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Shopify Tax free discount will no longer reset annually (opens in a new tab)
Shopify Changelog· Nov 11, 2026· 8/10
Announces that Shopify’s Tax free discount will now be based on lifetime sales, no longer resetting annually.
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Checkout covers Shopify’s checkout platform — checkout extensibility (UI extensions and Shopify Functions that customize behavior without forking checkout), migrations off the deprecated checkout.liquid, and changes to the hosted checkout flow itself. This is specifically the purchase flow, not cart or product-page behavior upstream of it.
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Shopify Dev
Issue 256 - In Case You Missed Editions: WebMCP, AGENTS.md for Themes, and Checkout Kit v4 (opens in a new tab)
Liquid Weekly· Nov 10, 2026· 9/10
Liquid Weekly highlights Fall '26 Edition announcements, including Checkout Kit v4 and new theme app add-ons, key updates for devs.
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Shopify Checkout Customisation by Plan: What Developers Can Build Without Plus (and What Needs It) (opens in a new tab)
DEV.to Shopify· Nov 10, 2026· 8/10
Checklist of checkout customisation capabilities per Shopify plan helps devs decide what features need Plus.
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Faster POS checkout (opens in a new tab)
Shopify Changelog· Nov 6, 2026· 8/10
Improvements to POS checkout speed and user experience.
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Shopify Checkout Redirect: How to Check Your Store and Your Apps (opens in a new tab)
DEV.to Shopify· Nov 4, 2026· 7/10
Provides a quick five‑minute test to verify store and app checkout redirects after a recent security incident.
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8 BFCM Checks to Make Before Your Sale Goes Live (opens in a new tab)
Ethercycle· Nov 3, 2026· 7/10
Author shares eight BFCM checklist items to ensure Shopify sales run smoothly during the busy period.
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Your Abandoned Carts Just Got a New Rescue Route (opens in a new tab)
DEV.to Shopify· Nov 2, 2026· 7/10
Announces Shopify Messaging’s new WhatsApp marketing automations for abandoned cart recovery, enabling merchants to send timely WhatsApp messages.
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Shopify Just Opened Campaign Autopilot to Every Store: What Devs and Store Builders Should Know (opens in a new tab)
DEV.to Shopify· Nov 2, 2026· 7/10
Details the rollout of Campaign Autopilot to all merchants, adding new channels and SEO features for automated marketing.
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Christmas pre-orders on Shopify for a small bakery: a setup checklist (opens in a new tab)
DEV.to Shopify· Nov 1, 2026· 6/10
Provides a checklist for setting up Christmas pre-orders in Shopify, focusing on dates and product labeling.
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PortAventura: +63% revenue with Medusa for hotel and ticket bookings (opens in a new tab)
MedusaJS· Oct 29, 2026· 7/10
Shows how Medusa boosted revenue by 63% and conversion by 40% for a theme park through a unified checkout.
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Shopify Checkout Not Working? 8 Fixes to Try Before You Panic (opens in a new tab)
DEV.to Shopify· Oct 30, 2026· 8/10
Eight troubleshooting steps to resolve common Shopify checkout failures.
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Managed mode for Shopify Tax (opens in a new tab)
Shopify Dev· Oct 28, 2026· 8/10
Managed mode for Shopify Tax enforces consistent tax behavior and validates API writes.
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How to test your Shopify checkout in 5 minutes (and what automated checks miss) (opens in a new tab)
DEV.to Shopify· Oct 29, 2026· 7/10
Provides a quick 5‑minute checkout test to catch real‑world failures that automated uptime monitors miss.
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Shopify's Fall '26 Edition dropped 4 weeks before Black Friday. Do this one check before you set your discount. (opens in a new tab)
DEV.to Shopify· Oct 29, 2026· 7/10
Recommends a single calculation to determine safe discount margins before launching Fall ’26 Edition discounts.
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Rethinking the Shopify Post-Purchase Experience for Developers (opens in a new tab)
DEV.to Shopify· Oct 29, 2026· 7/10
Reexamines post‑purchase friction and proposes developer‑centric solutions to reduce support overload.
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Subscriptions supported in draft orders (opens in a new tab)
Shopify Changelog· Oct 28, 2026· 7/10
Draft orders can now include subscription products, enabling recurring purchases to be set up and invoiced before checkout.
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Cart and checkout permalinks now support UCP at /buy (opens in a new tab)
Shopify Dev· Oct 28, 2026· 7/10
Adds UCP support to /buy permalinks, allowing a single link to add items, prefill checkout, and proceed to checkout across UCP‑enabled shops.
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The checkout footer now shows one "Terms and policies" link (opens in a new tab)
Shopify Changelog· Oct 26, 2026· 6/10
Shopify Plus merchants can now hide the default footer and add custom policy links via Checkout UI extensions after the checkout footer consolidates terms and policies into a single link.
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Why EU B2B Checkouts Falsely Charge 17%-27% VAT When National VIES Databases Are Busy (The HTTP 200 OK Soft-Failure Trap) (opens in a new tab)
DEV.to Shopify· Oct 28, 2026· 7/10
Highlights a VIES API bug causing incorrect VAT charges for EU B2B checkouts.
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Issue 254 - Inside the Shopify Checkout Hijack: How It Worked and How to Lock Down Your App (opens in a new tab)
Liquid Weekly· Oct 27, 2026· 8/10
Analysis of a checkout hijack campaign targeting apps and guidance on securing merchant settings.
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Recover More Abandoned Carts on WhatsApp With Klaviyo and Littledata (opens in a new tab)
Littledata· Oct 22, 2026· 6/10
Shows how Klaviyo and Littledata can recover abandoned carts via WhatsApp for Shopify merchants.
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Black Friday Emails: Stop Growing Your List (opens in a new tab)
Ethercycle· Oct 20, 2026· 6/10
Advice on optimizing email strategy for Black Friday, focusing on funnel rather than list growth.
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Refreshed payment method design in checkout (opens in a new tab)
Shopify Changelog· Oct 22, 2026· 6/10
Details a new tiled payment method layout in checkout, triggered when four or fewer methods are available.
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New protection against unexpected redirects (opens in a new tab)
Shopify Changelog· Oct 21, 2026· 9/10
Shopify adds a confirmation prompt for external redirects to safeguard customers.
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Moving Shopify purchase tags out of Additional Scripts into a Custom Pixel (opens in a new tab)
DEV.to Shopify· Oct 21, 2026· 9/10
Guide to migrating purchase tags from Additional Scripts to a custom pixel after Shopify's 2026 upgrade.
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