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Shopify app affiliate programs: a guide for agencies
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Shopify app affiliate programs: a guide for agencies

App affiliate programs are the most overlooked revenue line in an agency. How they work, what separates a good one from a bad one, and how to build referrals into delivery.

27 August 2026·11 min read
Shopify App Partner Program: how it works in 2026
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Shopify App Partner Program: how it works in 2026

What the Shopify Partner Program actually pays app developers, what changed with the revenue share, and the part that trips people up: app affiliate programs are something else entirely.

26 August 2026·12 min read
Giving a VA access without giving away the store
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Giving a VA access without giving away the store

The permissions conversation most stores have after something goes wrong. Worth having before.

4 August 2026·7 min read
Offboarding contractors without leaving doors open
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Offboarding contractors without leaving doors open

The engagement ends, the invoice is paid, and the access stays live for years. A checklist and the reason this specific task is always the one that slips.

12 June 2026·10 min read
Client communication after the build is handed over
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Client communication after the build is handed over

The engagement ends and the relationship goes quiet, then a problem arrives cold nine months later. What to set up at handover so that call is not the first contact.

20 May 2026·11 min read
Scoping a freelancer into one room, not your whole workspace
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Scoping a freelancer into one room, not your whole workspace

Adding a contractor to everything is the fast path and the one that creates the problem. How to set up a boundary that takes two minutes and survives the engagement.

17 May 2026·10 min read
The agency retainer conversation nobody wants to have
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The agency retainer conversation nobody wants to have

Clients hear insurance, agencies mean capacity, and the two never quite meet. A framing that makes the conversation shorter and the arrangement last longer.

13 May 2026·10 min read
Giving clients visibility without giving them admin
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Giving clients visibility without giving them admin

Scoped channels beat weekly status calls. How agencies are running client comms without a Shopify staff seat.

5 June 2026·6 min read

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