Shopify News, Tips & Views

Kimonix Super Collections Sort&Create allows merchants to optimise sales and inventory by showing the right product, in the right place, at the right time, in any collection.

With Smile: Rewards & Loyalty you can turn one-time sales into repeat customers with a loyalty program with this flexible and easy to manage app. 

Frequently Bought Together is a great way to sell two or more products together. You’ve seen how Amazon invests enthusiastically on recommendations; Shopify merchants can now too.

Searchanise supercharges the search function of your store, so store visitors can find exactly what they are looking for with ease. It goes beyond the limitations of Shopify’s standard search funct...

The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (DBEI) has opened a second call for retail businesses to apply for the Covid-19 Online Retail Scheme. The maximum grant available is €40,000.

Magento went with ‘End Of Life’ when deciding to effectively bury the first release of their ecommerce software for good. Unfortunate timing, given what is happening around the world at the moment....

Our Managing Director, Peter Corkery, held Irelands 1st ever virtual Shopify Meetup on Thursday, May 21st 2020. With the surge in business owners and entrepreneurs selling online for the first time...

Magento merchants have had 2 ½ years to get used to the idea that their e-commerce platform will be pretty much defunct by June 2020. 1000's of merchants now need to decide about whether to continu...

Running a busy Shopify store is a complicated business. It is so important to automate as many tasks as possible. Shopify Plus merchants have access to 2 useful automation apps in the App Store: Sh...

We want to support small bricks & mortar brands directly affected by the current COVID-19 situation. Small business needs e-Commerce more than ever right now. We are offering a Courtesy Shopify...

Email is a tried and trusted method to reach new customers and to up sell to existing customers.  It's requires complex setup to maximise returns.  Once Klaviyo automations are set up correctly, Sh...

In January we always advise store owners to do an app audit - a simple review of all of the apps in their store. Very often Shopify merchants pay multiple times for services that could be delivered...

Learn about some of the great new feature updates from Shopify that helps you to grow your business, improve conversion rates, and simplify the experience for your customers. We take you through th...

What a whirlwind week we just had in Toronto for Shopify Unite 2019. Unite has become Shopify's yearly cycle of design iteration, customer requirements research and software development to push the...

Here at the Milk Bottle Creamery we’ve been gazing into the crystal ball and making our predictions… here are seven random things we think might be covered next week.

Trust is the most important factor in selling. If the end-user distrusts your offering or service to any degree, there is a slim chance that they will not purchase from you. So how do you establish...

Our next meetup will be focussed on the wonderful automations available on the Plus platform using Shopify Flow. Our 12th Official Shopify Dublin Meetup is on Wednesday, May 15th at The Dean Dublin...

Choosing Shopify as your ecommerce platform is the most important online choice you'll make as an online entrepreneur. Choosing your Shopify theme is the second most important step. Get the lowdown...

One of the great things about Shopify is that it's a hosted service. This means all the moving parts of your store live on Shopify's servers which in turn means Shopify is responsible for providing...

We've been big fans of Conversio since 2014. Back then, as Receiptful, it was a a very simple app which allowed store owners upgrade the standard receipt delivered by Shopify.  Conversio now inclu...

The last 12 months have seen significant enhancements and functional improvements to the Shopify POS solution.  On the back of the monumental multi-location inventory upgrade, we are seeing a stea...

In the last few hours, there has been a very important announcement from both Mailchimp and Shopify. As of today, the Mailchimp app is no longer available in the Shopify app store.  On May 12th the...

Each month we discuss a Shopify application which we use and love. This month, meet Rewind, an automatic backup service Shopify store owners.  Your data is your business! If you lose data, you lose...

After November 2018, Magento will no longer support Magento 1.0 forcing users to upgrade to Magento 2.0.  As the forced migration date for Magento approaches, here are our Top 5 reasons to consider...

The world of ecommerce is ever changing. New sales channels, digital techniques, social media and platform changes are hard to keep up with. We love the content produced in house by the Shopify team. 

The .ie registration process will undergo change very soon. It has been decided to remove the claim to the name clause. Under this clause, businesses had to prove they had a connection to the name ...

Over the last 2 to 3 years we've been adding at least 5 to 10 apps by default to each Shopify store. Many improve receipts, management and add efficiencies to logistics and fulfillment. Here's 5 we...

See how the Shopify POS app can help your growing Shopify store.  Sell in person at pop-up shops, trade shows, festivals, markets - wherever your customers are found, you can sell to them with Shop...

On May 25th 2018 the GDPR will take effect.  This will affect all Shopify business owners. Join us on February 15th to discuss GDPR for our 8th Shopify Meet Up...

It's this time of the year ecommerce consultants, digital marketeers and online entrepreneurs try to predict what's going to be hot in 2018. Here we share 3 simple tips to focus on for 2018.

In today’s online reality of phishing scams, identity theft and viruses, you need to do everything in your power to ensure customers feel confident about using your site. 

Simply put, video marketing is the use of videos in your various marketing campaigns to market or promote your brand, service or product. A successful video marketing campaign should include differ...

Your Shopify theme choice can make or break your business and affect sales. The Shopify themes have improved significantly over the last 24 months. Clever theme choice will save you in the long run...

What is a Payment Gateway? Yes it's a pretty simple question we receive weekly. So here's a comprehensive answer :). It refers to how you take payments and how your sales are funded into your bank ...

For online business owners operating on legacy platforms such as Zencart or Magento, moving platform, known as replatforming often creates a huge problem for the online business. Luckily we special...

As Ireland's No.1 Shopify Experts, we are delighted to announce our next Official Shopify Meetup at our new larger location  - the wonderful Fitzwilliam Hotel on Stephens Green. It's a 'Merchant...

For first-time online store owners launching a store can be a terrifying ordeal. Whatever the reason, it has caused you to hit the pause button and you are still not live.  How do you deal with you...

In the ‘early’ internet days consumer interest could be easily gained by simply using original or interesting content. Customers have become smarter to targeted marketing techniques. Real effort is...

You may be an entrepreneur with an already successful e-commerce business or a big enterprise-level player but do you worry that your present platform may not match your growth levels? If so it may...

Shopify have announced a completely updated admin interface called Polaris.  It will provide Shopify merchants with a more visual admin panel making it even easier to manage and grow your business ...

Our Meetups are steadily growing alongside the Shopify community in Ireland. For Meetup 5 on May 24th we'll mix it up a little. We have 2 interesting topics - using video to boost ecommerce sales...

Search engine optimisation (SEO) may sound simple but, in reality, it can can quickly overwhelm even the most experienced online entrepreneur. So what’s an e-commerce business owner to do?Here we s...

For non marketing folks, building a brand may seem like an impossible task. Effective branding is a complete package that leaves a memorable footprint on the consumers minds. Here are 10 useful br...

The success and failure of your e-Commerce brand is absolutely dependent on the shipment partner you choose. To enhance your customers shipping experience and boost your long term e-Commerce sales ...

As you build on an online business you can be proud of, there are multiple tasks you need to fulfil each day, and as a result you may end up forgetting to focus on the very important part of your j...

Experts predict online sales will experience a growth from $335 billion in 2015 to a whopping $523 in the year 2020. That's 9.32% per year. As we start 2017, it’s time to start developing a robust ...

Join us on March 2nd for Shopify Meetup #4. Mingle with Shopify store owners, chat and learn from developers and speakers on the night. Sign up here today. Join us for Free Pizza at Bank of Irelan...

We’re delighted to announce our 2nd Official Shopify Meetup in Ireland. Meet fellow Shopify merchants, hear from Shopify's European Merchant Success Manager and get your store ready for the end of ...