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Shopify platform changes, payment rail updates, policy moves, industry news - everything that changes the merchant playing field.

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Tacey blog cover: the headline "Shopify's New Multiple Barcodes Feature: A Merchant's Guide" in white on a dark backgroundNews & UpdatesShopify's New Multiple Barcodes Feature: A Merchant's GuideShopify's 2026 update allows merchants to add up to 20 barcodes to a single product variant, solving long-standing inventory and point-of-sale scanning issues.17 September 202615 min readTacey blog cover: the headline "Shopify's Persistent Cart: What It Is and How It Works" in white on a dark backgroundNews & UpdatesShopify's Persistent Cart: What It Is and How It WorksA persistent cart saves a logged-in customer's shopping cart so it automatically syncs when they switch devices, preventing them from having to start their order over.16 September 202613 min readTacey blog cover: the headline "A Merchant's Guide to the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)" in white on a dark backgroundNews & UpdatesA Merchant's Guide to the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)The Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is a new open standard that enables AI agents to transact with merchants, changing the future of online selling.16 September 202614 min readTacey blog cover: the headline "A Merchant's Guide to Shopify's DDU Sunset for Managed Markets" in white on a dark backgroundNews & UpdatesA Merchant's Guide to Shopify's DDU Sunset for Managed MarketsShopify is ending Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU) support for Managed Markets, and this guide explains how merchants can transition to a Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) model to remain compliant.16 September 202613 min readTacey blog cover: the headline "What Are Shopify Checkout Functions? An Explanation for Merchants" in white on a dark backgroundNews & UpdatesWhat Are Shopify Checkout Functions? An Explanation for MerchantsShopify Functions allow developers to build apps that customize the checkout process, a feature once locked down, giving Plus merchants powerful new control.15 September 202615 min readTacey blog cover: the headline "Shopify's Agentic Commerce Readiness Tool: What It Checks, Why Stores Are Failing, and What to Fix First" in white on a dark backgroundNews & UpdatesShopify's Agentic Commerce Readiness Tool: What It Checks, Why Stores Are Failing, and What to Fix FirstShopify launched a free Agentic Commerce Readiness tool that scores how visible your store is to AI shopping agents. Here is what it checks, what merchants are failing, and what to fix first.29 April 20265 min readTacey blog cover: the headline "Shopify Winter Editions 2026: Features Merchants Should Use Immediately" in white on a dark backgroundNews & UpdatesShopify Winter Editions 2026: Features Merchants Should Use ImmediatelyThe gap between merchants who benefit from Shopify Editions and those who do not is not knowledge. It is execution. Most merchants read the announcement, find a feature that sounds relevant, and never actually implement it.20 April 20265 min readTacey blog cover: the headline "How Shopify Agentic Storefronts Change Product Discovery in 2026" in white on a dark backgroundNews & UpdatesHow Shopify Agentic Storefronts Change Product Discovery in 2026The shift from search-engine discovery to AI-agent discovery is not going to announce itself with fanfare. It is going to happen order by order, query by query, until one day a meaningful percentage of your new customer acquisition is arriving from a conversation that never touched your website first. The merchants who understand the mechanics now are the ones who will show up well in those conversations.20 April 20265 min readTacey blog cover: the headline "Shopify Agentic Storefronts Are Live. Here's the Order Problem Nobody Is Talking About" in white on a dark backgroundNews & UpdatesShopify Agentic Storefronts Are Live. Here's the Order Problem Nobody Is Talking AboutShopify Agentic Storefronts are live. Here is why AI-sourced orders bypass checkout validators and what merchants need at the order layer before volume grows.27 March 20265 min read