What Shopify shipped in July 2026

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Pricing updated for Shopify: - Basic: added annual billing at $20/mo (16.67% off) - Grow: added annual billing at $57.5/mo (16.67% off) - Grow: now includes Up to 5 staff accounts - Advanced: added an…

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Removed: POS Pro tier

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Grow: now includes Jopa 5 henkilöstötiliä - Advanced: now includes Jopa 15 henkilöstötiliä - Plus: now includes Rajattomasti henkilöstötilejä

Podcast SEO Guide: How To Optimize Your Podcast

Shopify released a comprehensive guide on podcast SEO, emphasizing the optimization of text-based assets like titles, descriptions, and transcripts to improve discoverability in search engines and pod…

UGC Marketing Guide: Types and Tips for Ecommerce

How a $5,000 Grant Snowballed Into a Dr. Dre Partnership

What Are Negative Retained Earnings? 4 Ways To Reduce Them

Examples of UGC Campaigns and How To Build Your Own

Pricing updated for Shopify: - New tier: POS Pro (Custom pricing)

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Plan features or structure changed

Retention

Serverless Architecture: A Guide for Store Owners

Shopify published a guide on serverless architecture, highlighting how it automates infrastructure management to reduce overhead and handle traffic spikes like flash sales. The post emphasizes cost ef…

AI Customer Insights: How To Use Them in Your Business

Shopify published a guide on AI customer insights, detailing how AI analyzes purchase history, browsing behavior, and support interactions to generate actionable predictions. The post highlights built…

SEO Basics Ecommerce Store Owners Need To Know

6 Referral Software Solutions for Ecommerce Brands

Shopify published a guide featuring six referral software tools for ecommerce brands, emphasizing their role in reducing customer acquisition costs amid a 60% CAC surge since 2020. The post details ke…

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Grow: now includes Up to 5 staff accounts - Advanced: now includes Up to 15 staff accounts - Plus: now includes Unlimited staff accounts, Up to 200 POS Pro locations, Un

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Plus: promotion ended (was: from) - New tier: POS Pro (Custom pricing)

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Google Analyticsin käyttöönotto verkkokaupassa (2026)

Liiketoimintasuunnitelma voittoa tavoittelemattomalle yhdistykselle: malli ja esimerkit

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Grow: allowance changed from Up to 5 staff accounts to Jopa 5 henkilöstötiliä - Advanced: allowance changed from Up to 15 staff accounts to Jopa 15 henkilöstötiliä - Plu

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Basic: now includes 10 inventory locations - Grow: now includes Up to 5 staff accounts - Advanced: now includes Up to 15 staff accounts - Plus: now includes Unlimited st

B2B-verkkokaupan trendit 2025–2026: 15 strategiaa digitaalisen kaupankäynnin muutokseen

Miten aloittaa tukkumyynti Suomessa: Vaiheittainen opas (2026)

Miten kasvattaa myyntiä YouTube-markkinoinnin avulla (2026)

Shopify published a comprehensive guide on leveraging YouTube marketing to boost ecommerce sales, emphasizing the platform’s dominance as a search engine and video hub. The post details steps to set u…

Miten myydä StockX:ssä: 6 helppoa vaihetta

Shopify introduced a native integration with StockX, a sneaker and streetwear resale marketplace, allowing Shopify merchants to list and sell products directly on StockX from their Shopify admin. The …

How Dagne Dover Turned Word of Mouth Into Its Biggest Marketing Channel

Shopify POS Extensions gains background extension target for event observation

Shopify introduced a new `pos.app.ready.data` background extension target for POS Extensions, enabling extensions to observe POS events and run non-visual logic throughout a session. Developers can no…

6 Perfect Landing Page Examples for 2026

Shopify expands app plans, introduces no-charge testing, and fractional App Events

Shopify increased app plan limits to 8 public and 15 private plans per app, enabled no-charge plan testing for reviewers and developers, and added support for negative and fractional values in App Eve…

Shopify introduces identity verification for Partners to strengthen trust in collaborator access

Shopify launched identity verification for Partners, requiring government-issued photo ID and a selfie/liveness check via Stripe before sending new collaborator requests. Verification is optional toda…

