Over the last few months, I’ve had multiple customers contact me after having their websites re-done on Shopify. The issues have ranged from any of the following:
- Old links from their previous website, are no longer working.
- Emails stopped working.
- Still using the default ‘MyShopify’ URL vs. store’s real domain name.
- Running two completely separate websites — e.g. one WordPress website and one Shopify website.
- Product Collections aren’t working.
Almost anyone can ‘design’ a Shopify website from a template, but not everyone understands things like 301 redirects (which are even built-in to Shopify) or more-importantly, DNS records (specifically, MX records which control your email).
So please use an experienced web developer for this and make sure they understand the various pieces of a website, above and beyond putting together a Shopify template.
Here’s a quick checklist:
- Document all of your current/old website links.
- Document all of your DNS records. (You can do an MX lookup @ MX Toolbox)
- Make sure your proper business domain name is what Shopify is using.
- Verify your Product Collections are what you expect vs. your Categories in your consignment software.
Dean
I am a Software Developer, System Administrator, and consignment software specialist. I currently manage hundreds of consignment workstations, point of sale systems, and database servers all across North America and I am the developer of Peeps' Software, Peeps2Go, and Peeps' Consignor Login for iOS and Android. I've been helping consignment & resale store-owners since 2003. I started The Computer Peeps in February of 2010. Peeps' Software launched in 2016 and is now on hundreds of systems all across North America. I have successfully converted dozens of stores from all of the major consignment software systems. After 20 years of working with consignment stores, I understand the unique challenges consignment & resale store-owners face. From electrical issues in old buildings or strip malls, to advocating for them when their old consignment software keeps crashing.