Sean, Two weeks a small time to get ranked. But if youe site is not showing up in Google search results, then it could be an issue with idexing as well. You need to check whether all the pages of your website are indexed properly in leading search engines. If you are facing issues with indexing, refer to this post- The White hat guide to website Indexing. Quick tips that you can implement right away. But, at the same time, focus on: 1) On page SEO (Technical SEO) 2) Blog (High quality content is still the king) 3) Bulding backlinks from authority sites. Hope it helps :)   ... View more

No, change in theme would not affect the SEO and Traffic diretcly. But, there is an angle to it. If with new theme, the user experience goes down and bounce rate of your website increases, then it could affect the SEO of your website. As mentioned by Tony, search engines look for content and usability, doesn't matter what theme you use. Hope it helps :) ... View more

Hi Steve, thanks for reaching out with your question. Yes, Pipemonk does have an option to sync your orders as invoices or sales receipts. If you choose to sync as sales receipts, there are no payments synced and all orders are synced into QuickBooks Online as closed (paid by default).  But we won't be able to clean up the data synced by the Shopify app - it's not in our control. We can only reset/reverse the data Pipemonk syncs. Hope this helps. If you have any further questions, please email it to support@pipemonk.com. Our support team will help you ... View more

Thanks for the answer w.r.t to wholesale providers Paul. Nabilac, like Paul mentioned, you have a valid question which is related to local legal laws and taxation. Community here - we are all here to help in whatever way we can in cases of product support or to get a broad direction. I will also highly recommend getting in touch with a legal local expert or accountant to help you set up the right way. ... View more

Kevin, I would highly recommend QuickBooks Online or Xero as your accounting software. Both have ability to work well with the Shopif inventory and have awesome features. You will need the help of Shopify addons when you feel the need to automate the inventory update between Shopify and accounting software. Top apps sorter by popularity and rating here In my research of 1000s of top stores, QuickBooks Online and Xero were by far the top choices for accounting. Hope this helps. ... View more

Hi Monica, sorry for the delay in reply. I have looked at the available documents and shopify support. I noticed that you can create a manual tax rate and set it up so that it overrides the automatice tax code for the specific shipping requirement you mentioned based on destination. Here's the link to support document which explains a manual tax override: https://docs.shopify.com/manual/taxes/tax-overrides The setting will look like this:  Hope this helps. The shopify support team will help you through live chat if this doesnt. They are super responsive :) ... View more

Thanks Anne and William, glad to be of help. :) I am happy to tell you that I have come up with this comprehensive ebook for online entrepreneurs who want to understand and own up the accounting aspect of their business. The Essential Step-by-Step Guide to E-Commerce Accounting. It talks about the why, what, how and where of accounting for an online store. In short, all a store owner needs to know about accounting.  I hope you find this resource  useful as well! :) ... View more

Hi all, This list post went viral and we got great feedback to improve the free tools listing - like Isabel's feedback to categorize the tools. We implemented the feedback and have compiled the 101 amazing free tools for your store in an ebook. All tools are categorized across: Analytics & Tracking Content & Blogging Conversion & Sales Customer Support & Feedback Design & Development Marketing & Social Media Productivity & Security Shipping You can get your free copy here ... View more

Hi Joe, Thanks for the question. Pipemonk integration allows you to keep Shopify as your 'inventory master'. You can get all invoices, AR, AP and usual accounting functions in QucikBooks Online. But I see that you have a specific dropshipping and inventory caluclation setup in Shopify. To understand it better and see how best we can help in guiding you, can you please send us a mail : (support at pipemonk dot com) with your contact number and a preferred time and date to talk? My colleague from Support team would like to try to understand your scenario better to help. ... View more

