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Shopify constantly seem to be pushing new ground, although I find it hard to imagine a store on that platform turning over $1,000,000+ just seems to limited unl

by solaris152000 13y ago

Shopify constantly seem to be pushing new ground, although I find it hard to imagine a store on that platform turning over $1,000,000+ just seems to limited unlike Magento.

adammcnamara 13y ago
A good number of our stores sell > $1M/month. And, now that Shopify 2 has shipped, any feature gaps that were around are closing very quickly.
- arbuge 13y ago
  Do you guys have an API by any chance? Can I push orders to a Shopify store via an API call of some kind?
  - adammcnamara 13y ago
    http://docs.shopify.com/api http://docs.shopify.com/api Order creation will be open soon.
    - markgarity 13y ago
      We're beta testing the order create api endpoint on our enterprise Shopify plan right now, enabling us to hackily import manual phone/wholesale orders via an internal app we developed. It's definitely a step in the right direction, but Shopify really needs to prioritize a backend order creation tool. Every e-commerce product across-the-board has this feature, and it's disappointing to see a platform as well-crafted and mature as Shopify still without many of the essentials. We can now officially create orders via a POS system, but still can't create an order on our own website without registering as a customer or jumping through 3rd party shipping/tax/payment APIs.
  - arbutus 13y ago
    The API documentation is here: http://docs.shopify.com/api http://docs.shopify.com/api There's no API order creation at present, but the API is consistently evolving as the platform does.
    - browsermostly 13y ago
      How about discount codes? I had to write a screen-scraping python script to get student discount codes working and then I then had to write it again to deal with Shopify 2's new interface!
      - fourspace 13y ago
        Shopify themselves wrote an app to do this: http://www.shopify.com/blog/6668676-new-free-shopify-app-bulk-discounts http://www.shopify.com/blog/6668676-new-free-shopify-app-bul...
        browsermostly 13y ago
        I've used that app before and it isn't what I needed. I want to be able to add them myself...through the API.
  - blairbeckwith 13y ago
    I manage the 3rd party apps program at Shopify – feel free to let me know if you have any questions about getting started. @blairbeckwith on twitter and blair@shopify.com.
twag 13y ago
It's interesting how you mention Magento when talking about online stores with a high turnover. I work with ATG, Hybris and IBM WebSphere mainly. These are the biggest players in ecommerce and some of the biggest brands with massive turnovers use these platforms. Magento is seen as a bit of a joke among big enterprise ecommerce players. The kind of thing will a low entry barrier and with a userbase primarily made up of small retailers. However, I would love to start my own ecommerce agency and the low barrier to entry could make magento the perfect choice for me. I'm not sure if any retailers actually spend serious money on it though, unlike the 3 big players I previously mentioned.

Shopify constantly seem to be pushing new ground, although I find it hard to imagine a store on that platform turning over $1,000,000+ just seems to limited unlike Magento.

adammcnamara 13y ago

A good number of our stores sell > $1M/month. And, now that Shopify 2 has shipped, any feature gaps that were around are closing very quickly.

arbuge 13y ago
Do you guys have an API by any chance? Can I push orders to a Shopify store via an API call of some kind?
- adammcnamara 13y ago
  http://docs.shopify.com/api http://docs.shopify.com/api Order creation will be open soon.
  - markgarity 13y ago
    We're beta testing the order create api endpoint on our enterprise Shopify plan right now, enabling us to hackily import manual phone/wholesale orders via an internal app we developed. It's definitely a step in the right direction, but Shopify really needs to prioritize a backend order creation tool. Every e-commerce product across-the-board has this feature, and it's disappointing to see a platform as well-crafted and mature as Shopify still without many of the essentials. We can now officially create orders via a POS system, but still can't create an order on our own website without registering as a customer or jumping through 3rd party shipping/tax/payment APIs.
- arbutus 13y ago
  The API documentation is here: http://docs.shopify.com/api http://docs.shopify.com/api There's no API order creation at present, but the API is consistently evolving as the platform does.
  - browsermostly 13y ago
    How about discount codes? I had to write a screen-scraping python script to get student discount codes working and then I then had to write it again to deal with Shopify 2's new interface!
    - fourspace 13y ago
      Shopify themselves wrote an app to do this: http://www.shopify.com/blog/6668676-new-free-shopify-app-bulk-discounts http://www.shopify.com/blog/6668676-new-free-shopify-app-bul...
      - browsermostly 13y ago
        I've used that app before and it isn't what I needed. I want to be able to add them myself...through the API.
- blairbeckwith 13y ago
  I manage the 3rd party apps program at Shopify – feel free to let me know if you have any questions about getting started. @blairbeckwith on twitter and blair@shopify.com.

twag 13y ago

It's interesting how you mention Magento when talking about online stores with a high turnover. I work with ATG, Hybris and IBM WebSphere mainly. These are the biggest players in ecommerce and some of the biggest brands with massive turnovers use these platforms. Magento is seen as a bit of a joke among big enterprise ecommerce players. The kind of thing will a low entry barrier and with a userbase primarily made up of small retailers. However, I would love to start my own ecommerce agency and the low barrier to entry could make magento the perfect choice for me. I'm not sure if any retailers actually spend serious money on it though, unlike the 3 big players I previously mentioned.