Do you need Shopify Plus? The honest threshold
Shopify Plus is sold on revenue thresholds. The real deciding factor is whether you need to change checkout logic — and that has nothing to do with how much you sell.
By Kay Patel6 min read
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Ecommerce guides, page 2
Older posts from the archive, newest first. Every post here carries the same requirements as the newest one: a named author, at least four primary sources, and a review date that says when it was last checked rather than when it was first written.
When headless commerce is worth it — and when it isn't
Headless commerce gives you complete frontend control and the highest performance ceiling. It also removes the theme editor and makes every change a developer task.
By Samir Kaila6 min read
What it actually costs to run an online store
The recurring costs of running an ecommerce store after launch, including the ones that accumulate quietly and the three most people forget to budget for.
By Kay Patel10 min read
What to automate in an ecommerce business first
A ranking of ecommerce automations by build effort against realistic payback — including the two things clients ask for first that we recommend doing last.
By Samir Kaila10 min read
The ecommerce product page checklist
The questions a product page must answer before a customer will buy, in the order they ask them — plus the four numbers to record before changing anything.
By Kay Patel10 min read
Running WooCommerce properly: hosting, caching and security
The infrastructure a WooCommerce store actually needs, why shared hosting fails it, and the maintenance routine that keeps a self-hosted store from becoming a liability.
By Samir Kaila10 min read
The complete guide to building a custom Shopify store
What actually happens across a custom Shopify build, week by week — the decisions, the sequence, and the two things that reliably break during migration.
By Kay Patel10 min read
Shopify vs WooCommerce: which should you actually choose?
A decision framework based on customisation depth, total cost of ownership and who carries the maintenance burden — not on catalogue size or revenue.
By Samir Kaila10 min read
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