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Discrepancy between Shopify Analytics and Google Analytics

It's a little confusing when the data you receive from Shopify and Google Analytics about your Shopify store is different. Which one is a better source of truth? It may be time to start comparing Shopify Analytics vs Google Analytics to see which is more accurate and reliable. When comparing

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How Long Does It Take To Get Sales On Shopify?

The amount of time it will take for your Shopify store to start generating income will vary a lot from person to person. You may hear stories of people making sales within days of opening, and others that never gain traction. So, how long does it take to get sales

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Difference Between Shopify Visitors Vs Sessions

Looking at your Shopify analytics or acquisition reports for the first time, you might be a little confused. There’s a lot of information to take in and it can be hard to know where to start – you’ll have more questions than answers! One of the most common questions

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Guide To Bounce Rates On Shopify

Shopify store owners may not have a lot of background in website analytics, and understanding 'Bounce rates' can get very confusing! In this article we are going to look at where to find bounce rate for Shopify & how you can reduce it for your store. With so many metrics available,

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Shopify Vs Swell Comparison: Which e-commerce platform should you choose?

If you are starting a new online e-commerce store for your brand - should you choose Shopify? Or should you go with a newer competitor like Swell Ecommerce? Which option is better for your business? It is hard to find out the answer just by looking at Shopify or Swell's

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Shopify Vs Gumroad Comparison: Which is really better for you?

I was sitting with a founder who runs a local farm selling strawberries, and he wanted to know which is better - Shopify versus Gumroad for his business? Should he setup his e-commerce store with Shopify or Gumroad? He had already tried building his own website, but now wanted to

Code review for a Ruby on Rails app for the Shopify App Store

In this video below we will look into the code review and design patterns that went into building an app for the Shopify app store using Ruby on Rails.

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Using Ruby hooks to combine two modules into one

I had a combination of class and instance methods that I wanted to include into a model in Rails. The normal approach to do this would be to move all the instance methods into a module called Updateable and all the class methods into another module called UpdateableClassMethods - and

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How to fix error code: csc_7200026 from Ali Express / Shopify (9 Answers)

Sometimes you may suddenly begin to see this error: "Error Code: CSC_7200026" that is originating from Ali Express. As a Shopify merchant, Shopify will not be able to help you as the help they provide is limited when it comes to third-party apps. In this article we are going

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Understand Ruby Blocks by looking at examples from popular gems

Ruby Blocks is something all Ruby developers use everyday. For example, while using the each, times, or upto methods or the countless other Enumerable module methods, we normally pass a block along with the method. For example: 1.upto(5) {|i| puts(i)} The code included in the brackets {} is

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SEO Ecommerce link building Strategy

Introduction In this blog we are going to analyze the backlinks of Shopify/e-commerce websites that are ranking well on Google, to understand how/why they are ranking. Studying these well performing websites, will give you a better idea on how to build links to your store. Link building strategy

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Adding alt text to product images on Shopify

Two of the main reasons that alt text tags are considered important for Shopify stores is that: 1. Adding alt text tags can help with image search: More and more people are using Google images for their search, and images also tend to appear on the normal web search interfaces.

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How to fix Shopify's "your cart has been updated" error (4 answers)

This article looks at how you can quickly fix Shopify's - you cart has been updated - error, and gives 4 ways to fix the error. The full error message could be either of these of similar to them: "your cart has been updated and the previous shipping rate is

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Over 93% of online experiences begin with a search

Most people go to Google when they are ready to buy a product. And if your products does not appear on Google, it will be invisible to your ideal customer. There is a joke in the SEO world.. This is because ranking on the first page of Google gets the

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Keeping my Ruby Class Methods small and focussed

One of the benefits of programming in ruby is that it is easy to write short methods. This is helpful as it makes it easier to test different methods in isolation. Also, most importantly it's easier to read the class when the class is constructed of small methods. Often, when

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How to login with SSH keys via mac terminal to view more logs

This article looks at how to generate SSH keys and use them to login via the mac terminal. This is useful if you want to view your database logs from the terminal. Skip to the bottom of the article if you are using digital ocean and want to access the

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10 popular orders tags to use in Shopify

Introduction Shopify order tags are an important way for improving your workflow and productivity. In this article we look at the top 10 use cases for order tags. 1. Tag orders that are not fulfilled after X amount of days. This is useful as it lets you know if you

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How to bulk edit product tags on Shopify

Introduction In the article we are going to look at how we can manually and bulk edit product tags on Shopify. We'll start by looking at how you can do it via the Shopify admin panel - the advantages and disadvantages of it, and then move on to Shopify apps

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14 Real Examples of Shopify SEO Page Title tags (And Why They Work)

Introduction In this article we will look at over 14 of the most high traffic Shopify stores to understand how they have written their page titles. The page title tag is the information that is displayed on your search snippet along with the meta description tag - and thus writing

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25 Shopify meta description examples & how to write the perfect meta description

Introduction: The meta description tag is an HTML element that tells Google what the page is about. It is the content that is displayed on the search snippet along with the page title. In this article we are going to look at how to optimize meta descriptions specifically for Shopify.