Blog / Shopify

I built Buckingham Cookware’s existing ecommerce website way back in 2010, and until this day, it was still running on the same outdated bespoke ecommerce platform. Today it's running on Shopify; a website migration that was completed in one day with a real low budget. Read more

The post discusses three methods for organizing store products: through categorized, filtered, or tagged collections. Each method offers various advantages and drawbacks, such as control over content, flexibility with product attribution, URL structure, and SEO impact. The optimal approach depends on the store's specific needs and product range. Read more

Shopify has some great features to help with your ecommerce business. Here are 8 reasons why you should choose Shopify as your ecommerce partner. Read more

Here’s a simple snippet of Liquid code I use to display tagged articles on non-blog-related Shopify pages. Read more

I recently discovered an unused URL on a client’s Shopify store: /collections/vendors, which can be a huge security issue. This URL path exists on every Shopify website, takes a query string parameter (?q=), and allows content, such as titles and page details, to be overwritten. Read more

Building a new store with Shopify is easy, but getting it right is hard. Selling online requires web and design experience, and understanding how users shop online is vital to your strategy. My Shopify website audit is recommended if you have set up your store and require help making it easy to use with a great user experience. Read more

A guide to removing the map from Shopify's order status page to free up valuable space for displaying more important customer information. Read more

A guide, with example code, to adding more content blocks to the Shopify order status page. Read more

I was recently tasked with creating a filtered product comparison page for a client’s website and thought I’d take advantage of Shopify 2.0’s new filters option. Read more

With Shopify 2.0 came built-in metafield options, allowing additional data to be saved against products, variants, collections, and orders. The new metafields introduced a JSON field that would allow for all data types. Before this, we had to rely on third-party apps (which weren’t very good). Read more

While browsing through the discussions on the Shopify Community website, I came across a few posts from people requesting feedback on their new stores and felt inclined to offer some helpful advice. Read more

Drop caps have been used in printed media for a long time to add styling to the first letter of the first paragraph of piece of content. Read more

This month, I’ve been working on designing and building the new shop for Hearing Dogs, a UK charity that trains dogs to alert deaf people to important and life-saving sounds they would otherwise miss. Read more

A few days ago Shopify announced some of its upcoming features at their annual Unite event. Some of the exciting announcements for me were themes 2.0, improved performance, metafields (finally, and it looks flippin’ awesome!), more focus on store content, GitHub integration for devs, and more checkout customisation possibilities. Read more

One of the most requested features for Shopify has been subcriptions, and finally there is something available, albeit through their APIS. Read more

I recently read a blog post by Shopit Commerce about how Shopify limits its features based on their plans. It was a pointless post that focuses on the “issues” with using Shopify, in order to magnify their own offering. But, it made me think about all the good features Shopify does have. Read more

Over the last few months, I’ve had the opportunity to work on a uniquely challenging Shopify project in which I had to create a “customise your product” section using only the options available in Shopify. Read more

A brilliant way of using a sectioned liquid template across multiple Shopify pages. Read more

Starting an online store is not as easy as some platforms make out. There are a lot of effort required in getting those first few sales. This article by Oberlo, covers the essentials. Read more

A great article about lessons learned from running online stores. If you’re a new business or are thinking of starting an online store, this is definitely worth a read. Read more