Shopify Dispatch Issue #394 - Better long-term customers, Shopify 2.0 themes

Issue #394 - April 12th, 2023

Investing Marketing Dollars

Kevin Hillstrom shares an example where different product categories create better long-term customers, even though they appeared weaker at acquisition.

That's why you need to go beyond just the basic transaction metrics and look at customer behavior.

Shopify 2.0 themes highly recommended

With all of the new requirements from Shopify, Ilana Davis now recommends that every store migrates to an Online Store 2.0 theme if you haven't already. The sooner the better, especially if you use any Shopify apps.

Learn which products build the best customers

Find which products create the most valuable customers with the First Product Analysis in Repeat Customer Insights. It goes beyond your best sellers by looking at long-term purchasing and retention behavior of your customers.

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Shopify Dispatch Issue #393 - Send gift cards from Dawn, Dynamic data for blogs

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

​ Issue #393 - April 5th, 2023 Send gift cards directly to the recipient, and include a message Shopify's Dawn theme now has the ability to send gift cards to the recipient with a message. It's

Shopify Dispatch Issue #392 - Raising price problems, Shop sales channel

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

​ Issue #392 - March 29th, 2023 Price / Customer Tradeoff Kevin Hillstrom writes about how price increases that might appear profitable in the short-term, could have negative impacts in the long-term.

Shopify Dispatch Issue #391 - Long-term impact of product problems

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

​ Issue #391 - March 22nd, 2023 What Harms You Today Harms You Tomorrow Kevin Hillstrom writes about how introducing a set of under-performing products can end up hurting your store for years to come,

Shopify Dispatch Issue #390 - Google Analytics 4, Custom CSS

Thursday, March 16, 2023

​ Issue #390 - March 15th, 2023 Connect Google Analytics 4 with Shopify Google Analytics 4 has finally come to Shopify and Ilana Davis has written a guide to get Shopify talking to GA4. Easily Extend

Shopify Dispatch Issue #389 - Loyalty program costs, Fix broken links

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

​ Issue #389 - March 8th, 2023 Loyalty Program Expectations Kevin Hillstrom writes about how they evaluate loyalty programs and why those programs might not be profitable after accounting for program

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