Shopify News | Oct 04, 2024

Shopify now allows merchants to purchase shipping labels in bulk for up to 100 orders directly from the Shipping labels page...


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Shopify is a leading global commerce company that provides trusted tools to start, grow, market, and manage retail businesses of any size. With a platform engineered for reliability, Shopify enhances the shopping experience for consumers and powers millions of businesses in over 175 countries, including well-known brands like Allbirds, Gymshark, and PepsiCo.


Updates as of Oct 04, 2024

  • Shopify now allows merchants to purchase shipping labels in bulk for up to 100 orders directly from the Shipping labels page.
  • Shopify now accepts Euro and Swiss Franc stablecoins in over 4 million stores worldwide through a partnership with Helio.
  • Publicis Groupe España acquired Shopify Plus Partner 3dids.com to enhance their e-commerce capabilities in Spain.
  • On October 3, 2024, Trellis Corporation expanded its demand generation platform to support Shopify stores, offering tools like Dynamic Pricing and Amazon Marketing Cloud integration to optimize business performance.
  • Shopify introduced a self-serve returns feature allowing buyers to submit return requests directly from online stores.
  • Shopify introduced smart order routing to automatically direct orders to the best fulfillment location for faster delivery.
  • Shopify now allows app developers to interact with themes using the Admin GraphQL API to create, publish, delete themes, and query file content.
  • Shopify is partnering with Meta to enhance AI's ability to generate 3D digital twins by making over 7,000 digital twins available through an academic competition, as stated by Matt Koenig, a product lead at Shopify.
  • Shopify now offers a £1 first-month subscription for all plans, with yearly billing and card rates starting at 1.5% for the Advanced plan.
  • Shopify has introduced new trending apps for October, including Wishlist King and Loqate Address Validation, while removing several previous apps from the spotlight.
  • Shopify has updated its theme offerings, replacing several older themes like 'BLOCKSHOP' and 'MADRID' with new ones such as 'WOODSTOCK', 'ENTERPRISE', and 'REFINE', and adjusted their pricing.
  • Shopify president Harley Finkelstein called for increased ambition in Canada at the Elevate conference, supported by Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne.
  • Shopify's SHOP APP has a bug causing the refund policy link to show the US policy for international customers despite localized settings.
  • Maine Lobster Now increased conversions by 69% and reduced fraud by 93% by switching to Shopify.

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