Shopify Dispatch Issue #388 - Buying preferences, Apps losing theme editing

Issue #388 - March 1st, 2023

Online / Store Relationships

Kevin Hillstrom writes about how customers have preferences for where they buy from you and how you need to adapt your marketing to account for that.

Upcoming changes to Asset API approval scope

While full of technical jargon, Shopify has announced that by April 2024 apps will no longer be able to edit Shopify themes (with some app categories given exceptions). This means a lot of apps will be forced to change their code and require merchants to manually add code.

It's a step-forward in some cases (protect theme code) but a major step back in customizing stores.

Track down which customer cohorts perform the best

Different groups of people behave differently. Repeat Customer Insights creates cohort groups for you automatically to see how your customers change over time and spot new behavior trends.

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