Shopify Store Creation

Shopify is rolling out an upgraded inventory transfers experience, and it's packed with features to make your stock management smoother, especially if you run both an online and physical store Here’s what’s changing (and why it matters to you): * Multiple shipments per transfer Now you can track different shipments under one transfer. So if your supplier sends your order in parts, you can keep it all organized in one place * Customize your transfers page You’ll be able to adjust the view to see only what matters most to you, less noise, more clarity * Shopify POS integration Running a retail store too? Great news: your in-store staff can now receive inventory directly through Shopify POS. This makes in-store operations faster and more connected, another step forward in Shopify’s strong push into omnichannel retail * Barcode scanning for speed No more typing in SKUs manually, just scan barcodes to speed up processing and reduce errors * Bulk upload via csv Managing lots of products? Now you can import them in bulk with a CSV file, a huge time-saver for large catalogs * Improved 3rd party tracking via api The new Transfers API provides better visibility and control over inventory movements for those using advanced setups or third-party logistics * No stress migration Worried about your current transfer data? Don’t be, everything will be automatically moved to the new system without disrupting your work TL;DR: Shopify’s updated inventory transfers make managing stock across warehouses, suppliers, and stores more streamlined than ever, especially helpful if you're selling both online and in-store using Shopify POS

🚨 BREAKING: Shopify just quietly upgraded Analytics in a big way. You can now use metafields as dimensions and filters in reports. Translation: Your custom business data finally lives inside Shopify Analytics. Until now, metafields were great for storefront logic but useless for real insights. So teams exported CSVs, built spreadsheets, or relied on external BI. Messy. Slow. Fragmented. Now you can: • Segment sales by material, ingredients, or custom attributes • Analyze performance by loyalty tier • Filter orders using your own business logic • Compare variants based on metafields All directly in Shopify. At first glance, this looks like a reporting feature. It’s not. It’s operational clarity. One subtle but powerful shift: Product, marketing, ops, and leadership now work from the same data model. Same dimensions. Same source of truth. Faster decisions. Classic Shopify move: Less fragmentation. More platform-native insight. If you care about data-driven commerce, enable “Use in Analytics” on your metafields today. #Shopify #Ecommerce #Analytics #ShopifyPlus #Operations #CX #ProductData

🚀Metafields Are Now Fully Integrated into Shopify Analytics You can now use metafields as dimensions and filters directly inside Shopify Analytics in both Reports and Explore. That means: • Group revenue by custom product attributes (e.g., material, collection, sustainability tier) • Segment customers by loyalty level or lifecycle stage • Filter orders using your own operational logic • Analyze performance without exporting to spreadsheets No external BI stack. No ETL pipelines. No custom dashboards to maintain. Your custom data now lives where decisions are made. For brands managing complex catalogs, wholesale models, subscriptions, or loyalty programs this removes a real operational bottleneck. Turn on “Use in Analytics” for your metafield definitions, and your structured data becomes fully queryable. This is how Shopify moves from commerce platform to operating system. #Shopify #Ecommerce #RetailTech #DataAnalytics #ShopifyPlus #CommerceTech #UnifiedCommerce

Shopify just launched a few feature. What does it do? Shopify's default data model is fixed, products have a title, description, price, images, variants. That's it. Metafields and metaobjects are Shopify's new way of letting you bolt on any additional data you want, and then display or use that data anywhere in the store. What people actually use this for? 1. Displaying additional product information on PDPs This is the most common use. If you need to show data that Shopify doesn't have a native field for, e.g. material composition on apparel, expiration dates on food etc. Rather than cramming this into the every product’s description, you can store it in structured metafields and render it cleanly in a dedicated section on the product page. 2. Reusable content blocks (metaobjects) Brand/designer profiles, size charts, ingredient lists, FAQ sets, care instruction guides, anything that's created once and applied to many products. This replaces the old pattern of duplicating content across product descriptions or managing it in custom theme templates. 3. App and operational logic → Tracking and attribution apps store event data, click IDs, attribution windows, and UTM parameters on orders or customers → Email marketing apps store customer preference data, churn risk scores, lifecycle stage, last engagement date on customer records → Personalization apps store quiz answers, product affinities, and recommendation signals on customer metafields.

NEW: Shopify Dashboard now shows Agentic Storefronts in Sales Channel. Shopify is showing what their agents look at when ranking products. Each product gets four checks inside the dashboard: description length, image count, shop policies (returns, shipping etc), and reviews. This is the first time I've seen Shopify put agent ranking inputs inside admin, and they're showing it per product - which makes it easier to manage actions. The "Test a query" tool is quite useful. You type a query a shopper might use in ChatGPT, Shopify tells you whether your products landed in the top 10 an agent would consider, and if they didn't it shows you the products that did rank with their listing completeness scores. From what I see, reviews are weighted strong enough in the model that a complete listing on every other check still won't rank if reviews are empty. Then there's also a ChatGPT toggle that makes it fully managed automatically: "Allow Shopify to manage for me" with a ChatGPT icon -- More on this in my newsletter: atomz.beehiiv.com See detailed AI analysis of your store: gpt.atomz.ai

Shopify just shipped a feature that most fashion brands won't know to use for the next 6 months Rollouts is now live in the admin. It lets you schedule storefront changes to go live at a specific date and time, run A/B tests against your current theme with real traffic, measure the conversion impact, and set promotions to automatically revert when they end. The auto-revert piece alone is worth paying attention to. Running a 48-hour sale? Set it up once and the store goes back to normal on its own. The A/B testing piece is the bigger deal. Most fashion brands have no idea whether a homepage change actually moved their conversion rate. Now there's a built-in way to find out before you commit. Market-specific targeting is available on Advanced and Plus plans. Core scheduling and testing is on Basic and up. It's under Markets > Rollouts in your admin. Worth 10 minutes to understand before your next promotion or site refresh.

