The Developpy blog covers Shopify development, themes, checkout and migrations, written by the team that does the work.
Posts are in English. Italian and Spanish translations follow after launch.
How a URL map, 301 redirects, carried-over metadata and a monitored launch keep a store's rankings through the move to Shopify.
Read the postWhat it covers
Themes and design
What a custom theme and a Theme Store theme each cost in time, budget and upkeep, and which stores are better served by each.
Checkout and upsells
What Shopify Plus lets a store add to checkout through checkout extensions, where offers can appear, and what stays fixed.
Development and apps
What monthly development hours are used for, how they compare with one-off projects, and the signs a store needs them.
Checkout and upsells
How to add a cart note to your Shopify cart page, and how to use customer notes for special requests, accurate fulfillment and better service.
Checkout and upsells
The difference between cross-selling and upselling, how to build offers and bundles, use data to recommend, and place prompts in checkout.
Checkout and upsells
The usual reasons a Shopify checkout will not load, from browser cache and payment settings to script conflicts, and how to prevent it.
Dropshipping
Set up a Shopify dropshipping store: create the account, pick a plan, find suppliers, choose products, market them and handle orders.
Getting started
Create a Shopify store: pick products, choose a plan, design the store, set up legal pages, taxes and shipping, and sell across channels.
Checkout and upsells
Optimize Stripe Checkout: simpler flows, mobile design, security signals, A/B tests, more payment methods, personalization and metrics.
Development and apps
The trends shaping ecommerce apps: mobile commerce, AI personalization, social commerce, AR, sustainability and unified commerce.
Payments and fees
The card readers that work with Shopify POS, how they differ, how to set one up, and the alternatives if Shopify's own readers do not fit.
Checkout and upsells
Why the add to cart button fails on a Shopify store, from JavaScript errors to app conflicts, and the checks and fixes to try first.
Getting started
How name generators and AI tools help you brainstorm a Shopify store name, check the domain, and avoid rushing a choice you will live with.
Themes and design
How to set up and customize Shopify's Dawn theme: homepage, header and footer, colors and fonts, product pages, Liquid and apps.
Shopify news
An honest look at Shopify: ease of use, the app ecosystem, pricing and extra fees, support, and how it compares with WooCommerce and BigCommerce.
Themes and design
A list of Shopify themes with what each one is good for, from Dawn and Sense to Prestige, Warehouse, Motion and Flex.
Dropshipping
Start a dropshipping store on a minimal budget: free platform options, suppliers without upfront fees, free design tools and free marketing.
Getting started
How to sell on Shopify: find a niche and products, choose a plan, design the store, market it and run it day to day.
Marketing and SEO
How to do SEO with Shopify: built-in tools, meta tags and URLs, content that ranks, technical fixes, link building and tracking.
Dropshipping
Dropshipping platforms, supplier apps and print-on-demand services, from Shopify and Spocket to Printful and Printify, and what each one suits.
Getting started
From business idea to launch: create a Shopify account, add business details and policies, design the store, list products and test before going live.
Getting started
How the Shopify store name generator helps you find a name, test it with your audience and secure a matching domain, plus other naming tools.
Development and apps
What Shopify metafields are, how a metafields app helps you manage them, the features to compare, and how to use them on product pages.
Book a 15-minute call, or write to us.
