Shopify eCommerce platform articles from CommerceGurus

Shopify Speed Optimization: Boost Sales with a Faster Store

Slow load times significantly harm your Shopify store, impacting everything from search engine visibility and customer satisfaction to conversion rates and abandoned carts. Even a one-second delay can drastically reduce conversions, highlighting that your store doesn’t need to be ‘that slow’ to suffer the consequences.

To help you optimize your Shopify store, this article covers the most common reasons why it may not be loading as quickly as it could. We then provide solutions to improve Shopify load times in order to boost your eCommerce business. Let’s get started!

Shopify Accessibility: Why WCAG Compliance Matters for Your Store

By Joe FylanLeave a comment

It’s never been more important to ensure your eCommerce store is accessible. Not only does focusing on accessibility improve the number of people who can shop at your store, but it can also help you avoid legal costs and heavy fines.

Despite this, it’s not uncommon for small and mid-sized Shopify store owners to overlook accessibility. They often assume it doesn’t apply to them or consider it a task for the future, when their business is better established or more profitable.

However, this guide to Shopify accessibility explains why WCAG compliance matters for your store. It also covers common accessibility issues Shopify stores face, how to audit your eCommerce store for accessibility issues, and some quick accessibility wins for any Shopify store.

Checkout flows compared – WooCommerce vs Shopify

By Maria Pirzada Ansari2 Comments

One of the main drivers you should consider when choosing an eCommerce platform is the checkout flow. The checkout flow refers to the series of steps a buyer follows to place their order and is a crucial factor in a store’s conversion rate!

According to Baymard’s research on checkout UX, the average site has an incredible 31 preventable usability issues in the checkout flow. So on most stores there is huge scope for improvements.

The Best Shopify Apps to Rapidly Grow your Online Business

By Colm Troy2 Comments

Today we’re going to dive into what I consider to be The Best Shopify Apps you should install to rapidly grow your business.

New to Shopify? Check out our eCommerce platforms review and our Shopify Pricing guide to get you up to speed asap!

Growing a new online store is one of the greatest challenges you’ll face as an eCommerce entrepreneur. While Shopify on it’s own will let you get an online store up and running quicker than pretty much any other platform, it can come up a little short when it comes to driving revenue growth on an online store.

Shopify Pricing – Starter vs. Basic vs. Grow vs. Advanced vs. Plus – All Plans Compared and Recommendations

By Colm TroyLeave a comment

If you’re trying to figure out Shopify pricing, then you’ve come to the right place! Let us walk you through our comprehensive guide to the Shopify pricing plans, and by the end of this guide, we promise you’ll know which is the right Shopify plan for you.