One of the best things about Shopify is how their platform and offerings are constantly evolving. Unlike other platforms, they listen to what their merchants want and use that to improve their offerings. Over the last month alone, they’ve made many improvements. Here are 3 of Fyresite’s favorites!

Update #1: New Local Payment Options

When customers want to buy your products, you want to make sure that they can. For merchants that sell in person using Shopify POS, there’s now 5 more options available for customers to pay.

For eligible stores, customers can now use the following local payment options.

  • WeChat Pay
  • Alipay
  • Satispay
  • Scalapay
  • GrabPay

Not only does this help with local customers, but it is especially helpful for tourists who are looking to pay in ways that they are familiar with.

Setting Up New Local Payment Options

Any or all of these payment options can be enabled in the Payments section of the Shopify Admin. However, availability varies by country.

For example, GrabPay is only available in Singapore, whereas Satispay is available in any country with a EUR location. You can see availability here.

Update #2: WhatsApp Marketing Automations

Shopify has had marketing automations for a long time, and now they’re adding another feature to make it even better: WhatsApp marketing automations. This feature allows you to connect with customers through WhatsApp.

Shopify offers pre-built templates, or you can make your own. Pre-built templates include abandoned browsing, abandoned carts, and abandoned checkouts.

Update #3: Variants Now Managed on Product Page

In the past, variants were managed by opening a separate page. Now, variants are managed on the product page. This has a lot of benefits.

Edit Variants Directly on Product Page

Instead of having to switch between product and variant pages, you can now edit directly on the product page. This means that the rest of the product details stay the same while you make changes to the variants.

Edit Bulk Variants

You can now change core aspects of multiple variants, including price and shipping, in one go. This makes it much easier and faster to make edits to variants.

Find and Organize Variants

This function has been greatly improved. Searching, filtering, and grouping variants by options are just some of the ways that you can manage your variants. You can also toggle between a table view and detail.

What Merchants Can Use This Update?

Merchants who are on a Shopify Plus plan (or higher) can activate this feature in test drives, and will be opted in automatically on December 12. In December, a roll out to all merchants will begin.

Need More Shopify Help? Work With a Shopify Partner

Fyresite, a Shopify Premier Partner, has worked with merchants from a number of industries. Whether you’re looking to create a new Shopify store, migrate to Shopify, or improve your existing store we can help.

Schedule your consultation with our team.