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Lifecycle Emails for Shopify Stores May 18, 2016 19:00

Lifecycle emails are sent to customers at different points during the lifetime of their interaction with your Shopify store. These emails extend your interaction with the customer beyond a single purchase on your store. You can build loyalty and engagement, create advocates, and get repeat purchasers using these emails. All of these ultimately increase your brand value and revenue.

In this post, we will look at the importance of lifecycle emails, highlight the different types of emails, and list a number of Shopify apps you can use to automate lifecycle emails.


Welcome, Emily! May 17, 2016 19:00

We’re very happy to (re-)welcome another teammate to the ShopStorm family — welcome Emily Moss!

Emily has had a history working with our team on a freelance basis since ShopStorm was a few months old, and we were sad to see her leave to focus on other endeavors last year. She’s now rejoined ShopStorm as our team lead, and will be focusing on taking our apps to the next level.


Customer Happiness – April 2016 May 9, 2016 19:00

Time for another happiness report! Our monthly reports let us evaluate our support team’s response times and ratings throughout each month and share them with merchants using our apps. Our goals for April were to focus on lowering response times and to improve happiness ratings. Here’s how April compared to our our March report: Number Read More…

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Add a Header Bar to Increase Order Values on Shopify May 3, 2016 19:00

A number of major brands use a header bar to display useful and relevant information to their online shoppers. If you have a Shopify store, you can take advantage of this very visible area even if it isn’t a part of your store’s theme. You can accomplish this through a number of free and paid Read More…

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April 2016 App of the Month: Related Blog Posts April 26, 2016 19:00

Blogs are becoming an essential part of eCommerce stores. Shopify store owners can use blogs to provide industry or product information, give product tips, showcase user-generated content, provide customer service, and more. Blogs are versatile in how they can be used. But, as your post library gets bigger and bigger, it can become hard for Read More…

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How to Encourage Product Reviews on Shopify Stores April 19, 2016 19:00

As your Shopify store grows, creating new and unique content can start taking up a lot of your time. One way to help get unique content on your store is through product reviews. Reviews are extremely helpful as they provide information about your products from a user perspective. This helps build trust in potential customers, Read More…

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How to Accept Donations with Shopify April 13, 2016 19:00

If you are a non-profit charity, or are fundraising towards a Kickstarter-style goal, you can use Shopify as your platform for accepting and managing donations. Non-profit organizations can use Shopify to create their website with embedded fundraising functionality without having to redirect donors to third-party platforms. This can give organizations more flexibility and control over Read More…

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New Shopify Plugin to Sell on WordPress Sites April 6, 2016 19:00

Shopify recently announced the launch of a new Shopify plugin for WordPress. The plugin neatly packages the Buy Button so that you can embed Shopify products on WordPress sites without using any code. In this post, we’ll quickly explain the Shopify Buy Button, and walk through the settings and set up of the new Shopify Read More…

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Customer Happiness – March 2016 April 4, 2016 19:00

Our happiness reports let everyone get a look at how our customer service performs in a given month, and today we’ll be looking at March’s metrics. Our goals for the month were to increase happiness and satisfaction ratings, along with maintaining average response times. While we met the goal for satisfaction ratings, we weren’t able Read More…

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Use the Shopify Buy Button to Sell on External Sites March 29, 2016 19:00

A Shopify store may not be your first or only presence online. Many people build a following on external sites or blogs before thinking of selling products online. Even after starting a Shopify store, some people may want to continue their presence on external sites or blogs. In such cases, you don’t always have to Read More…

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March 2016 Edition: Top Shopify Apps March 22, 2016 19:00

Every quarter, we list highly rated apps that allow you to beef up the features in your Shopify store. In this edition of top Shopify apps, we list free apps that allow you to take pre-orders for out-of-stock products, get better analytics for your store data, enable loyalty points to reward customers, implement live Facebook Read More…

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Value Metrics to Grow your Shopify Store March 16, 2016 19:00

Value metrics are key data points that can help you understand and grow your Shopify store. You can find different reports in your Shopify dashboard. These reports can help you get a picture of where your business stands. But, it can be challenging to figure out which data or metric to focus on and how to improve them.

In this post, we list the top five value metrics that Shopify store owners can prioritize to grow their store and their business.


Value Metrics to Grow your Shopify Store March 16, 2016 19:00

Value metrics are key data points that can help you understand and grow your Shopify store. You can find different reports in your Shopify dashboard. These reports can help you get a picture of where your business stands. But, it can be challenging to figure out which data or metric to focus on and how Read More…

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March App of the Month: Accept Apple Pay on Shopify March 9, 2016 20:00

Apple Pay provides an easy way to make secure payments for iPhone and Apple Watch users. Users can enable the feature and then use their Touch ID fingerprint to enable payments online from a mobile device or at near field communication (NFC) terminals. Now you can use Apple Pay on Shopify stores using the Taply Read More…

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Customer Happiness – February 2016 March 7, 2016 20:00

2016 is moving right along smile Time for another look into our customer service team for February! Our happiness reports let everyone get some insight into how our customer service performs in a given month with respect to average response times and customer satisfaction. In February, we wanted to work towards maintaining happiness ratings while Read More…

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Differentiate Your Store through Customer Service March 2, 2016 20:00

Customer service plays a huge role in growing your business and building your brand. According to a RightNow report, 55% of those surveyed became customers of a company because of their reputation for customer service. Great service attracts new business, and helps you not only keep existing customers, but build loyalty amongst your customers. The Read More…

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Private Apps: Your Ticket to Moving Your Shopify Store from ‘Good Enough’ to Outstanding February 29, 2016 20:00

This is a guest post from Eric Davis, who helps eCommerce entrepreneurs customize their Shopify stores using public, private, and unlisted apps. He has a free course to teach Shopify store owners how private apps work, what they can and can’t do, and over a dozen examples of how they can increase your revenue, which Read More…

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February App of the Month: Customize Products in Shopify February 23, 2016 20:00

In our previous post about selling personalized products, we covered the Product Customizer app for Shopify. The app recently went through a major update, and is now more intuitive to use, has more features, and has made it even easier to customize products. In this post, we’ll go over the new layout and some features Read More…

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Supercharging your Shopify Receipts: Receiptful December 21, 2014 20:00

As you’re all winding down with the 2014 holiday season, we hope you’re all looking forward to some much deserved downtime! However, we know a lot of you are considering ways to ensure that your Q1 revenues for 2015 don’t take the typical after-holiday dive. There are lots of strategies to use to boost your January sales (here are 7 tips from KISSmetrics), and we wanted to fill you in on a new app that can help drive conversions for your store to avoid the after-Christmas sales dip.

You can even use it for free.