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Shopify how-to guides
The hands-on track: small, specific jobs done properly. These guides cover customer events and web pixels, metafields and metaobjects, Liquid tweaks, and the kind of store customizations you can ship yourself without reaching for another app.
- June 11th, 2026SubscriptionsGuides
How DTC Brands Cut Subscription Churn with Stay AI
The four-stage churn playbook (save, prevent, recover, measure) mapped to Stay AI's engines, with the vendor numbers attributed and setup guidance.
- June 9th, 2026GuidesPartners
How to A/B Test Your Shopify Store in 2026, Including Prices
Shopify has no native A/B testing. What's actually testable, why price testing is the highest-leverage experiment, and the honest traffic math first.
- June 7th, 2026ReviewsGuides
How to Add Product Reviews to Shopify (2026)
Shopify has no native reviews since 2022, so an app is the path. How to pick one, set it up right, and get real stars into Google and AI answers.
- June 6th, 2026CheckoutGuides
How to Add Upsells and Cross-Sells to Your Shopify Store (2026)
Every place an upsell can live on Shopify, what's free and native, and when an engine like Rebuy earns its keep. With the honest plan-gating details.
- May 19th, 2026PixelsCustomer events
Debugging Shopify Customer Events: How the Pixel Sandbox Actually Works
Why your Shopify pixel isn't firing: the sandbox explained, a seven-step debug checklist, and what pixels genuinely can't access.
- May 15th, 2026PixelsCustomer events
Meta, Google, and TikTok Pixels on Shopify After checkout.liquid
checkout.liquid is gone, but your ad pixels don't have to be. What each channel app handles automatically, and when you still need a custom pixel.
- May 13th, 2026PixelsCustomer events
Tracking Add-to-Cart and Checkout Events on Shopify with analytics.subscribe
A working reference for Shopify's analytics.subscribe events: payload shapes for add-to-cart, checkout_started, and checkout_completed, with GA4 code.
- May 8th, 2026PixelsCustomer events
Migrating Shopify Tracking to Customer Events (Web Pixels): a Practical Guide
How to move tracking off ScriptTags and checkout.liquid onto Shopify customer events and web pixels, with working analytics.subscribe code.
- May 5th, 2026PixelsCustomer events
How to Add a Custom Pixel to Shopify Without an App
Add tracking to Shopify in five minutes with a custom pixel in Settings > Customer events. No app, no theme edit, and it works on checkout.
- April 22nd, 2026MerchandisingLiquid
How to Filter by Size In Stock on Shopify Collection Pages (2026 Update)
Let shoppers filter a Shopify collection to sizes that are in stock, using native Online Store 2.0 variant filters. No tags, no jQuery.
- April 15th, 2026Custom dataGuides
Build a Product Spec Table on Shopify With Metaobjects
Two honest ways to build a spec table: plain metafields for per-product values, metaobjects when product families share specs. With the Liquid to render it.
- April 8th, 2026Custom dataGuides
Show Metafields on a Shopify Product Page Without an App
Define a metafield, fill it per product, and render it on the product page with dynamic sources or three lines of Liquid. No app, ten minutes.
- April 2nd, 2026Custom dataGuides
Metafields vs Metaobjects on Shopify: When to Use Which
Metafields attach extra data to things you already have. Metaobjects create things that don't exist yet. Real examples to pick the right one first time.
- March 24th, 2026CheckoutGuides
Post-Purchase Upsells on Shopify: How They Work and When They Don't
The post-purchase page can add one-tap offers after payment, but it's in beta and skips wallets, gift cards, and more. The honest rundown for merchants.
- March 18th, 2026Checkout blocksFunctions
Gift With Purchase on Shopify: Checkout Blocks, Functions, or No App at All?
Three honest ways to run a gift with purchase on Shopify: the built-in Buy X Get Y discount, Checkout Blocks on Plus, and a custom discount function.
- March 13th, 2026CheckoutCheckout blocks
Hide or Reorder Payment and Delivery Options on Shopify Without Code
How to hide, rename, and reorder payment and delivery methods with Checkout Blocks on Plus, and the honest path for every other Shopify plan.
