Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Post by ninthfrank07 » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 8:58 PM UTC

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Post by atmosx » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 9:27 PM UTC

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.

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Post by carsonm » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 9:44 PM UTC

Looks like the primary new thing here is the ability to create orders on the phone, including the option to accept a credit card swipe. (Which is awesome.) Most everything else was part of previous versions of the mobile app.

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Post by pvnick » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 9:45 PM UTC

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 nice to see the new innovations like this coming out of that company. That - along with the stellar reviews at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6894121 - is the reason I went with them over something like Bigcommerce.

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Post by Kiro » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 10:01 PM UTC

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

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Post by oneplusone » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 10:09 PM UTC

Kiro wrote: 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.

Shopify is not American.

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Post by rescripting » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 10:09 PM UTC

Kiro wrote: 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.

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Post by ollymorgs » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 10:15 PM UTC

Kiro wrote: 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.

Because the EMV regulations surrounding taking chip-and-pin payments are a real headache. Taking swipe payments is much more straight forward.

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Post by tomasien » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 10:40 PM UTC

Shopify is an awesome company and it's great to see them connecting online and offline commerce. However, I hope they'll explore alternatives to the "race to the bottom" of relying on putting fees on top of already outrageous Credit Card fees, find a way to help customers make payments on ACH, and take smaller and more reasonable fees on top of that.

Re: Introducing Shopify Mobile

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Post by crunchex » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 10:45 PM UTC

carsonm wrote: post #3

Looks like the primary new thing here is the ability to create orders on the phone, including the option to accept a credit card swipe. (Which is awesome.) Most everything else was part of previous versions of the mobile app.

Very cool, indeed. Great for sellers that would like to take orders on a tradeshow floor, etc. without having the product stock on hand.