The Designer’s Shopify blog

The below is not legal advice and we do recommend seeking the advice of an expert who specializes in web accessibility. What is web accessibility? Website accessibility refers to how easily websites can be used...

When you go through a discovery call and even maybe the proposal phase and your lead tells you, “it’s out of my budget”, it can feel disheartening. You’re excited about the project, want to work...

I’m a podcast junkie, and in my first year of working on Shopify, I listened to podcasts about it constantly, which taught me a lot about how to help store owners by understanding the problems...

If you’re into reading Shopify Partner updates, you’ll often hear about Headless websites, or the Hydrogen builder. Shopify often boasts about how some of the biggest brands are using Shopify for their headless websites, and...

Has a client ever asked you for a totally custom Shopify website, insisting that they don’t want to use a template? Here’s a message we got from one of our followers: “I got myself into...

Yes, it's all the rage these days: Chat GPT. Some love it and have quickly adopted it, while others are more skeptical and fear its potential impact on their profession. As a Shopify Certified Expert...

Products sold online and products sold in retail don't always require the exact same packaging design approach. My experience as a brand and packaging designer is mainly in retail. The big brand agencies I worked...

If you’re a web designer, you’ve heard of how much passive income designers can make by offering monthly hosting packages to their clients. But what about websites where hosting is already taken care of, like...

What is Liquid? Liquid is a templating language created by Shopify and it's specifically designed to work with Shopify's e-commerce platform (although it is used in other projects today). Liquid allows store owners to modify...

We know that Shopify has a learning curve and if you’re not ready to dip into the theme code yet, then it can sometimes feel limiting. If you do like to DIY and figure things...

Before we dive into potential red flags, I want to give you permission to say no. Whether you’re newer in your business, or have been established for a couple years - saying no to work...

Website Snooping Tools 1. Wappalyzer Wappalyzer will tell you what technologies have been used to build a website. I love to check if a website is on Shopify, Wordpress, or custom built. It splits up...