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Deep dives into eCommerce strategy, Liquid development, and merchant stories from the Talk Shop ecosystem. Whether you're scaling your first store or optimizing a Shopify Plus build, we've got the insights to keep you ahead.

Composable Commerce: What It Is and When It Makes Sense (2026)
Headless & Hydrogen

Composable Commerce: What It Is and When It Makes Sense (2026)

Composable commerce is not a synonym for headless. Learn what a composable stack actually contains, what it really costs, where Shopify fits, and a decision framework with revenue and team thresholds.

Talk Shop17 min read
Shopify Partner Program: How It Works and Is It Worth It (2026)
Shopify Development

Shopify Partner Program: How It Works and Is It Worth It (2026)

What the Shopify Partner Program actually pays — dev stores, 20% referral commissions, the 0%/15% app revenue share — and an honest verdict on who should join.

Talk Shop15 min read
Shopify API Versioning: Releases, Deprecations, and Safe Upgrades
Shopify Development

Shopify API Versioning: Releases, Deprecations, and Safe Upgrades

Learn how Shopify API versioning works — quarterly releases, 12-month support windows, fall-forward behavior — plus how to track down deprecated fields before they break your app.

Talk Shop15 min read
Shopify Checkout UI Extensions: A Hands-On Build Guide (2026)
Shopify Development

Shopify Checkout UI Extensions: A Hands-On Build Guide (2026)

Scaffold, build, and deploy Shopify checkout UI extensions step by step — CLI setup, targets, Polaris web components, settings, the 64KB limit, and three worked examples.

Talk Shop14 min read
Shopify Webhooks: The Complete Developer Guide (2026)
Shopify Development

Shopify Webhooks: The Complete Developer Guide (2026)

Master Shopify webhooks end to end: declarative TOML subscriptions, HMAC verification in Node, retry behavior, idempotency, EventBridge and Pub/Sub at scale, compliance topics, and reconciliation strategies that survive missed deliveries.

Talk Shop14 min read
Agentic Checkout: What AI Shopping Agents Mean for Your Store (2026)
AI & Emerging Tech

Agentic Checkout: What AI Shopping Agents Mean for Your Store (2026)

AI shopping agents don't see your pop-ups, your countdown timers, or your one-click upsells. Here's how agentic checkout actually works — and how to protect the revenue your checkout depends on.

Talk Shop15 min read
Shopify Theme Check: Setup, Configuration, and Fixes That Work
Shopify Development

Shopify Theme Check: Setup, Configuration, and Fixes That Work

Master Shopify Theme Check: correct --path syntax, .theme-check.yml configuration, CI setup, VS Code integration, and fixes for the errors and CLI slowness the official docs gloss over.

Talk Shop14 min read
Shopify Dev MCP: What It Is and How to Use It (2026 Guide)
Shopify Development

Shopify Dev MCP: What It Is and How to Use It (2026 Guide)

Shopify Dev MCP connects AI assistants like Claude Code and Cursor to live Shopify docs and GraphQL schemas. Learn how it works, how to set it up, and why validated codegen beats hallucinated GraphQL.

Talk Shop14 min read
3PL Ecommerce Fulfillment: When to Switch and How to Choose (2026)
Shipping & Fulfillment

3PL Ecommerce Fulfillment: When to Switch and How to Choose (2026)

A decision framework for 3PL ecommerce fulfillment: order-volume thresholds, cost-crossover math, hidden fees to interrogate, SLA red flags, a migration checklist, and when staying in-house is the smarter call.

Talk Shop15 min read

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