Blog & Insights

Field notes on Shopify growth.

Tactics, benchmarks, and playbooks from the engineers and strategists building AIClawers.

Migration

WooCommerce to Shopify Migration: The Complete 2026 Guide

Planning to replatform to Shopify? A senior playbook for migrating products, customers, and orders from WooCommerce while preserving SEO with a proper 301 redirect map.

Jul 16, 2026 · 11 min read
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Design & Build

Figma to Shopify: Turning a Design File into a Live, Editable Store

What Figma to Shopify conversion really involves — mapping components to Online Store 2.0 sections, hitting pixel-perfect on real devices, and keeping the theme merchant-editable.

Jul 14, 2026 · 9 min read
Guides

What Shopify Store Development Actually Costs in 2026

A clear breakdown of Shopify store development cost in 2026 — template setup, custom theme, Plus builds, and custom apps — plus how to choose between a retainer and a fixed-scope project.

Jul 11, 2026 · 8 min read
Growth

The DTC Founder's Guide to Choosing a Shopify Agency

Agency, freelancer, or in-house? How DTC founders should evaluate a Shopify agency — the proof to demand, the red flags to avoid, and the questions that separate builders from talkers.

Jul 9, 2026 · 9 min read
Growth

A Head of Ecommerce's Playbook for Scaling on Shopify

How a head of ecommerce prioritizes by revenue impact, builds a testing roadmap across speed, SEO, CRO, and AI, and decides when to bring in an agency versus building in-house.

Jul 7, 2026 · 10 min read
Industry

Shopify for Beauty Brands: The 2026 Growth Playbook

A growth playbook for beauty ecommerce on Shopify — shade and formula discovery, UGC at the decision point, mobile speed for content-heavy pages, and the levers that drive replenishment.

Jul 4, 2026 · 9 min read
Industry

Shopify for Supplement Brands: Subscriptions, Compliance & LTV

How supplement brands grow on Shopify — subscribe-and-save retention, compliance-safe health claims, trust-building for ingestibles, and the lifecycle levers that raise lifetime value.

Jul 2, 2026 · 9 min read
AI & Search

Answer Engine Optimization: Winning Generative AI Search for Ecommerce

Search is shifting from blue links to AI answers. Here's how ecommerce brands earn citations in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.

Jun 18, 2026 · 8 min read
Performance

The Sub-Second Shopify LCP Playbook

A field-tested checklist for driving Largest Contentful Paint under one second on Shopify — without ripping out your apps.

Jun 4, 2026 · 11 min read
Growth

Shopify Subscriptions: The 2026 Retention Benchmark

We analyzed subscription cohorts across 80+ wellness brands. Here are the churn curves and the levers that actually move retention.

May 21, 2026 · 9 min read
Shopify Plus

Migrating to Checkout Extensibility Before the Deadline

checkout.liquid is retiring. A practical migration plan for Plus brands to move to Checkout Extensibility without losing customizations.

May 9, 2026 · 7 min read
CRO

9 Shopify CRO Experiments That Reliably Lift Conversion

Not every A/B test is worth running. These nine experiments have the highest hit-rate across the Shopify stores we optimize — with how to run each.

Jun 25, 2026 · 10 min read
AI & Search

Agentic Commerce: Preparing Your Shopify Store for AI Shopping Agents

AI agents are starting to browse, compare, and check out on shoppers' behalf. Here's how to make your Shopify store legible — and buyable — to them.

Jul 1, 2026 · 9 min read
AI & Automation

What to Actually Automate with AI in Your Shopify Admin

AI assistants can now run large parts of store operations. Here's a practical map of what's worth automating in 2026 — and what still needs a human.

Jun 28, 2026 · 8 min read
Growth

TikTok Shop + Shopify: A 2026 Social Commerce Playbook

Social commerce is where discovery now happens. How to connect TikTok Shop to Shopify without fragmenting inventory, data, or brand.

Jun 22, 2026 · 8 min read
Data & Measurement

Post-Cookie Tracking: Server-Side Data for Shopify in 2026

Signal loss from cookie deprecation and browser restrictions is wrecking attribution. How Shopify brands rebuild measurement with first-party, server-side data.

Jun 15, 2026 · 9 min read
Shopify Plus

Shopify Scripts Is Gone: Your Functions Migration Checklist

Legacy Shopify Scripts was retired on June 30, 2026. If your discount, shipping, or payment logic just stopped working, here's how to rebuild it on Shopify Functions — fast.

Jul 1, 2026 · 8 min read
Shopify News

Shopify's June 2026 Edition: The Updates That Actually Matter

150+ updates shipped in Shopify's mid-2026 Edition, led by agentic commerce. Here's what deserves your attention — and what to act on this quarter.

Jun 18, 2026 · 9 min read
AI & Search

Shopify Catalog & UCP: Getting Your Products Into AI Assistants

Shopify Catalog now syndicates listings to ChatGPT, Copilot, and Google AI Mode through the Universal Commerce Protocol. Here's how to make sure your products show up — and convert.

Jun 24, 2026 · 8 min read

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