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Shopify Dude

Practical Shopify answers from a Shopify Plus engineer: setup guides, store strategy, B2B, Markets, checkout, themes, automation, and AI commerce.

Written by Garrison Martin, Shopify Plus engineer.

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Featured guides

A Shopify field manual, not another tips blog.

Browse by how the problem shows up: broken storefront behavior, real build notes, architecture decisions, or under-the-hood Shopify mechanics.

Troubleshooting Fix Radar Production bugs, odd storefront behavior, Admin-versus-storefront contradictions, and the exact checks that separate theme code from Shopify configuration. Field notes How We Built It Real Shopify Plus builds: B2B portals, configurators, checkout gates, product data systems, search rebuilds, and the tradeoffs behind them. Architecture Engineering Decisions When to use native Shopify, when to install an app, when to build custom, and how to avoid creating technical debt on a growing store. How Shopify works Under the Hood Plain-English explanations of Shopify internals: AJAX cart, section rendering, image CDN, variants, Markets, B2B catalogs, and checkout extensibility.

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Where is your store right now?

Use this as a launch guide, growth playbook, operations reference, or enterprise decision library.

Stage 1 · Launch Launch Platform, theme, domain, payments, and getting the first store live. Browse guides → Stage 2 · Grow Grow Product pages, upsells, reviews, SEO, email, and paid traffic. Browse guides → Stage 3 · Optimize Optimize Site speed, app audits, automation, data, and weekly operations. Browse guides → Stage 4 · Scale Scale Shopify Plus, B2B, headless, checkout extensions, and AI commerce. Browse guides →

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Shopify topic areas

Browse the platform areas behind the launch, growth, optimization, and scale decisions.

Topic Setup + Launch First-store setup, domains, payments, launch checklists, platform choices, and early admin decisions. Topic Themes + Store Design Theme selection, homepage layout, navigation, product pages, sections, app blocks, and Liquid. Topic Growth + Conversion Upsells, product recommendations, reviews, trust signals, blogs, SEO, email, and paid traffic. Topic Operations + Automation App stacks, site speed, Shopify Flow, order handling, customer tagging, and repeatable store operations. Topic Shopify Plus + Architecture Plus timing, checkout extensibility, headless commerce, platform tradeoffs, and enterprise decisions. Topic B2B + Wholesale Companies, locations, catalogs, payment terms, blended stores, dedicated B2B, and wholesale launch setup. Topic Markets + International Markets, localized pricing, domains, currencies, duties, regional content, redirects, and testing. Topic · Trending Data + AI Commerce Metafields, metaobjects, product data, Shopify Catalog, Sidekick, UCP, and agentic commerce readiness. Topic Troubleshooting Common Shopify problems, setup mistakes, missing blocks, broken previews, wrong prices, and release confusion.

Answers

Recent Shopify explanations, setup guides, decision guides, and fixes.

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Why Does Shopify Show “Sold Out” When Inventory Is Available?

A Shopify troubleshooting guide for products that show Sold Out even when inventory exists, covering locations, variants, Markets, fulfillment apps, and theme availability logic.

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Why Is My Shopify Metafield Missing From Search & Discovery Filters?

A troubleshooting guide for Shopify metafields that do not appear as Search & Discovery filters, covering supported sources, data types, values, and theme filter rendering.

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Why Did Shopify Duplicate My Product Barcode?

A Shopify POS and inventory troubleshooting guide for duplicate product barcodes, including product duplication settings, Retail Barcode Labels, CSV cleanup, and POS testing.

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How to Fix “Liquid Error: Could Not Find Asset, Snippet, or Section” in Shopify

A Shopify Fix Radar guide for missing snippet, section, and asset errors in Liquid, including exact admin paths and safe ways to restore or remove broken references.

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Why Does My Shopify Cart Drawer Only Update After Refresh?

A practical Shopify Fix Radar guide for carts where /cart/add.js works but the drawer, mini-cart, or cart bubble only updates after a page refresh.

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Why Are My Shopify Product Images Blurry on Collection Pages but Sharp on Product Pages?

A Shopify Fix Radar guide for product images that look sharp on the product page but blurry on collection grids, featured collections, or product cards.

Decision Guide

What’s the Difference Between Shopify and Shopify B2B?

A plain-English comparison of standard Shopify and Shopify B2B, including companies, company locations, catalogs, payment terms, pricing, checkout, and developer differences.

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