Shopify News | Sep 06, 2024

Shopify now supports split shipping in checkout for merchants with multiple locations or shipping profiles...

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Company name: Shopify

Company website: shopify.com

Company overview: 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.

Latest Updates

  • Shopify now supports split shipping in checkout for merchants with multiple locations or shipping profiles.
  • Shopify has introduced a certification for business consultants on headless commerce, emphasizing custom storefront recommendations and implementation guidance.
  • Shopify integrated with Bitrix24 CRM through Albato to streamline data flow and improve customer engagement for an automobile retail client.
  • Shopify stock surged 21% in August after delivering an outstanding second-quarter earnings report with a 21% year-over-year revenue increase.
  • Starting 15 September 2024, Shopify will upgrade accelerated checkout buttons to support Functions and Bundles, requiring merchants to update their store settings.
  • Slant 3D has released a plugin for Shopify that allows any Shopify store to access its 3D print farms for product manufacturing and fulfillment.
  • Shopify has hired Mikhail Parakhin, former Microsoft AI executive, as its new chief technology officer.
  • Shopify updated its logo maker page to emphasize turning business ideas into reality with free personalized logos and introduced a 'Start free trial' option.
  • Shopify is currently hiring for the position of Revenue Operations Lead in the United States.
  • Shopify is currently hiring for the position of Ventures Principal in Corporate Development Management, located in the Americas.
  • Anthony Kentris, Celebrity Partnerships at Shopify, highlighted how Shopify enables creatives like A$AP Rocky to retain ownership and control of their brands.
  • Shopify's revenue grew by 25% in the second quarter of 2024, and it has penetrated 15% of retail business in North America, 11% in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding China), and 10% in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
  • Shopify reported a significant increase in sales for cookie decorating kits (+947%), pastry blenders (+370%), and cooling racks (+90%) in August.
  • Shopify's Dev Docs use client-side rendering (CSR) for most HTML, causing issues with content visibility during server-side rendering (SSR) crawls.
  • Kamran Javeed, a Shopify dropshipping expert, recently built a private label coffee dropshipping store for a USA-based client.
  • Jim Gillon has left Shopify as a Sr. Account Executive - Enterprise Accounts in the United States to join Rival as a Director of Sales.
  • Yuri Genyk has joined Shopify as a Product Lead in the United States, previously serving as Head of Product at Lendtable.
  • Shopify is currently hiring for the position of Senior Lead Product Marketer, Developer Platform in NAMER (Remote).
  • Shopify will attend SuiteWorld in Las Vegas in September 2024 to showcase Shopify POS integrated with NetSuite.
  • Muhammad Yasir, a Shopify developer, shared that he redesigned a product page in Shopify's page builder to boost conversions by enhancing navigation, maximizing carousel potential, designing a subscription box, and streamlining the buying section.
  • On 29 August 2024, Piper Sandler confirmed its Neutral rating on Shopify shares with a price target of $67.00, noting an increase in marketing expenses by $110 million in the first half of the year.
  • On 2024-08-28, Shopify announced an easier app submission process to help developers focus on building better solutions for merchants.
  • Shopify's esports team, Shopify Rebellion, competes in seven titles and has a 30,000 square foot headquarters in Toronto with a second training ground coming soon to Los Angeles.
  • Shopify's Shop Quest event will be held in Bangalore on 4 October 2024.
  • Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke sparked a debate by declaring on X that Monday is the first day of the week, not Sunday.
  • On 2024-08-24, a developer requested Shopify to port data from the classic order status page to the new checkout extensibility API.
  • On 2024-08-23, Shopify resolved an issue with Cloudflare affecting their CLI by providing a workaround using ngrok.

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