, its dark and minimal, there’s about 20 default themes in all now and as a starting point in Ecommerce with little budget use a default theme and add your branded header, get some orders flowing and look at your stats and then move to a tailored design.
Starting on January 1st, compete to build the highest-grossing business over 6 months. The two best months are used to determine the winner of the competition, who will receive $100,000. More winners will receive $5,000 in other categories, Full competition details
Shopify now integrates with Google Product Search (formerly Google Base). Using this free service is a great way to increase product promotion and discovery. Check your admin pages marketing tab and opt in by clicking the check box next to Google Product Search.
Quick video guide to understanding Shopify Smart Collections
Shopify has released a new function that will allow you to design your shop to show a list of your collection items by order of best selling product, this is a Shopify feature I have been waiting for and one I have hacked together in numerous other ways for clients in the past.
The Shopify team gives us a sneak peek of the design process they use to design the new Shopifywebsite. “During the past month Daniel and I (Mark) have been tinkering away at the new Shopify website. We thought it would be neat to share our design process with you.” Check out the full post.
With ShopiAds, you can advertise your Shopify products at other websites using dynamic ad blocks of different sizes. You can use your Shopify collections to indicate which products will appear on the ad block, customize its aspect, and see which blocks are giving you more benefits.