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When should you move from Shopify to Shopify Plus? The real answer Shopify Plus

When should you move from Shopify to Shopify Plus?

By Mat O'Connor 3 Min Read

This question comes up constantly, and the honest answer is that most brands move either too early or too late. Too early because somebody told them they needed it before they did. Too late because they spent a year fighting…

Shopify's biggest limitations no one talks about Shopify

Shopify’s biggest limitations

By Mat O'Connor 4 Min Read

Shopify is a great platform, and I mean that genuinely. For a huge range of ecommerce businesses it’s the right call. The speed at which you can get a good store live still beats the alternatives comfortably. But every platform…

What is Shopify Horizon and should your store move to it? Shopify

What is Shopify Horizon and should your store move to it?

By Steven Campbell 4 Min Read

Horizon arrived as part of the Summer 2025 Edition, and it’s the biggest change to how Shopify themes are built since Online Store 2.0 landed in 2021. Worth understanding what’s actually different, because it changes how I’d approach a new…

Shopify B2B is no longer just for Plus brands Shopify B2B

Shopify B2B is no longer just for Plus brands

By Mat O'Connor 3 Min Read

This one is a bigger deal than the coverage suggests, and a lot of Shopify brands still haven’t heard about it. As of April 2026, Shopify has made native B2B features available on Basic, Grow and Advanced. Plus is no…

Why your paid traffic is converting badly. And it's not your ads. Digital Strategy

Why your paid traffic is converting badly. And it’s not your ads.

By Mat O'Connor 4 Min Read

When paid campaigns underperform, the first place most brands look is the ads. Targeting, creative, copy, bidding strategy, and whether the agency running the account is any good. Sometimes that is where the problem is. But by the time someone…

Is your Shopify theme costing you conversions? Shopify

Is your Shopify theme costing you conversions?

By Steven Campbell 4 Min Read

Most Shopify store owners think about their theme in terms of how it looks. Does it feel premium? Does it match the brand? Does it look like the competitor sites we keep pointing at? Fair questions. They’re just the wrong…

The hidden cost of running Magento 2 in 2026 Magento 2

What it costs to run Magento 2

By Mat O'Connor 4 Min Read

Magento 2 has a reputation for being expensive to run, and most of that cost never appears on an invoice. The licence is free. Hosting is manageable, and the extensions are already paid for. On paper it looks sensible. Underneath…

The CRO fixes that take one day and move the needle immediately Conversion Rate Optimisation

CRO fixes you can do in a day

By Mat O'Connor 4 Min Read

CRO has a reputation for being slow Run a test, wait for significance, ship the winner, start the next one. Months pass. Results trickle in. It can feel like you’re barely moving. That’s the right way to run a disciplined…

What is Hyvä and why is it the fastest thing to happen to Magento in years? Hyvä

What is Hyvä, and what does it do for Magento?

By Mat O'Connor 4 Min Read

If you run a Magento store you’ve heard the word Hyvä by now. From your developer, from another agency, or floating around in a LinkedIn comment thread where somebody is very confident about something. Most explanations go too technical too…

The Shopify apps quietly killing your store's performance Shopify

How Shopify apps slow your store down

By Mat O'Connor 3 Min Read

The average Shopify store runs somewhere between 15 and 25 apps, and I’ve yet to meet an owner who knew how bad theirs had got. Every one of them got installed for a reason that made sense on the day….