Shopify Toolbox

Shopify is one of the leading e-commerce options for companies and individuals looking to build a feature-rich online store. All Shopify users have access to free templates to use, as well as a wide and growing selection of beautiful premium templates available to purchase at affordable prices. Shopify is a hosted system, so you don't have to go through a complicated installation process on your server, and support and billing for ecommerce functionality and hosting are consolidated and managed in one place.

Many designers and developers love Shopify because it's a great system to use for client projects. You can create custom themes for your customers and even make money by selling your templates in theme stores. Developers can also create and sell applications on the app store. Shopify has a partner program that allows designers to earn commissions by referring clients, and they also have a section of experts that can be listed so Shopify users can easily find you for custom work.

In this article, we will highlight a number of resources that will be very helpful to designers/developers who want to learn more about Shopify, as well as store owners who want to find great resources to make their e-commerce sites even better.

Official Shopify Resources:

Shopify Compass

Shopify Compass helps store owners learn more about running a successful ecommerce website. Take online courses, learn from a community of experts, and attend exclusive online events and workshops.

Shopify Manual The Shopify Manual is the go-to guide for Shopify users. You'll find documentation for nearly all of Shopify's features and functionality. The information is neatly categorized and you can also search to find what you are looking for.

API Documentation

Developers can get all the necessary information about the Shopify API from these documents.

Theme Documentation

If you're a designer and want to learn more about how to create custom themes for Shopify, this is a great resource.

Shopify Partner Program You can earn money by referring customers or acting as an affiliate through the partner program.

Shopify Theme Store

If you're looking for a great template for your ecommerce website, the official Shopify theme store is the best place to start (we'll highlight some of the best themes below). There's a growing range of really high-quality designs, and you'll find templates for sites in a variety of different styles and across different industries. If you're a designer, the theme store offers an opportunity to make some money by putting your themes up for sale.

Shopify App Store

Shopify comes with many basic features, but more extensions are possible with the help of apps. The app store contains a wide variety of applications that do everything to make your online store more profitable or more efficient (we will highlight some of the most interesting applications below). There are apps to market your products, increase sales, integrate with social media, inventory management, accounting, reporting and more. If you are a developer, you can create your own apps to be listed on the app store.

Shopify Experts

If you're looking for a designer to create a beautiful custom design for your e-commerce site, this directory is a great place to start. The designers featured here are approved by Shopify, so you know they'll be familiar with the system. If necessary, you can also find developers to create custom applications for you. Designers and developers can apply to be listed as experts to make it easier for potential customers to find you.

Shopify Showcase

Examples of real-world Shopify-based sites can be seen in the showcase. We will showcase some of them for inspiration at the end of this article.