Have you woken up to an email this morning from Shopify talking about ‘Shopify Tax’ and the impending additional cost. Are you not sure what this means or worried about the additional costs involved? Don’t worry, we’ve pulled together a high level overview of it below for you.

There are 3 levels of the new Shopify Tax system. Manual Tax (free), Basic Tax (free), Shopify Tax (% Fee but Capped)

From London To Valencia! In the last 2 weeks we've been traveling around a few key events. In London we got to experience the eCom Expo, an amazing event at the London Excel Arena. Focussed very much on the future of eCommerce, and services/partnerships aimed at helping eCom thrive in the current climate. Following that we got vist the beautiful Valencia for the EU Agency Summit. An intense but fun few days packed full of like minded people from agencies across the world.

Bread & Jam 2024: The UK's Biggest Food Founders' Festival - See us at Stand 49. If you’re an ambitious, emerging food & drink brand, the Bread & Jam Festival is your must-attend event of the year to take your business to the next level. Our Shopify experts will be on hand to answer any questions you have to take your online and retail presence to the next level of growth.

Shopify’s Winter 2024 Edition marks a significant step forward for B2B businesses using Shopify, introducing several features designed to streamline workflows, enhance your customer's experience, and empower data-driven decisions.

After the buzz of the recent editions release, Shopify has dropped a bit of news, and brace yourself – the licence fee is going UP!

We aren’t hugely surprised as it’s fairly standard practice aka you pay a bit more for a better product!

Change Needed Before 1st February

Following the email you have likely received from Shopify, our team have been researching the authentication changes that Gmail and Yahoo are making and have put together some guidance for you.

We have included the steps that will need to be taken, and to make it easier for you, we have divided the necessary actions into four areas for you.

Get ready to start the new year with a website that not only looks great but also performs exceptionally well. We're thrilled to offer you a free Website Audit and Review to ensure that your online presence is optimised, primed for growth, and set up for success in 2024.

Our Audit and Review service, which usually costs £950 plus VAT, is being offered at no cost! Nil! Zero! Zilch!

The Squashed Pixel team come together in Birmingham for some well-deserved R&R - and celebrations!

In 2022 Shopify merchants smashed their way to US$7.5 billion in sales globally, across the Black Friday Cyber Monday weekend alone- an increase of 17.5% on 2021.

This is the ultimate guide in getting your eCommerce strategy Black Friday ready - we’ll take you through the easy wins and the pitfalls to avoid so you’ll be best placed to just watch those clicks and conversions come flying in come Black Friday weekend.

One of the best things about Shopify is the sheer amount of apps that are available. According to Shopify statistics, the average merchant uses six apps on their store. With over 8,000 apps to choose from it can be a bit challenging for merchants to know which ones are the best for their store. Luckily we have provided a list below, in no particular order of what we think are the 20 best apps you can use to add some new functionality to your store.