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What ecommerce businesses of the future are doing with their dev teams (that others aren’t): I’ve seen a big shift in how leading ecommerce brands are structuring their dev teams, and it’s making all the difference in their revenue. Here’s what they’re doing: 1. Cross-functional collaboration These businesses no longer silo their dev teams. Instead, devs are sitting at the same table with marketing, product, and data teams, collaborating from day one. This allows them to react fast, pushing new features and bug fixes more efficiently. One study shows that teams that collaborate closely see a 25% improvement in project timelines. 2. CI/CD pipelines They’re adopting continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflows, enabling rapid updates without downtime. This minimizes disruptions and keeps the customer experience seamless. 71% of businesses using CI/CD report faster time-to-market. 3. Focus on automation These companies reduce manual errors and speed up processes. They also automate error monitoring so that issues are caught early, before they impact customers. 4. Obsessive monitoring It’s not just about building features but also about maintaining them. Future-focused teams use real-time performance and error tracking tools to constantly optimize the user experience. The result is fewer outages, faster launches, and more satisfied customers.  In the end, the difference is clear: smart dev teams = more revenue. Optimize your tech stack now. What have you noticed dev teams of the future doing that most ecommerce businesses aren’t? 

Are you moving to a composable commerce infrastructure? Leading this type of digital transformation as a CTO takes time, skill and expertise. Our new resource might be exactly what you need on this journey. The CTO’s Guide to Composable Commerce and Headless Technologies on Shopify is now available. This guide unpacks both the technological and managerial considerations needed for a leading composable projects, including: ✔️ stakeholder management; ✔️ building a collaborative team; ✔️ agile project management; ✔️ risk management and problem solving; ✔️ celebrating success; and ✔️ continuous improvement. Read the guide here 👉 https://bit.ly/4886cvR Thanks again to our partners Shopify, Sanity and Dynamic Yield by Mastercard for your support and contributions to this resource. #headlesscommerce #composablecommerce #ecommerceguide #shopify #swankyagency

The No-Code Revolution in e-Commerce is reshaping how we think about building online stores. Gone are the days when you needed a team of developers to launch your digital storefront. With a plethora of no-code platforms, entrepreneurs can now design, customize, and manage their shops with ease—no coding experience required. Quick Tip: Start by exploring user-friendly tools like Shopify, Bubble, or Webflow. These platforms offer templates and drag-and-drop functionality that allows you to create a stunning website in just a few hours, all while maintaining a professional appearance. Did you know that over 70% of new online businesses are now launched using no-code tools? This trend not only empowers non-tech founders but also significantly reduces time-to-market, enabling rapid iterations based on customer feedback. What’s your experience with no-code tools in e-commerce? Have they transformed your approach to launching online businesses? Share your insights below! Let’s discuss how we can leverage no-code solutions to drive growth in our ventures. Feel free to connect if you’re looking to dive deeper into the world of no-code automation!

Friends don’t let friends do big-bang e-commerce replatforms. One worrying pattern we noticed at Nebulab as we entered the #Shopify space was that most agencies only know one replatforming strategy—the Big-Bang Rollout. A Big-Bang Rollout goes something like this: 1. Agency comes in and does discovery. 2. Client signs the agency’s proposal. 3. Agency retreats into a cave and works for a while. 4. Agency emerges on the other side with the finished build. 5. Client turns off the legacy system and launches the new one. This approach—which is unfortunately the norm—comes with a number of problems: • It inflates risk. It doesn’t matter how thorough your discovery or how diligent your QA, you will always, always, always miss something—that’s just the nature of software development. The larger the project, the more things you’re bound to miss. • It’s a shock for your team. One major piece of a replatform is retraining your team on the new tech stack. The more dramatically you change the stack, the more difficult the training will be, which in turn will impact your operational efficiency and customer experience. • It increases time to value. Every second your shiny new ecomm build spends on a developer’s laptop rather than serving customers is a second waste. Instead, you want the new tech stack out there as quickly as possible to maximize your ROI. The alternative is something software engineers have been doing for decades when approaching big transformations, although it’s still relatively unused in e-commerce—it’s an Incremental Rollout. It’s pretty simple: rather than launching the project in one fell swoop, you take one small piece of your infrastructure, move it to the new stack, and take time to collect feedback and adjust course before moving on to the next piece. What this looks like in practice varies a lot: for some brands, you can go one market at a time; for others, you can migrate the B2B purchase journey before migrating B2C; others still will want to get even more granular, doing one step of the purchase journey at a time. If you’re replatforming a brand doing $50M+ on e-comm and you’re not considering an incremental rollout, do yourself a favor and run a quick cost-benefit analysis—there might be a smarter way to get this done. #ecommerce #replatforms #tech #shopify #dtc

