2014 Review: Necker Island, Nerve-Wracking Videos and Unique Shopify Tools

2014 — it’s been and gone!  It was a big year for Shopify Ninjas.  Here’s what went down, and how it can help you explode your Shopify sales in 2015.

Tutorials:

We continued our in-depth tutorials, with highlights being a detailed guide on Shopify’s New Responsive Checkout, including some details that even Shopify didn’t release; and a comprehensive list of learnings from over 150 Shopify Store projects in a free, downloadable report that you can learn from.

Business Results:

We helped several businesses increase their revenue by 35% to 1000% (that is not a typo!) within 6 months of moving their stores to Shopify.  Some of our favorite success stories include Minaal, Cultiver, Status Anxiety and Auswrap.  There are too many favorites lists!

Nerve-wrecking Videos:

I (Tristan) also braced my nerves, recording my first ever “about” video in Bangkok.  You can see how I did on our About page.

Unique Tools For Shopify: Lastly, we made some unique tools that have been helping serious Shopify store owners explode their sales, including:

• The world’s first-ever IP Redirect For Shopify – for when you have a shop in two countries and want to make sure your customers get to the right one;
• A plugin to show flags with your Shopify currency converter to show local customers you care about them;
• The ShortCodes App, which helps you create super-advanced features on your store like accordions, tabs and hover tooltips.. without having to code;
• The easiest Image Gallery For Shopify in existence, allowing you to create a custom gallery that looks brilliant in all browsers.

Shopfy itself also saw some huge growth, booming to over 200,000 stores, introducing a bunch of new features, and launching a competition that you can enter to meet Richard Branson on Necker Island.  Why not?

Thank you for following our Shopify Insider Blog @ BlackbeltCommerce. Keep an eye out for Part Three, coming up shortly! We have some recommended blogs for you to check out; Stockists On Shopify, the most exciting e-commerce marketing trends, going global with shopify internationalization, and Media Gallery For Shopify. Also, make sure to check our Portfolio and Services

How about you — how was your 2014 as a Shopify store owner?  I’d love to hear in the comments.  Happy 2015!