Thought Bulb Journal

Practical writing on Shopify fixes, features, apps, CRO, and commerce technology.

This archive is built for operators, founders, and e-commerce teams that need clear guidance they can actually ship. No filler, no traffic-bait summaries, no vague trend reporting.

71 articles in All

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Shopify Spring 2026 Editions: The AI Commerce Features Merchants Should Act On First
AI CommerceJune 18, 20269 min read

Shopify Spring 2026 Editions: The AI Commerce Features Merchants Should Act On First

Spring 2026 Editions puts agentic commerce, Shopify Catalog and Shop Pay in chat at the centre of the roadmap. Here is what to fix in your catalog before AI shoppers reach it.

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Shopify Spring 2026 Editions: Checkout and CRO Features Worth Turning Into Revenue Tests
CROJune 18, 20268 min read

Shopify Spring 2026 Editions: Checkout and CRO Features Worth Turning Into Revenue Tests

Spring 2026 brings checkout, payment, customer account, Markets, discount, and product publishing updates that can lift conversion, as long as you test them one at a time instead of switching everything on at once.

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Shopify Spring 2026 Editions: Operations and Developer Updates That Need a Technical Owner
Shopify DevelopmentJune 18, 20269 min read

Shopify Spring 2026 Editions: Operations and Developer Updates That Need a Technical Owner

Shopify's Spring 2026 developer and operations updates make stores easier to automate, analyze and manage. They also need one technical owner across apps, metafields, Flow, inventory and checkout extensions.

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Shopify Rollouts: How to Safely A/B Test Themes, Checkout, and Customer Accounts
CROJune 12, 20269 min read

Shopify Rollouts: How to Safely A/B Test Themes, Checkout, and Customer Accounts

Shopify Rollouts can now schedule, gradually publish, and A/B test themes, checkout, and customer account configurations. For merchants who want to use it without wrecking their conversion data.

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Shopify SMS Automations: Set Up Abandoned Cart Flows Natively
Shopify AppsJune 12, 20268 min read

Shopify SMS Automations: Set Up Abandoned Cart Flows Natively

Shopify Messaging now runs automated SMS flows for abandoned carts, abandoned checkouts, browse abandonment, and custom journeys. How to use it without adding another app or a compliance problem.

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Shopify Legacy Customer Accounts Deprecated: What to Fix Now
Shopify DevelopmentJune 1, 20269 min read

Shopify Legacy Customer Accounts Deprecated: What to Fix Now

Shopify has deprecated legacy customer accounts and new stores get the latest account model. If you have a custom login, portal, B2B, warranty or app flow, plan the migration now.

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