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Helping Shopify merchants navigate the Shopify ecosystem for winning outcomes
🎃 Welcome back!
We’re back with this week’s most useful Shopify updates — fresh tools, smarter reports, and one big leap into the future of commerce.
Let’s dive in 👇
Shopify news roundup
New “Unlisted” product status
Hide products from search, collections, and channels while keeping them accessible by direct link — perfect for add-ons, warranties, or “free gift” items.
No more awkward workarounds or live-theme edits just to keep things private.
New profitability reports for cross-border sales
Two new reports — Average profit margin by market and Profit margin by order — give you deeper visibility into where your margins come from.
Click through by market to spot your most profitable regions.
📊 Find it in Analytics → Reporting → “Average profit margin by market”
Accept more local payment methods with Shopify POS
Shopify POS now supports iDeal, Klarna, Swish, Twint, MobilePay, and even USDC payments via “Pay by Link.”
Customers can scan a QR code or use a secure link to pay on their own device — fewer manual entries, faster checkouts.
🛠️ Update to POS app v10.13 → Admin → Point of Sale → Settings
Shape Shopify’s app market — and get rewarded for it
Join AppStoreResearch, a community of Shopify brand owners who share their real experience with app developers. Your feedback helps improve the tools the entire ecosystem relies on — from marketing apps to checkout optimizers.
When you join, you’ll:
✅ Get invited to paid research calls (usually $85–$250 per session)
✅ Earn $50–$100 per referral when your friends complete their first call
✅ Enter our October Referral Contest — the top 3 referrers this week win $300, $500, and $1,000 bonus!
You don’t need a big audience — even 2–3 referrals can put you on the leaderboard.
Just invite other Shopify store operators, owners, or ecom managers and help them join their first session.
Every referral makes the ecosystem stronger — and every voice helps shape the next generation of Shopify apps.
👉 Join now at AppStoreResearch.com
Featured insight
Shopify + OpenAI: Commerce comes to ChatGPT
Shopify just made it official — merchants will soon be able to sell directly inside ChatGPT.
Here’s how it works:
Eligible Shopify products will appear when users chat about related items.
Orders flow into your Shopify admin — with clear attribution.
Rollout has begun for select U.S. merchants.
This isn’t a gimmick — it’s the first real glimpse of conversational commerce at scale.
If your store’s content and product data aren’t AI-ready yet, now’s the time to fix that.
🚀 Need help optimizing your product data for AI discovery?
Get a free consultation → shopexperts.com
Quick analytics win
Human or Bot sessions
Shopify just added a “Human or bot” filter to session-based reports (available for sessions after Oct 7).
Use it to:
Spot inflated traffic from bots
Recalculate your real conversion rate
Investigate spikes before assuming a campaign worked
Find it under Reports → Add filter → Human or bot session
Beautify — $420 USD
Built by Clean Canvas, Beautify is crafted for Beauty & Wellness brands that want luxury design with flexibility.
16+ years of top-selling Shopify themes behind it.
Flute — $230 USD
A flexible layout builder, dynamic product bundles (“Frequently Bought Together”), and quick-view shopping make this a great all-rounder for modern stores.
🎨 Get a theme optimization quote → shopexperts.com
Photo of the week 👻
A clever twist on Halloween marketing — instead of spooky props or fake cobwebs, IKEA highlights the real horror moment we all know: hiding behind a cushion during a scary movie. The campaign turns everyday home comfort into the hero, showing that sometimes the scariest scenes happen right on your couch. Simple, relatable, and perfectly in tune with how people actually experience Halloween at home.
Need expert help?
💬 Submit your project → shopexperts.com
That’s it for this week.
Catch you in 2 weeks on Friday with more strategies, updates, and stories to help you win this season.
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with 🤍 shopexperts team
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