“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” Bill Gates

As we’ve discussed in the previous article, which you can read here, choosing the right fulfillment partner is a critical step in the pipeline of creating happy customers. But before you can choose the right fulfillment partner for your needs, you …

Finding the right fulfillment partner is as unique as the businesses seeking them. Many Shopify merchants are looking to automate the fulfillment process to streamline the eCommerce experience. While this isn’t the most exciting part of running a business, it is a crucial one. Fulfillment involves the steps that exist between the moment someone makes an online purchase to the moment it reaches their doorstep. As many of you know from experience, finding that perfect fulfillment partner can be quite …

One of the things we've been trying to improve with our app, EZ Importer, is allowing Shopify merchants to import their orders while making minimal changes to their CSV files.  One of the approaches we've taken is allowing you to configure your data mapping to make data changes to your import file. 

We recently launched the ability to change a values found in your import file.  Now you can create default fields for columns that may be missing, add …

Did you know that you can specify the image dimensions of your Shopify product images via its URL?  This could come in handy for generating product feeds that require specific image dimensions.

For example, you may need to generate a product feed that requires a field for the image thumbnail URL.  Instead of re-uploading the thumbnail version of the images, you can actually just add a width and height parameter directly in the original full image URL.

To demonstrate this, …

During the holiday season a lot of merchants give gifts to employees, clients and VIP customers.  This is a great way to say thank you and show gratitude during the season.  When giving gifts you may want to send them through your normal fulfillment process, which means you have to add your gift orders to your Shopify store.  Below we'll walk you through one way to add gift orders to your Shopify store.

Manually Adding Gift Orders To Your Shopify Store …