The ShopsWired Blog
Product news, engineering deep-dives, and guides for building bespoke storefronts on a fully managed, fully customizable commerce platform.
Build Your First ShopsWired Plugin: A Step-by-Step Guide
Scaffold a plugin, write a real order.after_save hook, add a cron script, watch it run with live preview, then publish it. Every snippet here matches the actual ShopsWired API.
EcommerceDesign Custom Store Pages With a Drag-and-Drop Builder
How an ecommerce page builder actually works: rows, columns, and blocks, live product grids that respect customer pricing, announcement bars, and CMS pages at /page/slug - all without touching theme code.
EcommerceThe Hidden Cost of Shopify Apps (and How to Avoid It)
Shopify's base plan is the smallest line on most merchants' bills. Here is what the app stack actually costs, why it grows, and which of those capabilities are native on ShopsWired.
EcommerceHow to Run Multiple Online Stores From One Account
One ShopsWired account can own or belong to any number of stores, each with fully isolated data and its own plan. Here is how the switcher, billing accounts and per-shop pricing actually work.
EcommerceB2B and Wholesale Pricing, Built Into Your Store
How to run wholesale and trade pricing on the same store as retail: named levels like Wholesale and Dealer, rule waterfalls by tag or attribute, per-customer assignment, and quantity breaks - all native, no second platform.
EcommerceHow to Sell Subscriptions on Your Online Store (Built In)
A practical guide to launching recurring revenue on your store: plan cadences, trials, billing anchors, failed-payment handling, and self-service - all native, with no subscription app tax.
EcommerceHow to Dropship Without Apps: The ShopsWired Reseller Network
Wired links two ShopsWired stores directly: one supplies the catalog, the other resells it with its own markup. Fulfillments and payouts are built in, so there is no dropshipping app in the middle.
DevelopersA Simpler Alternative to Shopify App Development
Shopify apps are hosted web apps with an OAuth install flow and a review queue. A ShopsWired plugin is a directory of JavaScript that runs on the platform itself. Here is the honest comparison.
EcommerceEcommerce Platforms With No Transaction Fees: The Real Math
Platform surcharges and processor fees are two different line items, and only one of them is negotiable. Here is how to tell them apart and what a 1-2% surcharge actually costs at real revenue.