Ecommerce News Platform: Shopify News

Shopify Launches Subscription Support for PayPal Express

July 20, 2021

Shopify has launched subscription support for PayPal express. This launch is a landmark change since it'll be the first time that Shopify offers leeway for additional payment gateways. Earlier it had offered the same for Shopify payments, but that has always been part of the Shopify ecosystem. The launch provides an opportunity to support merchants around the world. Merchants using subscription apps integrated with Shopify checkout can now use PayPal express. Earlier, merchants residing in countries where Shopify Payments wasn't supported could not use any other payment gateway. Now, they can rely on PayPal express for their subscriptions. Their customers can complete the transactions through PayPal.

Shopify and Google Deepen Their eCommerce Partnership

July 20, 2021

Shopify has decided to expand its partnership with Google to help merchants win through improved discovery and a higher-converting checkout. In a way, Shopify wants to help merchants unlock the value of the Google channel by leveraging Shopify's expertise and Google's leadership in search and discovery. Regardless, this partnership is only going to make selling more seamless. Furthermore, Shopify is also looking to simplify the onboarding process for its Google channel. Shopify plans to implement a frictionless experience to help merchants get started on Google faster and list their products with just a few clicks. This cuts down the time to launch and makes it much easier to start selling through the Google platform.

Shopify’s Shop Pay Extends to Facebook and Google

July 20, 2021

Shopify's Shop Pay becomes the first product to extend beyond the Shopify platform. It'll soon be available to any business selling on Facebook and Google. The best part, the one-click checkout feature will be available to merchants even if they don't use Shopify. Independent brands on other portals will soon be able to integrate this on their page. Shopify aims to bring a best-in-class checkout to every buyer, merchant, platform, and device. Shop pay's accelerated checkout will help merchants deliver a better checkout experience for their consumers on Facebook and Google. This is the first time that a Shopify product will be available to merchants who don't use Shopify.

New Changes on Shopify for Metafields and Custom Content

July 20, 2021

Merchants now get the support for additional metafields. This allows merchants to add their own attributes to products, as well as product variants. In the future, Shopify would enable the same for customers and orders page as well. Furthermore, Shopify will build Custom Content on top of the new Metafields development and will serve as Shopify's Content Management platform. Custom content will help merchants on the Shopify platform to store content of any format within Shopify. This ability allows more room for flexibility, as it helps merchants to store all the data within one platform, which then makes data retrieval easier. The improved levels of flexibility and customization applies acrossOnline Store 2.0 and Custom Storefronts.

New Improvements to the Shopify Storefront API

July 20, 2021

From July 1st, the Shopify Storefront API will feature a host of new upgrades and improvements. From a New cart functionality to various selling plans, and international pricing. The new cart functionality is optimized for top-notch performance and correctly estimates the cost of products, with taxes and discounts. Plus, it is designed to scale without any store-wide rate limits. The selling plans help the merchants to set up subscriptions, integrations with Shopify’s checkout, and create pre-orders. The international pricing update will offer buyers a chance to view the pricing of a product on their local currency. The local pickup update will help buyers to collect their order from a nearby location.

Entrepreneurs and Developers Get Limitless Creative Power Over Their Store

July 20, 2021

In a new development on the Shopify platform, developers and merchants will get even more potential to build unique experiences. In the Shopify Unite 2021 event, a major set of changes were announced that will give merchants endless possibilities to improve the presentation of their brands on the platform and to grow their businesses. Merchants stand to get custom storefront capabilities, online Store 2.0 (the biggest update to the Shopify liquid platform), and a faster Shopify checkout. Furthermore, the new development features more investment into API-powered storefronts that will allow developers to unlock the fast, feature-rich, and flexible Shopify platform's true potential.

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