As I mentioned a couple of months ago, I was planning on building a computer for playing games. I had spent hours researching the current landscape of computer parts and how to build a PC guides. And at the end of my research I was left with one clear conclusion: Building a gaming PC sounded like a lot of work. … Read More

A customer recently emailed me with this question about my app

My daughter just started cheerleading this year. This is her first time cheering, but so far she seems like a natural. As a result, my house (and my head) has been filled with her cheers since she is always practicing them. For the past few weekends, we’ve been going to watch my daughter cheer at some Pee Wee football games. … Read More

This past weekend, I was out shopping for a few items I needed at Lowe’s. As I was walking through the store I happened to pass by this fire pit seen here: Lowe’s had featured this fire pit in a prominent location in their store where shoppers are likely to pass by. Since it is still summer here, a fire … Read More

As you may recall, a couple weeks back I discussed how you can use product tags to add power-ups to your Shopify store. That article triggered a couple of discussions with merchants that liked the idea of using product tags in this way, but were afraid to use them in their store. Why would anyone be afraid to add product … Read More

Did you know you can see the best selling products for any Shopify store? The ability to see best selling Shopify products is a feature that is baked right into Shopify. This can be a great way to let your shoppers see the most popular products within your store. You can also use this technique for competitive research to find … Read More

So you have a popular product in your Shopify store. It’s so popular, in fact, that it sells out of stock. So what should you do? Should you immediately remove it from your Shopify store? Not so fast. You see, even though an out of stock Shopify product will not result in an immediate sale, they can still provide some … Read More

Growing up I used to love to watch the TV show MacGyver. There wasn’t a problem he couldn’t solve with a well placed paperclip or bobby pin and his trusty mullet. Shopify comes fully loaded with a great set of tools to help you manage your e-commerce store. But what do you do if you need to do something that … Read More

As you may recall, i’ve mentioned in the past that I am a big fan of reading. My love of reading was inspired by my Mom. I spent a lot of time going to the library as a kid. Now that I have 2 kids of my own, I like to take them on regular trips to the library to … Read More

When you are making changes to your Shopify theme, how can you be sure you won’t accidentally break your shop? I recently received this question from a merchant about my Shopify app Flair product badges: My website is heavily customized, I just want to make sure your badges will work properly and won’t break my Shopify store This is a … Read More