- March 10th, 2026Checkout blocksGuides
Customize Shopify's Thank You and Order Status Pages With Checkout Blocks
The one part of Checkout Blocks every plan gets: content blocks on the Thank you and Order status pages. What they can hold and how to set them up.
- March 4th, 2026CheckoutCheckout blocks
Checkout Blocks 101: Customize Shopify Checkout Without Code
What Shopify's free Checkout Blocks app can do on each plan: content blocks, custom fields, and hiding payment or delivery options, no app build required.
- February 25th, 2026FunctionsGuides
Free Gift With Purchase on Shopify Using Functions (Not Scripts)
How to build a free gift with purchase on Shopify with a discount function, the modern replacement for gift-with-purchase Scripts.
- February 20th, 2026FunctionsCheckout
Replacing Shopify payment Scripts with payment customization Functions
Payment Scripts that hide, rename, or reorder payment methods stop June 30, 2026. How to move that logic to a payment customization function.
- February 17th, 2026FunctionsGuides
Replacing Shopify shipping Scripts with delivery Functions
Shipping Scripts that hide, rename, or reorder rates stop working on June 30, 2026. Here is how to move that logic to a Shopify delivery customization function.
- February 11th, 2026FunctionsGuides
Replacing Shopify discount Scripts with discount Functions
Automatic discount Scripts stop working June 30, 2026. How the same logic, from cart tiers to free gifts, moves to a Shopify discount function.
- February 6th, 2026CheckoutGuides
Rebuilding Checkout Customizations With Checkout UI Extensions
How checkout UI extensions actually work: targets, the checkout editor, and rebuilding banners, custom fields, and trust content the upgrade-safe way.
- February 3rd, 2026CheckoutGuides
Checkout.liquid Is Gone: A Field Guide to Shopify Checkout Extensibility
Every checkout.liquid sunset date has passed except the Scripts deadline. Where each old customization goes now: extensions, pixels, and Functions.
- January 27th, 2026FunctionsGuides
What Shopify Functions Can Actually Do (and When You Need a Developer)
A plain-English map of every Shopify Functions API, what each one really does, and the honest answer to whether you need a custom app built.
- January 20th, 2026FunctionsCheckout
Migrating from Shopify Scripts to Checkout Functions: a practical guide
Shopify Scripts retires June 30, 2026. How to move discount, shipping, and payment logic to Functions, with a map from each Script type to its replacement.
- June 18th, 2024Liquid
Show Remaining Inventory of All Variants Combined for Product
How to display combined inventory quantities across all product variants on collection and product pages in Shopify.
- August 9th, 2022Javascript
How to Make Sure All External Links on Your Site Open in a New Tab
A simple script to automatically add target='_blank' to every external link on your website.
- December 9th, 2021ScriptsGuides
Shopify Shipping Scripts to get you started
Starter Shopify shipping Scripts: discounted shipping over $X, free shipping thresholds, and rate-name tweaks. Legacy: Scripts retire June 30, 2026.
- June 9th, 2021ScriptsGuides
Free Shopify Scripts for Shopify Plus Stores
A library of copy-paste Shopify Scripts for Plus stores: Buy 2 Get 1 Free, BOGO for $X, and percentage discounts. Legacy: Scripts retire June 30, 2026.
- April 28th, 2021Guides
How to make a delivery date estimator that avoids weekends for a Shopify product page
A copy-paste delivery date estimator for Shopify product pages that skips weekends, built with a small bit of JavaScript and no app.
- November 20th, 2020Guides
How to add Realistic Snow onto your Shopify website for the Holidays!
An easy copy-paste snippet that adds falling snow to your Shopify theme for the holidays, no app required. Paste it into theme.liquid and go.
- March 18th, 2018Javascript
Enable Smooth Scrolling on a Shopify Website
A simple jQuery snippet to add smooth scrolling to anchor links on your Shopify store.
- February 9th, 2018Liquid
Show All Colors of a Product as Separate Products on the Collection Page
How to display individual product color variants as separate items on your Shopify collection page while keeping them as one product.
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