Shopify Entrepreneur Weekly

Hey there! 👋

Welcome to HeyCarson's weekly newsletter. I have some exciting updates and tips for you this week. So grab a cup of coffee and let's dive in! ☕️

Elon Musk's X just announced a partnership with Shopify. It seems like reaching your audience will become a lot easier through X. We're not quite sure how it'll work just yet, but their promise is to connect you with even more customers. Let's see how it goes, but it definitely sounds intriguing.

If you have a bunch of goals this year, do yourself a favor and get started on the right foot.

I want to remind you that our team is always here to help with any design or development tasks you may have. Our experts are ready to assist you in making your website look amazing and stand out from the competition. Just send us a message through our chat and we'll get right on it.

See you next week,
Lidia from HeyCarson

📰 Shopify News

• Elon Musk’s X partners with Shopify to enable merchants to “Reach even more customers”.

• Get rewarded with 3.86% in the form of an annual percentage yield (APY) on all the money in your Shopify Balance account.

• Sirclo, an omnichannel commerce enabler in Indonesia, partners with Shopify to provide a tailored e-commerce platform for Indonesia's dynamic online market. The collaboration focuses on localization and serves businesses of all sizes, delivering a powerful and reliable solution.

• Your Shopify Collective orders just got easier! Now you can ship orders more efficiently and get paid faster by your retailers.

• You can now use a “Get discount data” action in Flow.

📰 Top projects of the week

Check out these awesome projects our developers worked on for our clients' Shopify stores this week! Upsells really do the trick! This type of project is super popular because having upsells on the cart and product page is a must-have for any Shopify store. No need to use an app!

– Linked product upsell on product page. The developer added an upsell feature to the product page that links related products to the parent item. With this addition, you can easily update quantities and remove items based on your preferences.

– Conditional product upsell on cart (Page/Drawer/else). You can upsell products on the product page by linking them to the parent product. You can also update the quantity and remove them based on that product. Keep things chill and get those sales!

⭐️ Themes version updates

Reformation by Fuel Themes

This update addresses minor issues and introduces improvements. It includes the addition of a "Sizing guide variant name" setting to specify the variant for which the Sizing guide should be displayed.
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Yuva by Shine Dezign Infonet

Added new sections, settings, and features for improved theme functionality. Notable additions include a "Shapes" section, cart count display in the header, background image and overlay settings for the footer, autoplay video options in the social media gallery and slideshow sections, and background color scheme settings. Introduced a new block called "product variations" for linking to other products as swatches on the product page.
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Vision by Fuel Themes

Version 2.0.0 introduces a Winter clothing demo, along with new homepage and about page templates. It also includes the "Sibling style" option in Theme Settings and the "Use variant images for color swatches" option in Product sections.
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💡 Optimization tip

Cart widget in the header:

• If the store has a free shipping option, the cart widget clearly states how far away the user is from getting free shipping

• A link to both the basket and checkout is clearly visible on the mini-cart widget

🖼 Photo of the week

The internet is abuzz with the Rabbit r1, a pocket companion that replaces smartphone apps. This AI-enabled device understands interfaces, completes tasks, and can be taught through screenshare. Priced at $199, it offers convenience but raises questions about AI making decisions for users. Would you feel comfortable letting it book vacations, order food, or access your bank account?

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