E-commerce tools you should know about, Part One. All DTC Founders can agree that data never lies. But most don't even know the goldmine that's inside their Shopify dashboard. That's about to change. 👉 Shopify Sidekick It's basically your built-in AI operator that can: → Audit your store for missed revenue, ask it: "Show me what's hurting conversions on my PDPs." "Identify where customers are dropping off in checkout." → Write copy for new products, sales, bundles & emails No more staring at a blank screen, writing product descriptions. → Build pages and workflows without a developer, ask it: "Create a landing page for my new flavor launch." "Update my navigation for a holiday gifting collection." → Pull insights you normally need 5 tabs and a data person for, ask it: "What are my top SKUs by first-time purchase?" "Which products drive the highest repeat rate?" "Where is AOV dropping?" Is it perfect? No. Does it give you a good foundation built on data? Yes. Will it save you hours, remove bottlenecks, and replace mundane tasks? Yes. It's the closest thing to having a Shopify Ops Manager... But free! ♻️ Repost this if you want me to turn this into a full “Sidekick Setup Guide.”

Shopify just dropped its Winter ’26 Edition, and it’s one of the more meaningful updates I’ve seen in a while. Every six months the Editions release gives a pulse on where commerce is heading, and this one is clearly about intelligence, flexibility, and cleaner data. A few things that stood out to me: 1. Sidekick and Shopify’s AI push It’s encouraging to see Shopify lean deeper into AI for reporting, workflows, and operational tasks. As merchants rely more on automated decisions, the underlying data becomes even more important — accuracy really matters. 2. Agentic storefronts and new sales surfaces Shopify is opening the door to selling in more places, including AI chat platforms. Great for reach, but it also means merchants will be dealing with more dispersed transaction data than ever before. 3. More granular, transparent data Full inventory adjustment history, better analytics, and richer order information might sound small, but these are the kinds of improvements that make a real difference when you’re trying to keep clean books or understand what’s actually happening in your business. 4. Smarter order editing The ability to update unfulfilled orders (with duties/taxes recalculated) or apply discounts to fulfilled items is a big win for operational accuracy. It also helps ensure revenue and taxes line up with the real world — something accountants have struggled with historically. 5. B2B, retail, and ERP improvements Shopify continues to take enterprise and wholesale seriously. Better data structures and integrations here will quietly solve a lot of headaches for multi-location and multi-channel operators. What I appreciate most about this release is that it reflects the realities of modern commerce: more channels, more data, more complexity — and a growing expectation that everything should still “just work.” At Bookkeep, this is exactly the problem space we’ve been focused on: taking all of this increasingly rich Shopify data and converting it into something merchants can actually use — clear summaries, accurate journal entries, and reliable reports that make reconciliation simpler instead of harder. But more importantly, as Shopify keeps evolving, it’s good to see them making big moves that ultimately help merchants run healthier, more informed businesses. Exciting direction overall — and a strong signal for where commerce is headed in 2026. #shopify #shopifyaccounting #ecommerceaccounting #financialclarity

Top 3 Shopify Summer Edition ‘24 updates Enterprise brands should leverage immediately: 1. Split Shipping for Checkout Split Shipping gives your customers more flexibility with their order shipments. Customers can get some items faster than others, go for a low-price option, or customize the shipping dates based on their needs. Amazon has offered a feature like this for a while. Now Shopify businesses can, too. For one of our clients at Anatta, the retail giant buybuy BABY, Split Shipping is an essential store feature. Shipping a stroller with a pacifier isn’t the logistical move. And customers benefit from having those two items packaged separately.  2. Ship To & From Stores For even more flexibility with order delivery, you can offer customers Buy Online Pick Up In-store—and customers get to choose which store they want their order delivered to. On the merchant’s end, you can ship between stores if one store has the product but the customer’s selected store does not. Vuori, one of our fast-growing DTC clients, has 50+ open retail stores so far. Being able to ship products from one of their stores to another via this new feature will make shopping with Vuori much more convenient for their end customer. Ship To & From Stores is sure to win you some major points for your omnichannel brand experience. 3. Managed Markets (Formerly Markets Pro) Managed Markets has enormous potential. The update makes international selling and shipping to other localities far more seamless. A few of the features include: -> Duties & Taxes calculated into the checkout price by default with the option to only display the final total cost -> Local payment methods -> Express shipping options For enterprise brands, like Dorel Juvenile who may want to expand, (and who we just helped with a 3-month Shopify migration), Managed Markets creates the opportunity to experiment in international markets by making the process more accessible. This launch has also finally provided the requirements for an Enterprise-ready launch. At its core, the feature removes tedious admin work that once had to be managed manually. With Summer Editions ‘24, Shopify continues positioning itself as a powerful solution for enterprise. I’m excited to see what comes next! P.S. What do you think of the updates from Summer Editions? Any updates you think will be especially beneficial for your business? #shopify #ecommerce #technology