[TECH] Experience SHOPIFY Unite2018 & SHOPIFY new features summary!

May 14, 2018

From May 7 to 9, 2018, Canada participated in the SHOPIFY partner and developer conference "UNITE" held in Toronto, Ontario. In addition to the announcement of new features of SHOPIFY, there is After Party, there is a dinner at Japan Team, and there are souvenirs. It was a conference UNITE 2018 that you can enjoy very much as a whole! And Canadian Prime Minister Justin Toldo is a surprise with SHOPIFY CEO TOBIAS Lütkey! ! The venue was boiling!

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I was happy that all Breakfast and Lunch were provided, but the conference rice was often not delicious, but Shopify Unite was healthy and fresh. By the way, please take a look at the new features and contents of SHOPIFY announced this time. (Reference source: What's New at Shopify: Wrapping Up UNITE 2018 )

1. Promotion of sales by new marketing solutions

◯ New function 1 Creating a campaign that can market

source: What's New at Shopify: Wrapping Up UNITE 2018 You will be able to create a campaign on the SHOPIFY management screen, and create a more smart and multi -channel digital marketing campaign. * Scheduled to be released in summer 2018

◯ New function 2 Customer compatible by SHOPIFY PING

source: What's New at Shopify: Wrapping Up UNITE 2018 Shopify Ping is an app that allows you to manage your interaction with customers, manage marketing workflows, and manage ETC on mobile. Through ping, it is possible to efficiently talk with customers who use Facebook Messenger, Rep.AI, and Chat Kit. In addition, the SHOPIFY PING app incorporates a virtual business assistant called Kit, which is useful for planning, creating and managing marketing activities. Kit can run Facebook ads, Instagram ads, email campaigns, etc., and clients can talk to Kit through the chat interface in SHOPIFY PING. * Scheduled to be released in summer 2018

◯ New function 3 Increase sales with a new discount type

source: What's New at Shopify: Wrapping Up UNITE 2018 BUY ONE, GET ONE: By starting a "BOGO" type discount, you can offer additional discounts and free products. For example, you can make a discount such as "purchase one item and receive the second item with a 50 % discount". Discount quantity: You can easily provide specific percentage discounts, dollars discounts, or free delivery, based on the minimum number of products purchased or the carts exceed the minimum dollar price. For example, it is now possible to implement "20 % discount on cart value for purchases of $ 100 or more".

2. Improvement of retail that provides out -out customer experiences

◯ New function 4 new tap & chip leader

source: What's New at Shopify: Wrapping Up UNITE 2018 The tap and chip leader built by Shopify is a wireless device that can handle non-contact payments from credit cards, such as Apple Pay, Google Pay-in or mobile wallet in a few seconds. It seems that it can be used up to one week by charging battery. * Scheduled to be released in the fall of 2018 With this device, you will be able to sink (synchronize) by Shamless Sales Eco System and offline retail.

◯ New function 5 New SHOPIFY POS function

・ SHOPIFY POS multi -channel return and exchange What's New Unite 2018: Returns

source: What's New at Shopify: Wrapping Up UNITE 2018 The store can now accept returns and exchanges in the store from stores or online customers. Regardless of your initial sales, you can deepen your relationship with your customers by smoothly returning and exchanging goods. ・ POS chip for excellent customer service What's New Unite 2018: Tipping

source: What's New at Shopify: Wrapping Up UNITE 2018 A function to enable chips with SHOPIFY POS You can open chips via POS at customer retail stores. Tipping provides feedback as soon as the customer visits the store * Summer 2018 ・ Customer view POS application What's New Unite 2018: Customer View

source: What's New at Shopify: Wrapping Up UNITE 2018 We are developing a customer view app available for Android -equipped terminals. This add -on provides a clear indicator of orders, making it more attractive to check -out experience, and also helps to avoid mistakes that can lose customer trust. * Summer 2018

3. Collective management of stocks of dealers with multiple locations

◯ New function 6 Manage each inventory and process orders (Locations)

source: What's New at Shopify: Wrapping Up UNITE 2018 If you sell over multiple places, you will be able to efficiently track and manage inventory in SHOPIFY. In the location, customers can optimize the order processing process. In other words, if the order contains items stored in different places, divide the order to multiple shipments. * Scheduled to be released in summer 2018

◯ New function 7 SHOPIFY POS retail stores

If you are using SHOPIFY POS, you don't have to know how much it sold at various stores. After each sale, the stock is automatically adjusted, and the store can clearly understand the status of the stock. Shipping pickups (Merchant) can help simplify the workflow. US -based sellers can now schedule on -demand pickups for shipping UPS and DHL. Furthermore, when the Locations begins to start, the seller can specify where to select the shipment destination. You can select when and where the pickup will be done, so you can manage all shipments from SHOPIFY. The minimum amount, low cost, and convenient built -in can save your client time by picking up from anywhere.

4. Supporting work efficiency using Shopify Plus

◯ New Function 8 SHOPIFY Flow connector (Flow)

source: What's New at Shopify: Wrapping Up UNITE 2018 Shopify Flow is a visual workflor builder that automates tasks and processes by clicking several times. To date, Shopify Plus has automated about 150 million workflows. To optimize your work, the function of creating a SHOPIFY FLOW connector is started. Flow's automation platform has been added to use it for daily use. By creating a connector, you can start and end the workflow from one event or action of the application listed in the connector of the Shopify Flow App Store Collection. In the case of a SHOPIFY partner, the connector is created using the application -linked option, so you can easily create triggers and actions and easily create them for sellers who are already using apps.

◯ New Function 9 Transporter Introduction: New Data Migration Solution

source: What's New at Shopify: Wrapping Up UNITE 2018 ・ Transporter command line tool With this tool, you can convert the conventional platform data to CSV suitable for SHOPIFY. There is no problem if there are complex data or irregular data. You can customize the provided conversion script and use the rest. ・ Transporter App Read the shop information to SHOPIFY. This app has more advantages than native CSV imports, such as supporting multiple objects, including orders and metas files, uploading more than 100MB files, and running 10 times faster than standard APIs.

5. The payment function by cross -border is enhanced

◯ New function 10 SHOPIFY PAYMENTS multi -currency

source: What's New at Shopify: Wrapping Up UNITE 2018 Shopify Payments provides customers with a feature that displays the product list and check -out of Aud, EUR, JPY, SGD, USD, CAD, HKD, NZD, NZD, and GBP. With localized currencies, SHOPIFY PLUS member stores can be sold by local currency and can be settled by priority currencies. All of these currencies can be managed in SHOPIFY.

source: What's New at Shopify: Wrapping Up UNITE 2018 It will start with SHOPIFIFY PAYMENTS of SHOPIFY PLUS and will eventually be developed to all sales plans. More currency will be added. * Scheduled to be released in the fall of 2018 In addition, we develop local payment solutions. In many countries, various payment methods other than credit cards are used, so you can select a local payment method.

◯ New function 11 Protect SHOPIFY PAYMENTS from fraud (Fraud Protect)

source: What's New at Shopify: Wrapping Up UNITE 2018 In the near future, the United States will be able to enable credit card fraud prevention functions for orders. In Fraud Protect, refunds are automatically refunded if fraud is determined to be fraudulent.

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