The Big-Bang Rollout can indeed be risky and disruptive. Incremental Rollouts offer a much more manageable approach, allowing for continuous feedback and adjustments, reducing risk, and speeding up time to value. It's worth considering this method to ensure a smoother transition and better overall outcomes. #Ecommerce #DigitalTransformation #Shopify #IncrementalRollout #TechStrategy #RiskManagement

🌟 Daily Code Day 61 🌟 🚀 Building a Wishlist Management System with C++! 🛒🎯 Today’s code implements a Wishlist Manager in C++, designed to manage user wishlists for products efficiently. By leveraging unordered maps and unordered sets, this system allows us to store and retrieve wishlist data in constant time, enabling seamless user interactions. A great example of optimizing e-commerce platforms or product management systems with C++ data structures! 🔍 What Does the Code Do? 1️⃣ Core Functionalities: Add Product to Wishlist: Adds a user to a product’s wishlist (ensuring quick access to which users are interested in which products). Check if Product is in Wishlist: Verifies if a specific product is present in a specific user’s wishlist, enabling efficient queries. Display Product Wishlist: Lists all users who have added a particular product to their wishlist, helping to gather data on product demand. 2️⃣ Key Design Elements: Data Structures: unordered_map for fast lookups of product-user relationships. unordered_set to store unique users for each product, ensuring there are no duplicates. Efficiency: The system optimizes for constant time operations for add, check, and display actions. 📊 Time & Memory Analysis Time Complexity: Add Product: O(1) – Average time for insertion into the unordered map and set. Check Product: O(1) – Average time for lookup in the unordered map and set. Display Product Wishlist: O(k) – Where k is the number of users with that product in their wishlist. Space Complexity: O(n + m) – Where n is the total number of unique products, and m is the total number of users across all products. 🌟 Applications: ✅ Perfect for e-commerce platforms that need to manage user interests and demand tracking. ✅ Scalable for use in online marketplaces, product recommendation engines, or wishlist sharing systems. 💡 Code Takeaway: With unordered maps and unordered sets, managing large datasets such as user-product relationships becomes efficient, ensuring quick lookups and inserts for smooth user experience. #WishlistManager #CppCoding #DataStructures #EcommerceTech #ProductManagement #CodingChallenge #DailyCoding #TechInnovation #SystemDesign #ProgrammingJourney #TechDevelopment #ScalableSolutions #DataOptimization

SyncNship Updates & Enhancements in ShipBoss 🚀 SyncNship Updates & Enhancements 🚀 Your shipping workflow in ShipBoss just got even better! ✨ New Enhancements • “Select All” Checkbox Behavior Improved (W20-4556, W20-4498) The “Select All” functionality now works exclusively on shipments marked as “Complete” or “Ready for Label” for a smoother experience. • Improved Visual Grouping (W20-4554, W20-4510) Packages and products now feature better backgrounds, spacing, and button positioning to improve clarity. • Tooltips for Product Names (W20-4551) Hover over truncated product names to see the full product name in a tooltip. • Channel Defaults Management (W20-4500) Each eCommerce channel now has its own defaults, ensuring consistency when managing multiple stores. • Product List Enhancements (W20-4513, W20-4522) • Added product quantities to the product list with improved headers. • Removed the unnecessary quantity column from the Packages View. • Status Updates for Clarity (W20-4523, W20-4514) • “Done” status is now labeled as “Labels Created”. • “Complete” status now shows “X Products Ready for Label”. • Errors persist even after refreshing the page. 🛠️ Bug Fixes • Download Label Button Issue Fixed (W20-4512) • Resolved multiple “Download Label” buttons appearing or disappearing unexpectedly. • Only one button now appears and remains active. • Phone Number Sync for Shopify (W20-4519) SyncNship now prioritizes the shipping phone number when both contact and shipping fields are filled. 🔎 In QA: Automatic Product Addition (W20-4494) When an order contains only one product, it will now be automatically added to the shipment for faster processing. This improvement is in

