Rewind and After Dark Grafx Partner Up! June 24, 2021at 18:04 pm By: James Byrne After Dark Grafx Shopify Backup App Rewind & After Dark Grafx FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: We are thrilled to announce that we have partnered with Rewind.com to offer backup solutions by simply installing the Rewind app within your Shopify Store. We believe that this app will help provide our clients with peace of mind by safeguarding their data so they can focus on business growth. Learn more by visiting Rewind then select PRODUCTS in the top navigation and select Shopify. Shopify, out of the box, does not offer a backup solution. You have to either manually export files or install a back up app. The manual export does not allow you to export all of your data. Only the Products, Customers, Gift Certificates and so forth. You cannot export Collections, Template Settings or other valuable data. This is where Rewind comes in. Upon adding Rewind to your Shopify Store, Rewind will detect which plan(s) that are available to you. The free plan does not allow you to trigger backups manually, whereas the paid versions do. If you could afford a few extra bucks per month to have sound piece of mind that your store is backed up automatically then we highly recommend Rewind.com If you are interested in some other ways on how to backup your Shopify Store, then you can read our previous post on: 3 SIMPLE WAYS TO BACK UP YOUR SHOPIFY STORE Backing up your Shopify store is a critical component of keeping your important private data safe. You can think of backing up your Shopify store as a sort of eCommerce insurance policy. After all, there’s no worse feeling than accidentally deleting something and realizing that it’s gone forever. Conclusion At After Dark Grafx, we specialize in providing in-depth app recommendations to help merchants get the most from their online stores. We are a Shopify Expert, Shopify Developer and Shopify Partner. If you have any questions or need help integrating Rewind, please feel to contact us, a qualified Shopify expert for a free installation into your store. You don’t need to be an After Dark Grafx client, but that doesn’t hurt either 😊. *Note: The link for Rewind for Shopify above is an affiliate link and we receive a small commission when you sign up for rewind.
How to Add Google Merchant Center to Shopify – James Byrne – After Dark Grafx January 11, 2021at 19:09 pm By: James Byrne After Dark Grafx Jan 11, 2021 by James Byrne, After Dark Grafx In this video tutorial, I show you how to easily Add Google Merchant Center (merchants.google.com) to your Shopify Store using the default Debut Theme. Shopify is a great e-commerce platform with a robust set of features to have you selling your products/services in no time. You can sign up for a 14-day free trial of Shopify Here: https://shopify.pxf.io/dojygQ Pros of using Shopify: – Quickly Start and Launch a Store – Thousands of FREE Apps to help you sell and run your store – Inexpensive if using free apps but can get expensive if you use a lot of paid apps. – Low Learning Curve – No Need for a Merchant Account – No Need for a Shipping Carrier Account – Easy to Add Apps, Change Themes and Update – Easily Add other Sales Channels (ie: Facebook, Instagram, etc.) – Easily Add a Buy Now Button onto an EXTERNAL website. (You can add a product button called BUY NOW to a website that is not hosted with Shopify but would process the checkout through Shopify Cons of using Shopify: – There is a 3 option limit for products. Example: If you sell t-shirts and have Size, Color, Material (you can add all kinds of variants to these options like small, medium, large, etc.) but Shopify has a 100 variant limit for these so you would need an app to extend the OPTIONS to get you past the 3 options threshold and the 100 variant threshold. – You use Shopify Payments, otherwise, if you use your own merchant account, then they add additional fee to your monthly plan plus you will pay a percentage to Shopify in addition to your existing Merchant Account and Gateway Fees. – If you add another Shipping Carrier (Shopify’s built-in carrier is USPS) if you add: FEDEX, UPS or other carrier there is an additional monthly fee approx $20 per month as of today’s date but this is cheaper than upgrading to the next plan on Shopify. – No direct access to the Shopify database without an app via Api – No direct backup mechanism without an app. You can export the products, customers and orders within Shopify but that is it. You would need an app to extend this functionality. If you need a Shopify Expert or just want ask some questions, please feel free to contact us here at any of the links below. You can sign up for a 14-day free trial of Shopify Here and Try it out as well as make sales before you even have to pay them their monthly fee: https://shopify.pxf.io/dojygQ Learn How to Connect Google Merchant Shopping to Shopify. Step by step. Some sites referenced in this video: Google Ads – https://ads.google.com/home/ Google Merchant Center – https://merchants.google.com/ Things you will need to set this up: 1) Active Shopify Store not password protected 2) Returns, Shipping, Privacy Policy and Contact Information clearly stated on Shopify Store 3) Merchants.Google.com Account 4) Ads.Google.com Account with active billing on file and active account How to create a Google Adwords Account – https://ads.google.com How to create GOOGLE MERCHANTS ACCOUNT – https://www.google.com/intl/en_us/retail/get-started/?product=merchant-center How to Create Shopify Store Video 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQdN-w_9wZU&feature=emb_logo How to Create Shopify Store Video 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7dFG4jZZiM&t=4s Shopify Product Requirements: For the purposes of this how to video, you will need to make sure that the products in your Shopify store have all of the following items in order to be synced correctly. Name Price Weight SKU UPC or GTIN Brand Name Images (good size requirements are 1000px by 1000px 72 dpi) Assigned to a Collection NOTE: Merchants.google.com grabs SEO data from your products. You can sign up for a 14-day free trial of Shopify Here: https://www.shopify.com/free-trial?ref=after-dark-grafx Use Quicktime Player To Record My Screencast Videos and edit them with: HitFilm FX https://fxhome.com/hitfilm-express (its free) You can sign up for a 14-day free trial of Shopify Here and Try it out as well as make sales before you even have to pay them their monthly fee: https://www.shopify.com/free-trial?ref=after-dark-grafx Disclaimers: Some links in description above are affiliate links that help me support the channel at no extra cost or are direct links to my existing accounts. After Dark Grafx James Byrne Sites referenced in this video above text are strictly for entertainment purposes and for the use of this how to video, any references to Google or Google Services, Shopify or other companies are trademarked and owned by their respective companies.
