If you’re not selling gift cards on your online store, you should be
Gift cards make great gifts because they enable the recipient to choose their present. And they’re delivered instantly via email.
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The Foodbank Project, Five Years On
I originally created The Foodbank Project as an evenings-on-the-couch side-project. It was an experiment to use my skills and knowledge from Lucid to see if it would be possible to build an e-commerce website using Shopify as a platform to run a charity—where every product purchased is given away.
Which is Better for Wholesale on Shopify—Separate B2B and B2C or One Combined Store?
A big question for brands selling wholesale (whether on Shopify or Shopify Plus) is whether it is better to run a single store or separate stores.
Running an agency is hard
How many agency owners can honestly say they have perfected their process and everything runs smoothly and efficiently?
What does work/life balance really mean?
A tough challenge of leadership is how does one determine where the lines blur between anxiety and simply caring a lot! When does thinking about work and work-related problems after work and on weekends morph from being inspired and committed, to being preoccupied and not being able to switch off?
Some quick thoughts on whether to simply migrate to Shopify or to use it as an opportunity for a design refresh
Once you have decided to make the move to Shopify, it’s worth thinking about your goals for the migration. Do you want to simply replatform with bare minimum changes to simply get up and running on Shopify as quickly as possible?
Building an experimental Zapier-powered Shopify chatbot in Slack
I've recently been experimenting with building a simple Shopify chatbot in Slack using Zapier and Google search.
The Unofficial Shopify Podcast: Launching Lean & Quick—Building Nimble Sites
I chatted with the legendary Kurt Elster about practical strategic approaches to launching new brands on Shopify—and starting lean, staying nimble, and growing fast.
Migrating to Shopify from Magento or other ecommerce platforms?
For anyone starting an ecommerce business, it’s unlikely you’ll find a better solution for setting up an online store than Shopify. It’s quick, easy, elegant, and affordable.
Shopify New York Partner Studio Mentoring Visit
On a beautiful, sunny day in July, I had the pleasure of heading off to Jeffrey Zeldman’s coworking space in Manhattan.