Practical guides for running a tighter Shopify store
Short, practical answers to the things merchants keep doing by hand — the native Shopify way first, and the Tendor app that removes the busywork when the native way runs out.
Recovering lost sales
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How to set up pre-orders on Shopify (sell past sold-out)
Shopify can keep selling after stock hits zero, but it never tells the shopper it's a pre-order. Here's how to run real pre-orders — and revert cleanly.
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How to add a wishlist to your Shopify store
Shopify has no native wishlist. Here's how to add save-for-later, why it recovers sales, and how reminders turn a saved item back into a purchase.
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How to set up back-in-stock notifications on Shopify
Shopify has no native back-in-stock alert on any plan. See how to capture interested shoppers on a sold-out product and email them automatically when it returns.
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Back-in-stock vs pre-order: which recovers more lost sales?
When a product sells out you can notify shoppers when it returns, or let them buy it now and ship later. Here's when each wins — and when to use both.
Restockwell
Store health
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How to add alt text to Shopify product images (and fix what's missing)
Alt text helps Google read your product images and keeps your store accessible. Here's where to add it in Shopify — and how to find the images missing it.
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How to find and fix broken links in your Shopify store
Broken links and 404s quietly cost you SEO and sales. Here's how to find every one across your store — and fix them properly with 301 redirects.
Healthly
Checkout & delivery
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How to let customers choose a delivery or pickup date on Shopify
Shopify has no native delivery or pickup date picker. Here's how to add one that only offers dates you can fulfil — lead time, cutoffs, closed days.
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How to block out delivery dates on Shopify (holidays & closed days)
Stop customers picking a delivery date you can't honour. Here's how to block holidays, closed days and too-soon dates at checkout — and enforce a lead time.
Slotly
Merchandising
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How to add recently viewed products to Shopify
A recently viewed products row helps shoppers return to items they compared. See what Shopify themes do natively and add a fast, private one on any theme.
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How to schedule a sale on Shopify (and revert the price cleanly)
Shopify can schedule a discount but not a displayed sale price that reverts itself. See how to run a timed sale and automate the start, end and exact revert.
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How to automatically hide sold-out products in Shopify
Sold-out products clutter collections and dead-end buyers. See how to hide them automatically and bring them back the moment they restock.
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Dynamic QR codes for Shopify: edit after printing and track scans
Static QR codes lock when you print them. See how dynamic codes let you re-point the link and count every scan long after printing.
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Inventory planning
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How to find and fix dead stock in your Shopify store
How to spot the products quietly tying up your cash, clear them without wrecking margin, and stop the next batch of dead stock before it piles up.
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How to calculate a reorder point (formula + examples)
The reorder point formula with a worked Shopify example, plus safety-stock methods so you reorder before you sell out — without over-ordering.
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