Shopify Entrepreneur Weekly

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Welcome to the Shopify Entrepreneur Weekly newsletter! Let's jump into the latest and most vital updates.

This week, Shopify has acquired Checkout Blocks, giving Shopify Plus merchants the power to make no-code customizations in their checkout to elevate customer experience and possibly increase sales. As a bonus, the company is offering its Starter plan, previously priced at $99/month, for free to all Shopify Plus merchants 👍

HeyCarson has some awesome platform updates coming your way! I'll chat about them in the next few weeks 👀

Whatever you’re working on, don’t forget that our team is here to help. If you’re thinking of tackling a small or large project and need a quote or just some direction, let us know about it ​here​.

Have a great day and catch you next week!

– Lidia from HeyCarson

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More in this week's edition:

• Industry updates and news

• New AppStoreResearch project

• New theme!

• What people talk about in the social media

• Optimization check-list of the week!

Industry news

• Shopify acquired Threads, a Sequoia-backed Slack alternative, for an undisclosed amount. The move follows interest from multiple companies, with Shopify chosen for its scalability. Integration plans with Shopify's platform remain undisclosed.

• Sort filter values in the Shopify Search & Discovery app. Customize the order of your filter values on your storefront using the Shopify Search & Discovery app, now including Shopify Magic.

• Shopify hit $1 trillion in cumulative gross merchandise volume, with 90% in the last 5 years! 10 years ago, Shopify had 100K merchants; now, it's close to 3 million.

• Customize smart grids remotely from the Shopify Admin. Save time with the new smart grid editor, allowing configuration and assignment of layouts on a per-location basis.

• Bundles are now available in draft orders.

New AppStoreResearch project

Seeking merchants generating $5m+ Shopify revenue

“We are always trying to improve our app. And gathering opinions from these 7 and 8 figure stores is a great way of finding new ideas, problems and possibilities. That's where you come in! It will be an open session; we'll be batting ideas around in an informal setting. Looking forward to speaking!”

Plan: Advanced or Shopify Plus
Role: Owner or E-commerce manager

Incentive $400

• 30 Minutes

• 5 available slots

Overheard in the socials

Bold Commerce rolled out “Maximizers” - these new feature updates are here to boost your subscription conversions and increase the average value of subscribers throughout the customer journey.

1) Subscription Upsells (nudge one-time shoppers into subscribers)

2) Upcoming Order Email Upsells (each month when customers get their upcoming order confirmation emails, you can offer one-click upsell add-ons, no checkout required)

3) Convertible Subscriptions (let customers subscribe and get one product the first month and then automatically switches to a different product the next month)

4) AI Powered SMART Upsells (create more personalized and higher converting upsell offers on autopilot)

5) Express Add-Ons (lets existing subscribers add any product on your store to their existing subscription with just a click)

6) Customer Portal Upsells (these offers live inside the customer portal and can be highly targeted based on exactly what your customers are subscribed to)

Themes updates

⭐️ New theme: Noblesse by Vevol Media

Meet the first theme by Vevol Media. It comes with features like TikTok-like stories, super-fast loading, easy navigation for high CRO, adaptable scalability, responsive design, a focus on boosting conversions, and more.

Optimization tip

Search bar on the ecom store is a crucial element for user experience and conversion rates. Make sure to keep it visible and easily accessible, and consider using predictive search functionality for a seamless shopping experience. Give yourself a once-over with this handy checklist:

• The home page contains a prominent search box near the top (or top-right) of the website

• The search bar has an auto-complete and auto-suggest option

• Auto-suggest searches through categories and products

• The search results page shows the user what was searched for; it is easy to edit and resubmit the search

• Search results are clear, useful, and ranked by relevance and how many results were retrieved

• If no results are returned, the search engine gracefully ("oh, snap") offers ideas or options for improving the query based on identifiable problems with the user's input

…8 more ideas in the next newsletter.

Need help with store optimization? Start a project →

Photo of the week

Tech people are all buzzing about the Apple Intelligence release. Apple is introducing a more chatty Siri, personalized AI "Genmoji," and access to GPT-4o for when Siri needs a hand. People seem really hyped up about the smarter Siri that can now actually give useful answers 🍎 For me, the most epic update is the calculator on iPad that people have been awaiting for years! Some might tease, but those calculator features they revealed seem pretty cool to me.

⭐️ Looking to customize your Shopify theme to create a professional and optimized online store? Improve performance, security and user experience with a free quote to get started.