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Shopify

  • Shopify: A cloud-based ecommerce platform that enables merchants to create, customize, and manage online stores, including product listings, checkout, payments, and order management.
  • Admin / Shopify Admin: The backend dashboard where store owners configure settings, manage products, orders, customers, apps, themes, and other store functions.
  • Theme: A collection of templates and assets that determine the visual appearance and layout of a Shopify storefront. Themes can be customized to reflect brand identity.
  • Liquid: The templating language used by Shopify to render dynamic content on storefront pages, including product details, collections, and cart information.
  • Product: An item that a store sells, which can have multiple attributes such as title, description, price, images, and variants.
  • Variant: A specific version of a product, defined by attributes like size, color, or style. Each variant can have its own price, SKU, and inventory.
  • SKU (Stock Keeping Unit): A unique identifier assigned to a product variant to help track inventory and sales.
  • Collection: A grouping of products that helps organize items for storefront display. Collections can be manual or automatic based on rules.
  • Metafield: An additional data field used to store custom information for products, customers, orders, or other Shopify resources beyond standard attributes.
  • Checkout: The process by which customers provide shipping and payment information to complete a purchase. Shopify handles secure checkout flow and payment processing.
  • Shopify Payments: Shopify’s built-in payment gateway that supports multiple payment methods and currencies, streamlining the checkout experience.
  • Apps (Marketplace apps): Add-on software that extends store functionality, enabling features such as marketing, logistics, analytics, and customer support.
  • Discounts / Coupons: Promotional offers applied at checkout, including percentage discounts, fixed amounts, or free shipping.
  • Shipping: The configuration of carrier services, rates, regions, and methods used to deliver products to customers.
  • Taxes: The rules and settings that determine how sales tax is calculated and applied to orders based on location and product category.
  • POS (Point of Sale): An integrated system that enables in-person sales through physical terminals, linking brick-and-mortar sales with online store data.
  • Theme Editor: The interface within Shopify that allows customization of a store’s theme, including colors, typography, layout, and sections.
  • Customer: An individual who purchases from or is potential purchaser of the store. Customer data can include contact details, order history, and preferences.
  • Order: A record of a purchase that includes customer information, items purchased, quantities, prices, and fulfillment status.
  • Inventory: The quantity of each product or variant available for sale, tracked to prevent stockouts and overstocks.
  • Analytics & Reports: Insights and data visualization tools that help merchants monitor sales, traffic, conversion rates, and other key performance indicators.
  • Billing & Plans: The subscription and usage terms for different Shopify plans, including features, pricing, and renewal cycles.

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