Burst Commerce Blog

Using emojis to promote your Shopify products

A couple days ago, I discovered that my Shopify app Flair supports an unexpected feature. So what exactly is this feature? This is the note I received from Flair customer Ed: Looks like emojis work in the text field as well. I might make a few...

Why Flair doesn't put badges on top of your Shopify product images

I recently received this great feedback about my Shopify app Flair product badges: I honestly think your app is the best badges solution available. Much better than the other solutions that are enforcing the badges over the images (I happen to be...

How Newegg and Amazon deal with items they can't keep in stock

When I was in college, I built a computer for the first (and last) time. Back then it was almost a rite of passage to build your own PC. I picked all the parts out to optimize for the best gaming experience possible. Let’s be honest, this computer...

Flair, my new Shopify app, was just approved

I’m excited to let you know that my new Shopify app, Flair product badges was just approved for sale in the Shopify app store! It took a little over a month for Flair to make it through the Shopify app review process. Now that Flair has been officially...

Buying and selling Shopify stores using the Shopify Exchange

Shopify recently launched the Shopify Exchange as a simple way to buy and sell Shopify stores. Looking to try your hand at e-commerce? The Shopify Exchange could be just the thing to give you a jumpstart to have your Shopify store running in no...

Top 5 e-commerce strategies for increasing sales based on 6,700 experiments

How do you know which e-commerce strategies can lead to more sales in your store? Most often, the best way to find out what works is to learn through experimentation. Want to see if urgency works? Try a well-placed countdown timer and you’ll soon...

Flair product badges are now mobile-friendly

I mentioned a couple of weeks back that my new Shopify app, Flair product badges, was submitted to the Shopify app team for review. In case you missed it, you can read the Flair introduction post here. As I mentioned in that post, the Shopify app...

How Staples makes their best sellers sell even better

As you may recall, I recently discussed how my daughter and I had a hard time making slime together due to the lack of one of the key ingredients. At the time, Elmer’s glue was very hard to come by due to the popularity of the slime making craze....

Introducing Flair product badges for Shopify

Over the past few weeks I’ve been putting the finishing touches on my new Shopify app: Flair product badges. I’m happy to report I just submitted Flair to the Shopify app store. Flair makes it easy to add product badges to help your Shopify store...

Using scarcity and urgency to get more Shopify sales

This past weekend my wife and daughter went on a mission to try to find an elusive fidget spinner like the ones shown here: You see, fidget spinners are pretty hard to come by around here. As soon as a store gets them, they end up selling out almost...

Best sellers in the wild - wine promotion

My friend Matt (creator of the excellent timeline tool Preceden) sent me this picture he took of a wine display at a local wine merchant: I guess I talk about best sellers so much around here that my friends are starting to send me sightings of...

How to feature collections on Shopify using Liquid

Last week, we discussed how you can use sections to feature collections in your Shopify store. The section-based approach has its merits: it is simple to use and doesn’t require diving into any Liquid theme code. However, sections may not always be...