News1 min read
Shopify’s Gemini connector: store tasks and limits
Connect Shopify to Gemini to manage products, stock and reports. Learn how access works and which actions remain in the Shopify admin.
JJames Bennett
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Shopify & ecommerce news
What changed this week for store founders: Shopify updates, the wider industry, and the marketing moves worth copying. Pinned up here between Fridays.
Marketing1 min read
Google’s September spam update is complete: what to check
Google confirmed completion on 8 October. Check affected pages, markets and technical issues before attributing a store’s traffic change to the rollout.
Will Slatton
News1 min read
Shopify adds automated store policies: what to review
Shopify can maintain return, shipping and other policy text automatically. Review the wording, ownership and customer links before relying on it.
SSophie Harrington
News1 min read
Shopify connects to Grok: what agents can and cannot do
Grok and Grok Bot have separate Shopify connections. Check permission limits, blocked actions and a practical way to test agent work.
JJames Bennett
News1 min read
Shopify offline tokens: prepare for the January deadline
Public apps must migrate by 1 January 2027. What merchants should ask vendors, and how developers can recover a migration response that was lost.
Will Slatton
News1 min read
Shopify POS changes discount values and cart updates
POS 11.15 changes percentage discount values across API versions. Separate cart-write handling changes apply to extensions adopting 2026-10.
SSophie Harrington
News1 min read
Shopify fixes Admin CLS spike: what app teams should check
Shopify confirms a fix after app developers reported an Admin layout-shift spike. Retest affected screens and distinguish fresh results from historical metrics.
JJames Bennett
Marketing1 min read
Aftersell Earn & Save: how the bill discount works
Check Aftersell Earn & Save eligibility, the matching bill discount, payout timing and the trade-offs of offers after checkout.
Will Slatton
Marketing1 min read
Search Console adds multi-country filters for stores
Group countries in Google Search Console to review search traffic across your priority markets. Check individual countries and keep sales reporting separate.
SSophie Harrington
News1 min read
Shopify Balance adds international supplier payments
Eligible US merchants can send supplier payments abroad through the Balance mobile app. Check account access, destination, exchange fees and delivery timing.
JJames Bennett
News1 min read
Shopify purchase order reports: check incoming stock
Three new Shopify Analytics reports cover purchase order costs, linked shipments and open orders. Use them to check restocks before promising promotional stock.
Will Slatton
News1 min read
Personal Agent Protocol: what Shopify merchants should know
Shopify and Stripe join Meta and Sierra’s proposed standard for customer AI agents. What is announced, what remains pending, and what merchants should ask.
SSophie Harrington