Germ-Bot.com – Shopify Development August 01, 2020at 01:06 am By: James Byrne After Dark Grafx FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: After Dark Grafx announces the launch of Germ-Bot.com – Thank you for choosing After Dark Grafx to design and develop your new Shopify website. GermBot (germ-bot.com) is owned and operated by California Precision Products, Inc. and Election Works, Inc. They contacted After Dark Grafx after an extensive search for a company who understood their product and vision and could just take it over to provide a professional result. They enlisted After Dark Grafx to design and develop a brand new Shopify E-Commerce Website for their new business. GermBot was created out of the recent need for an all-inclusive hygiene station in the Polling Places during the Voting Process.. GermBot offers a portable sanitizing solution for offices large and small, excellent for events and gatherings and can be easily moved from room to room. It is 60lbs and only takes up 16″ by 64.5″ of available space so it can be placed in a corner or in tight spaces. Founded in 2020 by Sandy Hed of Election Works, Inc, and Joe Bean of California Precision Products, Inc., GermBot is ADA Compliant, includes a battery operated hands free gel dispenser, areas for customer supplied standard disinfectant wipes, multifold paper towel dispenser, 5.5″ X 8.5″ placard / tablet device mount, storage compartment and a 7 gallon trash can. GermBot offers discounts to wholesale suppliers for large orders. If you are interested in becoming a GermBot wholesaler, please contact them. “We are so busy, we just needed someone to take on the project with little to no guidance. James and his team delivered! They created our logo, then stickers for the sides of the GermBot as well as packaging. We then had them create the Shopify E-Commerce Website. They sent us tutorials and were able to explain what we needed in the simplest terms. We appreciated that. We are now having James and his team perform Search Engine Optimization Services. They made it easy for us. Thank you, 10 Stars!!!” – Owners, Germ-Bot.com Visit them today at: https:www.germ-bot.com and tell them James from After Dark Grafx sent you! Need a New Shopify Website? E Commerce Store? App Developed? SEO Services? Contact us today! FREE QUOTE!
ParkWestLiquors.com – Shopify Development June 19, 2020at 00:40 am By: James Byrne After Dark Grafx FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: After Dark Grafx announces the launch of ParkWestLiquors.com – Thank you for choosing After Dark Grafx to develop your new Shopify website. Park West Liquors contacted After Dark Grafx to design and develop a brand new Shopify E-Commerce Website for their business. Park West Liquors also needed a new logo. They again turned to After Dark Grafx to design a logo that matched their business brand. Needless to say, After Dark Grafx hit the nail on the head once again. “We were happy to provide our over 28 years of website, graphic design and eCommerce development experience to help ParkWestLiquors.com realize its’ full potential. We upgraded their payment gateways, utilized updated apps, added security enhancements, increased their page speed and mobile optimization and how they are represented on all of the latest media devices. The new design and integrations will help to increase traffic and build their network of loyal customers.” – James Byrne – Owner, USMC VET – After Dark Grafx Visit them today at: https://www.parkwestliquors.com and tell them James from After Dark Grafx sent you! Need a New Shopify Website? E Commerce Store? App Developed? SEO Services? Contact us today! FREE QUOTE!
Shopify Login August 15, 2019at 22:28 pm By: James Byrne After Dark Grafx How Do I Login To My Shopify Account Admin? You have 200 tabs open in your browser and you type in what you think is your Shopify Login page only to find out that it sends you to Shopify’s main login page. https://accounts.shopify.com/store-login This is fine. Just login with your Shopify Login Credentials. Otherwise, if your domain is already pointing to Shopify just add  /admin to the end of your website url. Example: Your website is https://www.my-cool-website.com  just make it this https://www.my-cool-website.com/admin (please note: this is a fake domain) Don’t have a Shopify Account? No problem. Sign up here for a free 14 day trial here! You can build your store and make sales before the trial ends! Need help creating a Shopify Store? We are Shopify Experts in San Diego but we develop for Shopify all over the world! Contact Us Today, FREE No Obligation Consultation. Since 1992, After Dark Grafx has been creating online brands for businesses large and small. Contact us today to discuss your project and budget. We specialize in Shopify, Magento, Miva and WordPress WooCommerce websites. We build them Fast, Search Engine Optimization Friendly and Mobile Device Specific.