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About Shopify - Important Product Updates as of October 2023

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The default Shopify Checkout has been updated to feature a one-page checkout

The default Shopify Checkout has been updated to feature a one-page checkout

This redesigned out-of-the-box checkout replaces the previous three-page steps, offering a more streamlined experience. Optimized for speed and conversion, it aims to provide your buyers with the best shopping experience.

Preview Gift Cards prior to sending!

Preview Gift Cards prior to sending!

Now, within the Shopify admin, you have the ability to preview Gift Cards before sending them via email or SMS. This enhancement offers increased control and visibility, ensuring you are aware of what you're sending to customers.

For more details on Gift Cards, please refer to the Shopify Help Center.

Establish a fixed discount amount for buy X Get Y promotion

Discover the ability to apply a fixed-amount discount for the Buy X Get Y promotion type! This enhancement is crafted to encourage customers to buy more, all while ensuring a healthier profit margin.

Imagine creating promotions such as "Buy 2 items, get off." You have the flexibility to establish these promotions either as automatic discounts or by using a discount code.

Excitingly, this new feature is accessible to all merchants. Explore more details about the Buy X Get Y fixed amount discount in the Shopify Help Center.

Introducing the Stocky transfers extension for the Smart Grid on Shopify

Experience enhanced inventory management with the newly introduced Stocky transfers extension designed for the Smart Grid. Leveraging Shopify's latest POS UI extension technology, this extension ensures a seamless and native-like inventory management experience accessible with just one click.

The Stocky transfers extension empowers your staff by enabling them to view and receive incoming transfers from other retail locations directly within the POS. That is a great chance to efficiently manage stock and enhance daily inventory operations.

Discover more about the Stocky transfers extension in the Shopify Help Center.

Introducing the POS Terminal - Shopify's latest payment device for Shopify POS

The POS Terminal, Shopify's newest and most robust payment device, is now officially available for retail businesses in the US and Canada.

The POS Terminal allows you to accept tap, chip, and swipe payments directly at the counter, making transactions smooth even during your busiest sales days. Customer display provides a user-friendly experience to help buyers at each step of the purchase process, including checkout, payment, PIN entry, tipping, and receipt selection. Elevate your brand presence by customizing the screen with logos or images that align with your store's design for a fully branded experience at the counter.

Shopify Flow - New subscriptions and delete tasks are available

New triggers:

New actions:

New "get data" actions:

Enhancements to existing triggers and actions:

"Inventory quantity changed" has been renamed to "Product variant inventory quantity changed," maintaining its original functionality. When adding an order line item, you can now opt for a product variant using a "resource picker" as an alternative to entering the GID.

These additions and improvements provide users with more robust options and increased efficiency within the Shopify platform. Explore these exciting updates to elevate your Shopify experience.

Shop Pay currently directs users to the post-purchase page on the merchant's domain

Shop Pay now directs users to the post-purchase page on the merchant's domain. Instead of being displayed on shop.app, the post-purchase page is now rendered on the merchant's domain, providing a more consistent approach for conversion tracking and cookie access across all payment methods.

You may constantly track post-purchase conversions and ensure cookies are accessible across all payment methods.

Customer data collection update

Starting October 31, 2023, Shopify is enhancing the way online stores gather customer data to ensure better privacy compliance. For customers in the EEA and UK, marketing and analytics data will now be collected only before or after obtaining consent. Merchants who were previously collecting data partially before consent will now collect it after consent. Find out more. Additionally, customers can adjust their collection preferences through your store's cookie banner. Learn more.

Streamlining initial POS login permissions

To configure Shopify POS on a new or updated device, a staff user needs to log in to the app by entering their email and password. Once logged in and configured, any staff member with POS access can unlock the app using their PIN.

What's different? Previously, setting up the POS app required granting staff over 20+ admin permissions. Now, you can enable your staff to set up POS with a single checkbox, avoiding the need to provide access to sensitive admin information.

Note: If you've integrated apps with POS, ensure that you grant the user permission for those specific apps as well.

Learn more about login requirements in the Shopify Help Center.

Unveiling enhanced search features in the Shopify Translate & Adapt app!

Users can now seamlessly search across all languages for store resources, offering an upgraded navigation experience. That is a great possibility for quickly finding resources for translation, making the process quicker and more efficient.

Explore further details on the search functionality within the Translate & Adapt app in the Shopify Help Center.

Checkouts will enforce local currency based on the shipping address

Checkouts will now ensure adherence to the local currency based on the shipping address. In the latest update, when selling in local currencies and utilizing the 1-page checkout feature, customers will complete their checkout in the currency specified for the country of their shipping address. In the event that a customer opts to ship to a different country or region than initially selected on the storefront, the currency will dynamically adjust to align with their shipping destination during the checkout process. This means that customers will view the total cost of their purchases in their lo