Practical, long-form guides for Shopify merchants, written by the developer behind ALT SEO, RANKit, TAGit and six other apps. Browse by topic: Shopify SEO, product content and media, ecommerce marketing, AI and automation, Shopify apps and platform and store names and branding.
Most merchants start google shopping feed optimization in the wrong place. They rewrite titles, shuffle keywords, and call it progress, but the feed often fails long before copy has a chance to help. When catalog integrity is broken, when availability is stale, or when product structure doesn't line up with Google's matching logic, a prettier […]
Amazon's archive feature still exists in Amazon's own documentation, but many users can't see it anymore. So the practical answer is both yes, it exists on paper and no, it may not appear in your account. The advice repeated is, “just archive the order,” is only useful if the button is there. In real use, […]
Your store is getting traffic, the ads are working, and the inbox is full, but the same products keep leaking revenue because the right message lands too late or not at all. The usual fix is more campaigns, more tools, and more templates. That's the wrong instinct. Ecommerce marketing automation works when it reacts to […]
You've got a Facebook ad account open, a book ready to launch, and a budget that can't afford a lot of romantic thinking. The tempting move is to pick a few “fans of” interests, upload the cover, and hope the clicks turn into readers. That old playbook is why so many book ads die early, […]
Websites make money by turning visitors into revenue through ads, affiliate links, product sales, subscriptions, services, and lead generation. The variable isn't just traffic size, it's traffic quality, audience intent, and how well the site converts attention into action. Most beginner advice gets this wrong. It makes monetization sound like a simple visitor-count game, when […]
You've probably been here already. The popup app is installed, the wheel looks fine on desktop, and the client wants “something fun” that can lift email capture without turning the store into a coupon free-for-all. The question isn't whether a spinning coupon code feels engaging, it's whether the setup can protect margin, keep codes out […]
You can have a Shopify store that looks polished, runs ads, and still barely moves on organic search. The usual pattern is familiar, the catalog is live, a few collection pages get indexed, product pages exist, but the store never becomes a real search asset. That's usually not a keyword problem. It's a site structure […]
You can have a Shopify store that looks polished, loads fast, and converts well, yet still feel invisible in the one place that should matter most to a local buyer, the map pack for the city where your warehouse, studio, or pop-up is located. That gap is common for DTC brands with a hybrid footprint. […]
You're probably looking at a store that already has the basics running, email capture, a welcome flow, maybe an abandoned-cart sequence, but the whole system still feels stitched together by hand. Orders come in, someone on the team checks Slack, customer support gets looped in late, and reporting lives in too many tabs to trust. […]
You've got a Shopify store that should be picking up more search demand, but the same familiar problem keeps showing up in Search Console and rank trackers. Competitors are pulling traffic from product terms, category terms, and comparison queries that fit your catalog better than theirs, and it's hard to tell which gaps are worth […]
