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Building on Shopify: themes, headless storefronts, apps and the platform changes that affect them.
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Shopify Payment Gateways in India: Options, Fees and Setup
Shopify Payments isn't available in India, so Indian stores take payments through third-party gateways such as Razorpay, PayU, Cashfree and CCAvenue. This guide explains your options, the fees involved and how to set them up — including cash on delivery.
Jay PatelShopify Theme Development: A Guide to Online Store 2.0 Themes
Online Store 2.0 changed how Shopify themes are built: sections on every page, app blocks and metafields in the theme editor. Here is how a modern Shopify theme is planned, built and maintained — and when a custom theme is worth it.
Jay PatelShopify Metafields and Metaobjects Explained (With Examples)
Metafields and metaobjects let you store the extra information your products and pages need — specifications, size guides, ingredients, FAQs — and show it in your theme without code changes. Here is how they work and how to plan them.
Jay PatelShopify Store Launch Checklist: 30 Things to Check Before You Go Live
Launching a Shopify store is mostly about details: payments, taxes, emails, SEO, speed and tracking. This 30-point launch checklist covers what to check before you remove the password — and what to watch in the first week.
Jay PatelShopify App vs Custom Development: When to Build Your Own
The Shopify App Store covers most needs, but monthly fees, overlapping apps and missing features add up. Here is how to decide between a public app, a custom app, Shopify Functions or a theme change — and what each costs to run.
Jay PatelWhat Is Headless Commerce? Benefits, Drawbacks and When It Makes Sense
Headless commerce separates your storefront from the commerce engine behind it. It promises speed and design freedom, but costs more to build and run. Here is a clear explanation of headless commerce on Shopify — and how to tell whether you need it.
Jay PatelHydrogen vs Next.js for Headless Shopify: Which Should You Choose?
Hydrogen is Shopify's own framework for headless storefronts; Next.js is the most popular React framework on the web. Both build excellent headless Shopify stores. Here is how they compare on features, hosting, flexibility and long-term cost.
Jay PatelMagento to Shopify Migration: A Step-by-Step Guide for 2026
Moving from Magento (Adobe Commerce) to Shopify cuts hosting, patching and development overheads, but the migration needs careful data mapping and redirects. This guide covers what moves, what changes and how to protect your SEO.
Jay PatelShopify Store Maintenance: A Monthly and Quarterly Checklist
Shopify handles servers and security, but your store still needs regular care: apps, theme updates, speed, broken links, data backups and checkout tests. Here is a practical maintenance checklist to keep a Shopify store fast and selling.
Jay Patel
WooCommerce to Shopify Migration: A Step-by-Step Guide That Protects Your SEO
Moving from WooCommerce to Shopify is straightforward for data and easy to get wrong for search. This guide covers planning, data mapping, URL redirects, customer accounts, testing and launch — so your rankings and revenue come with you.
Jay Patel
Shopify Checkout Extensibility: A Guide for After checkout.liquid and Scripts
checkout.liquid, additional scripts and Shopify Scripts have all reached end of life. This guide explains Shopify Checkout Extensibility — UI extensions, Shopify Functions, web pixels and branding — and how to rebuild what your checkout lost.
Jay Patel
Hydrogen on React Router 7: what actually changed
The migration off Remix v2 touched routing, data loading and the Oxygen runtime. Here is what breaks, what does not, and what it means for a store already running Hydrogen.
Jay Patel
Migrating a Remix Shopify app before it becomes legacy
Shopify now recommends React Router for apps. The codemod handles most of it — the work is in Polaris Web Components and the APIs that quietly went away.
Jay Patel
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