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Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Yeah awesome, but if they don't introduce Shopify multilingual - with no additional cost or a very small additional cost - can be used only by English websites effectively.

What do you mean? Looking at their feature page they have multiple language support. Or do you mean different languages for the mobile/POS apps?

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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post #11
post #2

Yeah awesome, but if they don't introduce Shopify multilingual - with no additional cost or a very small additional cost - can be used only by English websites effectively.

What do you mean? Looking at their feature page they have multiple language support. Or do you mean different languages for the mobile/POS apps?

He mean a single shop supporting multiple languages. We unfortunately do not support that (yet).

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean? Looking at their feature page they have multiple language support. Or do you mean different languages for the mobile/POS apps?

He mean a single shop supporting multiple languages. We unfortunately do not support that (yet).

Ah, ok. What I'd really love would be a no-fixed-cost high-transaction-fee plan. It would be fine to pay 5% or more in fees to test out a store idea before committing to a more expensive plan.

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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I just bought a Shopify subscription for my stepfather for Christmas. He's been wanting to start an online store to sell the fly-fishing flies he makes and asked me how he could go about building that website. Thankfully the Shopify starter pack does everything he wants and he's happy as can be. He was actually asking about integration with his ipad and I didn't quite know what to tell him (until now). It's really ni…

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Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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post #13
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean? Looking at their feature page they have multiple language support. Or do you mean different languages for the mobile/POS apps?

He mean a single shop supporting multiple languages. We unfortunately do not support that (yet).

This is my #1 feature request for Shopify. I'm still a VERY VERY VERY happy customer, but fully realized multi-language support would be a life changing feature.

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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post #14
post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He mean a single shop supporting multiple languages. We unfortunately do not support that (yet).

Ah, ok. What I'd really love would be a no-fixed-cost high-transaction-fee plan. It would be fine to pay 5% or more in fees to test out a store idea before committing to a more expensive plan.

The closest we have to that is our Starter plan. If you factor in the two-week trial, you get 6 weeks to find market validation for your idea at a cost of only $14. It's a pretty reasonable expense.

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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post #5

Swipe? Why are these companies (Square included) so backwards in this area? Take a look at iZettle to see how it should be done.

Nitpick here, but Shopify is a Canadian company. I do agree they should support chip payments as most payment processors in Canada use them.

It's something we intend to do, but no firm ETA as of yet.

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, ok. What I'd really love would be a no-fixed-cost high-transaction-fee plan. It would be fine to pay 5% or more in fees to test out a store idea before committing to a more expensive plan.

The closest we have to that is our Starter plan. If you factor in the two-week trial, you get 6 weeks to find market validation for your idea at a cost of only $14. It's a pretty reasonable expense.

That's more than generous for someone who's launching a store as a full-time job. My use case is more "we produce some hobby stuff and would like to start selling a few products online as a side-side-project and see if it can grow". My market validation will take months or years, not weeks. This isn't a startup... :) I can see where that market isn't really attractive though.

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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post #5

Swipe? Why are these companies (Square included) so backwards in this area? Take a look at iZettle to see how it should be done.

iZettle? Really? Square is much better than that as it is more versatile. You can accept card payment with square at road side, with in cab by just plugging in the reader into your mobile device. And, iZettle expects you to be fully settled inside your shop :-)
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