Your Shopify Unite 2019 Recap

Last week Shopify announced their most ambitious features to date at the fourth annual Shopify Unite partner conference. Paul and I attended, and break it down for you here. How Shopify is going after Amazon Why it's going to be easier than ever to manage your store And why Shopify is now the entrepreneurship operating system Show Links Shopify Blog: Everything Announced at Shopify Unite 2019 Shopify Unite Shopify Fulfillment Network Shopify Plus Blog: Unite 2019: New Tools to Unlock Meaningful Customer Experiences Kurt's Unite Notes What's new on Shopify? These are the notes I took during the Shopify Unite keynote: Online store: Site-wide sections Apps can add sections Product pages have parent and child templates Content portability: all content lives outside theme, simplifying theme changes Native video & 3-D support on product pages Check-out app extensions for native integrations of things like subscriptions Multi-currency checkout rolling out to all merchants Multi-language API for native localized content POS: Tap & chip case for mobile orders. Apple store like experience. Printed with a custom logo. Cart extension apps. Entirely redesigned POS interface Native “buy online pick up in store” Admin: New “shipping profiles” to assign product-specific shipping rules. Order editing!!! Plus: All new interface: centralized view of multiple stores Multistore dashboard for customers, orders, Flow automation, etc Future: cloning & store sync Multi-store staff managed in one place Apps: Command line interface tool to make dev easier Shopify App Bridge: one library to rule them all, and create more embedded apps GraphQL improvements mean faster apps More stable apps because of API versioning. (Keeps apps from breaking when the API changes.) Shopify Fulfillment Network: 2 days to deliver 99.9% order accuracy Multichannel support Custom packaging & branding Returns/exchange support Now: Merchants of every size. (10-10,000 orders/day) Later: Merchants of every size. (3-30,000 orders/day) Beta complete, apply for early access at shopify.com/fulfillment When: Most updates had a timeline of "Available later this year" Never miss an episode Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Join Kurt's newsletter Help the show Ask a question in The Unofficial Shopify Podcast Facebook Group Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings & reviews help, and I read each one. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts What's Kurt up to? See our recent work at Ethercycle Take a ride with Kurt on YouTube Apply to work with Kurt to grow your store. Sponsors Try Bold Product Upsell free for 90 days Save 20% on Turbo, a blazing fast Shopify theme Improve your shop’s search engine ranking with Venntov SEO Meta Manager Outsource your Shopify customer service with Simplr