Hi Paul, Tim,  The above question is a bit from the legal side of setting up a business - so our team is not able to help straightaway as our expertise lies in accounting numbers and reporting. W.r.t registration and permits, I will personally reach out to couple CPAs requesting help. Will update as soon as I hear back.  Thanks ... View more

you got to the right question! very well put :) When you use a software like QuickBooks Online or Xero, Shopify app store provides you apps which integrate your store with the accounting software (case in point Pipemonk - the integration app with most reviews and rating in the app store). When you use an integration solution, it will automatically transfer the payment fees associated to each and every individual order in your store and link it to individual invoices that iws created in the accounting app. So as an example, when you get order #1001 with payment fees $2.5, Pipemonk will create a credit note and link it to the invoice number 1001. Also, the payment fees is synced to the appropriate 'Expense account' in the accounting software - hence the total is factoring in the fees. You are no longer doing this tedious activity of manual data entry and you let the app save you upwards of 100+ hours a month. All you need to do is set it up once and focus on selling, marketing, customer support and the things you love! Here's a dedicated post for the exact question: Do you consider Payment Transaction Fee (Credit Card Fee / Merchant Fee) when syncing data from Shopify to QuickBooks Online? how? ... View more

Hey Victoria, Great question! Handling refunds and fees is a common challenge among Shopify users. Can't wait to hear the community talk on how they are solving this. Here are my learning of best practices: 1. Handling payment fees: It needs to be recorded as an expense and linked to the respective invoice. If you minus the fees, your reconciliation will be a nightmare. Since shopify/paypal payouts come to your bank periodically (after deducting the fees) and your orders come realtime (without deducting the fees), both numbers wont match and it will lead to double counting and innacurate profit/loss reports.  Have you thought about using an accounting app like QuickBooks Online or Xero? They let you link a 'credit memo' or 'credit note' with each invoice you create - these can be associated with your expense account in the application. Once you get the shopify payouts minus the fees, you can accurately generate a profit loss report which reflects the true number. Here's a step-step guide on How to Reconcile Your Shopify Sales with Bank Deposits In short, with your orders increasing month on month, Excel sheet will be a laborious and redundant way to manage accounting. you think the same? 2. Handling refunds: Hope you dont mind me being a promonent of software again to make life easy for you :) Partial refunds are super hard to track/update in excel sheets (if you are doing so) and it is hard to manage it in shopify alone. Shopify is primarily ecommerce app and has limited features to help you in proper accounting. In an app like quickbooks/xero or such, you can link refunds to specfific customer and orders/invoices. Also, if you integrate the two (connect and sync data between Shopify and the accounting software), the integration application will create or update full or partial refunds on the fly. Handling refunds is done best in an automated manner.  Am looking forward to hear your feedback. Got any specific questions? You can write to me at tejaswi at pipemonk dot com and i will do everything in my power to help you  ​ ... View more

Hi Sarah,  You are damn right, manual bookkeeping is so time consuming! And there is a better way! Pipemonk syncs all your sales, products, inventory data to QuickBooks Online and makes bookkeeping a  breeze.  Also, we are the only solution that sync payment fees or transaction fees. :simple_smile:  We've delighted 1500+ Shopify store owners like yourself, do check us out on the app store ... View more

Good luck with your growth in 2016 Kurtis! Have an amazing new year.  ... View more

Thanks Isabel! Awesome suggestion. In a day or two, the categories should be done. Will ping a message here when it is done. Glad you found the list useful ... View more

Heya KL, thanks for the feedback. Glad you liked the list. the referral id is only for tracking purpose. we have absolutely no referral programs linked to it. It is just a signal to those 101 apps that this list got the traffic. Nothing else :) Google Analytics use only ... View more

Hi William, I am sure, you will find this as a good resource. I have discussed what should be recorded  for an online store.  http://blog.pipemonk.com/ecommerce-accounting-best-practices/ Do let me know if this helped! Tejaswi   ... View more

Awesome question! To get the best apps, there's nothing like learning from the winners right?  I shortlisted 157 of the most successful shopify stores (multi million dollar stores) and identified apps they trust. The stores I researched included Bolder Bands, DODOcase, Chubbies, Shinesty, Beardbrand. I have compiled 15 of the apps they love by category in this free ebook here: Top Apps Trusted by Successful Stores ... View more