🚀 Attention e-commerce entrepreneurs! Ready to supercharge your business without diving into complex coding? Are you tired of spending countless hours on repetitive tasks? It's time to unlock the power of no-code automation for your e-commerce workflow! 💪 Here's how you can streamline your operations without writing a single line of code: 1. Identify repetitive tasks: • Order processing • Inventory management • Customer support • Email marketing 2. Choose the right no-code tools: • Zapier for connecting apps • Airtable for data management • Shopify Flow for e-commerce automation • Chatfuel for customer service bots 3. Set up automated workflows: • Connect your e-commerce platform to your inventory system • Automate order confirmation and shipping notifications • Create personalized email campaigns based on customer behavior 4. Test and optimize: • Monitor your automated processes • Gather feedback from your team • Continuously refine for maximum efficiency The best part? You can implement these solutions in a matter of hours, not weeks or months! 🕒 By embracing no-code automation, you'll free up valuable time to focus on growing your business and delivering exceptional customer experiences. 🌟 Ready to take your e-commerce game to the next level? Drop a "👋" in the comments, and I'll share my favorite no-code automation resources with you! Let's revolutionize your workflow together! 💼🔧 #NoCodeAutomation #EcommerceHacks #SMBGrowth #DigitalTransformation

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 🎯 Finding a formula for building a new feature was a long journey. We faced many disappointments, but we knew it instantly when it clicked. We realized that to create a feature that delivers real user value, we need to start with the basics and ensure the feature is integrated with the company’s product vision and business goals. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀? 🔄 We changed a lot about how we approach new feature development. One of the fundamental changes was involving the client-facing teams. At Trusstor, we emphasize involving CS and Support teams in the early stages of development. These teams know the users best, understand their pain points, and can transform them into technological implementations. Their involvement from the start not only improved the effectiveness of features by tens of percentage points but also ensured the feature would meet users’ needs and strengthened the teams’ connection to the product. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 – 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲 🚀 Once we started working systematically, we saw a significant improvement in feature quality (in every aspect, including code quality) and client satisfaction. The collaborative work with the CS teams made each feature more accurate, and early research helped us avoid unnecessary mistakes and focus on what truly matters to our users and the company’s larger business goals. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 300% 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦! Focusing on needs and delivering precise solutions made a huge difference! 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱: Shopify 📊 Shopify, one of the leading e-commerce platforms globally, regularly involves its CS and Support teams in developing new features. These teams provide insights from the field about the challenges and needs of merchants using the platform. These insights are incorporated into research and development, ensuring that the features Shopify releases solve existing problems and help grow their clients’ businesses. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂? 🤔 How do you manage the feature development process in your organization? Do you also involve the teams closest to your clients in the process? #FeatureDevelopment #UserExperience #ProductManagement #CS

Saleor - High-Performance, Headless E-Commerce Platform for Modern Businesses Saleor Core is a high-performance, composable, and headless e-commerce API that offers businesses the tools they need to create revolutionary customer experiences. With a focus on technology, extensibility, and openness, Saleor is the ideal platform for brands looking to stay ahead of the curve in the ever-evolving world of online commerce. The platform enables businesses to seamlessly manage product catalogs, localizations, orders, and stock across various markets, all while offering full control over custom checkout flows. Whether you're expanding globally or optimizing internal processes, Saleor’s powerful API-driven architecture allows for unparalleled flexibility and scalability in every aspect of your e-commerce operations. Features: - Custom Flows  Take full control of your checkout and order flow, offering a personalized and efficient user experience for every customer. Saleor’s custom flows allow businesses to tailor the checkout process to meet specific needs, optimizing conversions and enhancing customer satisfaction. - Rich Content Model  Manage your catalog, product information, and localizations effortlessly across various markets from a single, unified source. With Saleor, you can streamline the management of content, ensuring that product data and market-specific information are always up-to-date and consistent. - Manage Stock and Availability  Efficiently manage the availability and stock of your products across multiple channels. Saleor provides real-time visibility into product stock levels, ensuring smooth operations whether you're selling online or through other sales channels. - Flexible Order Model  Simplify customer support and order management across multiple teams and markets. Saleor’s flexible order model empowers businesses to manage orders efficiently, ensuring that customer support teams can handle any request quickly and effectively. - Scalable API Integration  Integrate seamlessly with your existing tech stack, offering the flexibility to expand and scale as your business grows. The API-first design of Saleor makes it easy to integrate with other systems, enabling businesses to build customized e-commerce solutions without being constrained by platform limitations. - Global Reach with Localization Support  Expand your business globally with comprehensive localization and multi-currency support. Saleor makes it simple to manage products, orders, and customer data across different regions, helping businesses cater to global markets with ease. https://lnkd.in/dqgRmxew #Saleor #HeadlessECommerce #ComposableCommerce #ECommercePlatform #ApiDrivenCommerce #OnlineStore #DigitalCommerce #ExtensibleECommerce #FlexibleECommerce #ProductCatalogManagement #InternationalECommerce #octabyte #fullymanaged #opensource