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This is Colm and Simon from CommerceGurus, with a handpicked weekly roundup of eCommerce articles.
Patrick Rauland has reflected on real-world lessons from migrating two large eCommerce sites from Woo to Shopify, and it gently busts some common assumptions about the platform.
What stood out most was that Shopify didn’t magically make the sites faster - in fact, the new store was noticeably slower than the WooCommerce setup it replaced, showing that big, bespoke businesses still need performance work even on a platform that touts “speed out of the box.”
Another surprise came from how unpredictable and intertwined Shopify apps can be.
Instead of simple plug-and-play tools, many required deep theme integration, and one critical merchandising app broke right before Black Friday, costing valuable sales time.
The migration also dispelled the myth that you can’t break Shopify’s checkout - a subtle cart bug ended up affecting significant revenue before it was caught.
The main takeaway is that Shopify doesn’t remove complexity; it just shifts where the effort happens, so understanding its trade-offs and being prepared to invest in performance and integrations is key.
Check out Three Surprises From a Woo to Shopify Migration
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Rodolfo's latest Business Bloomer article explains how WooCommerce store owners can give customers the option to view prices either including or excluding tax, which is especially useful for stores selling to both consumers and businesses.
By default, WooCommerce shows prices in one format only, but this can cause confusion for B2B buyers who expect tax-exclusive pricing and B2C shoppers who expect tax-inclusive totals.
It walks through a simple, lightweight solution that adds a price display switcher to the store, allowing users to toggle between “incl. tax” and “excl. tax” views without changing the actual checkout logic.
Learn How to Add an Including/Excluding Tax Switcher
The Web Performance Snippets site is a practical collection of small, copy-and-paste JavaScript snippets designed to help developers diagnose and improve real-world performance issues, especially around Core Web Vitals.
Rather than long tutorials, each page focuses on a single, common problem and provides a targeted snippet you can run in the browser to quickly identify what’s going wrong on a page.
For example, the CLS snippet highlights which elements are shifting unexpectedly, while the LCP snippet identifies the asset (image, text, or block) that defines the page’s load performance.
Others like finding non–lazy-loaded images outside the viewport, help uncover hidden inefficiencies that slow pages down.
Overall, the site is a developer-friendly toolkit for turning vague performance scores into clear, actionable fixes, which is especially valuable for performance-sensitive eCommerce stores.
Discover the WebPerf Code Snippets Library
This Smashing Magazine article focuses on the arrival of native Masonry layouts in CSS, which means developers will soon be able to create Pinterest-style grids without relying on JS libraries.
With built-in browser support, Masonry can be handled directly by CSS, resulting in simpler implementations, faster rendering, and fewer layout issues, especially as content loads or changes.
For eCommerce sites, this is important because Masonry layouts are commonly used for product grids, galleries, and inspiration sections.
Native Masonry promises better performance, improved stability, and less maintenance compared to third-party libraries, helping pages load faster and feel smoother.
As browser support rolls out, it’s another example of how modern web standards are reducing the need for heavy front-end dependencies while improving user experience.
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