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FYIShopify · Checkout
Sidekick can now help configure checkout and customer accounts
What to do: Handy for quick checkout setting questions. Verify changes in a draft first.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
Oct 13
Every official Shopify change that affects advertisers (Shopify checkout, Shopify Markets, apps, pixels, agentic storefronts and the Shopify APIs), newest first. Each one links to its source. Last logged Oct 13, 2026.
What to do: Handy for quick checkout setting questions. Verify changes in a draft first.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
What to do: Clean up stale compare-at prices first, since AI agents will now surface them as discounts.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
What to do: Only matters if you or an app use Global Catalog. Confirm migration before Nov 2.
Source: Shopify developer changelog ↗
What to do: No action needed. Watch Shop Pay share and returning-visitor conversion.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
What to do: Use it to test BFCM offer levels on a slice of traffic before going sitewide.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
What to do: Try it on a duplicate theme for landing page work.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
What to do: Update shop.app links in ads and bios when convenient.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
What to do: Make sure checkout UI extensions don't block agent flows you want to support.
Source: Shopify developer changelog ↗
What to do: Annotate Sept 21 in your reporting, and don't read a CVR jump or drop that week as a site change.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
What to do: If you're adding WhatsApp as a channel, turn on the checkbox and route consent to your messaging platform.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
What to do: Review your Agentic Storefronts settings to decide whether Meta should have catalog access and direct checkout.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
What to do: Ask every app that adds code to your storefront whether it uses script tags, and get migration dates. Test tracking pixels on a duplicate theme well before March.
Source: Shopify developer changelog ↗
What to do: No action needed. Watch whether payment-method mix shifts in reports.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
What to do: Review the suggestions, and weigh extra required fields against checkout conversion.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
What to do: Check international landed prices and conversion since Aug 24. Duties now show at checkout, which can change cart abandonment.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
What to do: If you run Shop Campaigns, ask your attribution provider when it will show them.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
What to do: Interesting for small brands. If you already run Microsoft Ads, keep it out of Autopilot so budgets don't conflict.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
What to do: Compare per-message cost with your current SMS or WhatsApp vendor before switching.
Source: Shopify Changelog ↗
Backfilled to Jul 29, 2026. Spot a Shopify change we missed? It goes into the next review run.