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Grow: annual price $57.5/mo → $57.50/mo

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Plus: promotion ended (was: from)

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Basic: added annual billing at $20/mo (16.67% off) - Grow: added annual billing at $57.5/mo (16.67% off) - Advanced: added annual billing at $240.83/mo (16.67% off) - Pl

Shopify POS UI Extensions API 2026-07 changes line item discount behavior

Shopify’s POS UI Extensions API version 2026-07 now requires per-unit fixed-amount discounts instead of total line-item discounts. Apps using this API must update discount calculations before July 15,…

The Beauty Brand Playbook Behind Lore's Successful Launch

A New Partner Earning Model Built for Shared Growth

Shopify will launch a new partner earning model on August 10, 2026, allowing partners to earn from both subscription revenue and merchant GMV. The change applies to new deals or store transfers after …

The next generation of Shopify fulfillment is coming. Here's how partners can lead the way.

Shopify is rolling out major fulfillment upgrades—market-driven shipping, ship-and-pickup in one order, and default split shipping—by July 1, 2027. These changes simplify checkout, reduce cart abandon…

Shopify Flow updates Action extensions to reduce breaking changes

Shopify Flow’s Action extensions now handle configuration field changes more gracefully by allowing older workflow versions to execute without failing validation. Merchants’ existing workflows continu…

Shopify Flow: Action runtime URLs update automatically

Shopify Flow now automatically updates action runtime URLs in workflows without requiring merchants to re-save them. Previously, URLs were hard-coded at activation, forcing manual reactivation to appl…

Introducing the new Collection Sources API: a more flexible model for merchandising

Shopify introduced a new Collection Sources API in GraphQL Admin API 2026-07 that replaces the rigid smart/custom collection model with a flexible, source-based system. Collections can now combine mul…

Shopify Retail Roundup (June 2026 - v11.8 & 11.9)

Shopify released POS versions 11.8 (June 8) and 11.9 (June 22, 2026) with major updates including the new Verifone Victa Mobile handheld POS, centralized device management in Shopify admin, smarter st…

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Grow: allowance changed from 5 staff accounts to Up to 5 staff accounts - Advanced: allowance changed from 15 staff accounts to Up to 15 staff accounts

Shopify updates App Store review policy to ban incentivized and fake reviews

Shopify tightened enforcement of its App Store policy 1.3, explicitly banning incentivized reviews and adjusting logic to unpublish untrusted or fake reviews. Developers face penalties including revie…

Shopify removes Customer Account API Checkout types in 2026-10

Shopify will remove the deprecated `Customer.lastIncompleteCheckout` field and the entire `Checkout` type subtree from the Customer Account API in version 2026-10 (effective October 2026). Developers …

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Grow: allowance changed from Up to 5 staff accounts to 5 staff accounts - Advanced: allowance changed from Up to 15 staff accounts to 15 staff accounts - Removed: POS Pr

Payments & Checkout

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Removed: Agentic tier

Chargeback Management Software: 2026 Guide for Retailers

Shopify published a guide on chargeback management software, highlighting its growing market (valued at $2.6B in 2026) and rising global chargeback volumes (324M by 2028). The post emphasizes the dist…

How Ecommerce Returns Management Works in 2026

Shopify published a comprehensive guide on ecommerce returns management, emphasizing its built-in workflows in the admin panel and unified commerce platform to centralize order, inventory, and custome…

Ecommerce Data Analytics: A Guide for Enterprise Teams

Shopify published a comprehensive guide emphasizing the need for faster, AI-driven ecommerce analytics in 2025–2026 due to rising margin pressure, fragmented customer journeys, and signal loss. It det…

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Plus: now includes Unlimited staff accounts, Up to 200 POS Pro locations, Unlimited B2B catalogs - New tier: POS Pro (Custom pricing) - New tier: Agentic (Custom pricing

Shopify Markets APIs add MarketRegionSubdivision support for sub-region markets

Shopify’s Admin GraphQL API (2026-07 release candidate) now supports MarketRegionSubdivision, enabling merchants to configure markets with country-subdivision regions like states and provinces for mar…

Shopify Admin GraphQL API adds FULFILLMENT_NOT_REQUIRED status for orders with no items to fulfill

