Shopify &
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Guides to starting a store, choosing apps, advertising, AI, and the work of running an ecommerce business.
Shopify Apps That Actually Improve ROAS (2026)
The Shopify apps that actually improve ROAS: tracking, surveys, feed tools, CRO, and upsells, plus how to verify each one moved a real metric.
Shopify Checkout UI Extensions: Build One (Tutorial)
Step-by-step Shopify checkout UI extensions tutorial: scaffold with the CLI, build a trust banner in Preact, add merchant settings, and deploy.
Shopify Dev MCP Server: AI-Assisted App Development
The Shopify Dev MCP server grounds Claude Code and Cursor in live GraphQL schema and docs. Setup, the tools it exposes, a real session, and its limits.
Shopify Discount Function Tutorial: Custom Logic (2026)
Build a Shopify discount function in JavaScript: scaffold with the CLI, write tiered volume discount logic, test locally, and activate it via GraphQL.
Shopify Partner Program: Complete Guide (2026)
What Shopify Partners get in 2026: unlimited dev stores, 20% referral commissions, 0% app revenue share under $1M, and realistic earning paths.
Polaris and App Bridge: Shopify Embedded App UI (2026)
Polaris and App Bridge power Shopify embedded app UI. See the 2026 web components setup, session tokens, modals, pickers, and BFS design rules.
Shopify Remix App Template: Complete Guide (2026)
Anatomy of the Shopify Remix app template: shopify.app.toml, session token auth, Prisma session storage, webhooks, and fixes for the common gotchas.
Theme App Extensions: How Shopify Apps Inject Into Themes
Theme app extensions let Shopify apps add blocks and embeds to themes without editing code. Learn the structure, schema, and performance rules.
Shopify Webhooks: Reliability Guide for App Developers
Shopify webhooks are at-least-once, unordered, and removed after repeated failures. Build HMAC checks, dedupe, and reconciliation that survive it.
How to Uninstall Shopify Apps: Code and Billing Cleanup
Remove a Shopify app, check leftover theme code safely, cancel external subscriptions, and verify your storefront with a practical cleanup checklist.
Validate a Shopify App Idea Before You Build It
How to validate a Shopify app idea before you build: App Store gap analysis, 1-star review mining, waitlist pre-selling, and honest kill criteria.
How to Connect Claude to Shopify: 4 Ways, Step by Step
Connect Claude to your Shopify store in minutes: the built-in MCP connector, Claude Desktop setup, no-code Zapier flows, and the API route for developers.
Build a Headless Shopify Catalog Browser in Next.js
Build a browsable headless catalog on the Shopify Storefront API: fetch products and collections, render a grid, add search, and wire a variant picker.
Build a Shopify Feed-Readiness Checker
Build a script that pulls your Shopify catalog and scores every product on ad and AI feed readiness: titles, GTIN, images, and structured data.
Your Product Catalog Is the #1 Ad Performance Lever
Your catalog data — titles, GTINs, images, and attributes — sets the ceiling on Google Shopping, Meta catalog ads, and AI shopping visibility.
Bulk-Write Large Catalogs to Shopify Without Throttling
Write thousands of Shopify products at once with bulkOperationRunMutation: the staged JSONL upload flow, throttle-safe throughput, and cost monitoring.
Shopify Catalog API for B2B and Markets Pricing
Use Shopify's Catalog, PriceList, and Publication objects to control which products and prices publish to each B2B company location or Market region.
Shopify GraphQL Rate Limits & Error Handling Reference
A copy-paste reference for Shopify Admin GraphQL API rate limits and errors: the cost-based bucket, throttleStatus, error codes, and backoff patterns.
Sync a Shopify Feed in Real Time with Webhooks
React to Shopify catalog changes as they happen: subscribe to product and inventory webhooks, verify the HMAC, stay idempotent, and keep a feed in sync.
Add Metafields & Metaobjects to Shopify via the API
Write richer, AI-readable product data with Shopify's Admin API: typed metafield definitions, metafieldsSet, metaobjects, and better feed quality.
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