Features of Shopify
Shopify is a full-stack e-commerce package. Everything you need is already included. It provides you with a full inventory management system as well as content management which you can use to keep your customers in the loop.
Design
- A professional-looking site up and running in minutes
- Standards-compliant, fully customizable themes provided free to use with your account
- Complete control over HTML and CSS
- Flexible layout of dynamic content via the Liquid templating language
- Media assets linked to individual products or your shop as a whole
- A network of fellow Shopify designers eager to discuss new tips and strategies on our forums
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Product management
- Easy to add, list, edit, and organize products using our streamlined interface
- Inventory tracking for whichever products you want
- Drag-and-drop ordering of product images
- Multiple variants for each product allow options with unique inventory tracking, prices, weights
- Keyword tags to aid in searching and browsing within your shop
- Don’t want to do shipping? Let someone else do it for you through one of our supported fulfillment services such as Fulfillment by Amazon.
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Administration interface
- Uncluttered interface letting you manage your shop without getting in your way
- Streamlined dashboard showing you vital shop information each time you log in
- Interactive real-time statistics panel
- Inventory warnings placed in the sidebar to let you know when products are out of stock
- Blogs, pages, and site navigation all managed through intuitive administration screens
- A full featured Asset system which lets you use and re-use your stock photography, logos or product pdf’s wherever you need them.
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Marketing
- SEO Build in! Shopify has been designed by SEO experts and every default theme is carefully crafted with SEO in mind
- Free listings for all your products in the Shopify Marketplace
- Discount codes with fine-grained options
- XML Sitemap automatically generated for search engine indexing
- Comparison prices to indicate sales or to set you apart from the competition
- A whole section of the admin interface devoted to tips and links to services that will help you generate buzz
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Orders
- New order notifications via email, RSS, and on your mobile phone with SMS messaging
- Email customers from within Shopify
- Track payment and shipping status on orders with detailed reports
- Customizable views of your orders filtered by their current status
- Orders can be exported in CSV format to use in your spreadsheets
- Realtime notifications for of orders using WebHooks
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Under the hood
- Certified PCI compliant by ScanAlert to ensure the safety of your data
- Built on a foundation of open source technology that is constantly being tuned and improved
- Developed with the powerfully agile and expressive Ruby on Rails web framework
- Hosted on our secure and expertly maintained Debian Linux servers, guarded by ultra secure OpenBSD firewalls
- Backed by the reliability and speed of MySQL databases
- Operating from a World class data center
- Content Delivery Network for everyone. Shopify stores are fast around the globe thanks to our CDN.
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