Shopify’s Admin GraphQL API (version 2026-10) introduces a new `FULFILLMENT_NOT_REQUIRED` status for orders with no remaining items to fulfill, replacing the previous `UNFULFILLED` value. This change …

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Basic: added annual billing at $20/mo (16.67% off) - Grow: added annual billing at $57.5/mo (16.67% off) - Advanced: added annual billing at $240.83/mo (16.67% off)

Staffing & Store Management

Technology & Omni-Channel Retail

Customer Experience

Workforce Management Software: Retailer’s Guide for 2026

Shopify published a 2026 guide emphasizing workforce management (WFM) software for retailers, detailing how its POS and admin tools handle scheduling, roles, permissions, and automation. The post high…

How Fusion Achieved a 101% Sell-Through Rate by Owning Its Supply Chain

Employee Scheduling Software: How to Choose the Right Tool

What is Endless Aisle? Benefits and Set Up (2026)

Shopify launched Endless Aisle, a retail strategy enabling in-store shoppers to purchase products not stocked at their location by leveraging inventory from other stores or warehouses via Shopify POS.…

Retail Customer Engagement: Strategies and Examples for 2026

Shopify published a guide on retail customer engagement for 2026, emphasizing omnichannel strategies and tools to unify customer interactions across digital and physical channels. The post highlights …

What Is PWA Ecommerce? Implementation Guide for SMBs

Shopify published a guide on progressive web apps (PWAs) for ecommerce, highlighting their ability to deliver app-like speed and reliability without app store downloads. The post details how PWAs use …

Affiliate API Use Cases for Ecommerce and Tools To Try

Shopify introduced an Affiliate API to automate data exchange between affiliate platforms and online stores, eliminating manual tracking of referrals, commissions, and payouts. The API integrates with…

How to Use AI Agents for Sales and Marketing

Shopify unveiled AI agents designed to automate sales and marketing tasks, including cart recovery, customer segmentation, retention marketing, and AI-driven shopping experiences. These agents operate…

Ecommerce Fulfillment Software: Top Picks & Features (2026)

Shopify published a 2026 guide on ecommerce fulfillment software, emphasizing its built-in tools for order tracking, routing, and automation. The post highlights customer cases like Mejuri and Mizzen+…

Best Sales Tax Compliance Software for Shopify Businesses

Shopify introduced Shopify Tax, a built-in tool to automate sales tax compliance for US merchants, including nexus tracking, rooftop-level rate calculations, and automated filing/remittance across 11,…

Shopify deprecates useBuyerJourneyIntercept API in checkout UI extensions

Shopify will remove the `useBuyerJourneyIntercept` API and its dependent `block_progress` capability from checkout UI extensions starting in version 2026-07. Developers must migrate to cart/checkout v…

Pricing updated for Shopify: - Grow: allowance changed from Up to 5 staff accounts to 5 staff accounts - Advanced: allowance changed from Up to 15 staff accounts to 15 staff accounts - Plus: allowance

Shopify introduces market-driven shipping in feature preview

Shopify launched market-driven shipping, moving merchant-owned shipping configuration from delivery profiles to the Markets API. Merchants can now attach shipping options directly to markets and vary …

Shopify deprecates merchant-owned delivery profile APIs for market-driven shipping

Shopify is deprecating merchant-owned delivery profile APIs in the Admin GraphQL API effective August 1, 2026, as part of its shift to market-driven shipping. Apps using these APIs for merchant-owned …

Shopify adds draft order deposit fields to GraphQL Admin and Customer Account APIs

Shopify introduced deposit fields for draft orders in the 2026-07 GraphQL Admin and Customer Account APIs, enabling apps to set partial payments due now or later. The feature targets Shopify Plus stor…

Shopify adds lineItem field to GiftCard GraphQL object

Shopify’s Admin GraphQL API now includes a `lineItem` field on the `GiftCard` object, linking gift cards to the originating order’s line item. The field returns null for manually issued gift cards.

Shopify Shop Minis May-June 2026 update adds variant intents and build verification

Shopify introduced typed product variant intent hooks in the React SDK for variant selection, cart addition, and express checkout, alongside build verification during Mini submission. The update also …