I understand that we can use the user account section, but that has a limit. Asking if there is an App or if there is a way for many different users to be able to post blog articles to our website? So we want to have user submitted articles that we then approve and able to show on our blog, authored by others, but approved by us to be displayed on our website.
Thank you!
Hi @HEALTHSTONE ,
It’s definitely a great idea to encourage user-generated content from your customers, and encouraging them to submit blog posts could be quite effective.
As Shopify is not a Content Management System, it is not possible natively, or by app, to give visitors direct access to post blogs to your store. However, one workaround would be to create a contact page that acts as a blog submission form!
In other words, you could encourage contributors to submit their blogs through a contact page and then review/edit/approve them yourself and manually input them into your blog.
By default, only the names of the store owner and staff appear as options in the Author drop-down menu, meaning you would have to credit the author directly in the text itself within the rich text editor.
I had a look at your store and you’ve done a fantastic job! I noticed that you’ve already got an active blog, so I’m curious as to why you’re feeling the need to open it up to your customers. I can see you’ve got a healthy Instagram following, and you’ve got YouTube shorts too - have you thought about showcasing user videos at all in your marketing?
How is business doing otherwise? With BFCM just around the corner, I’d be interested to know what your preparation for seasonal sales is like!
I appreciate the response and what you suggested is probably the best solution. I appreciate you seeing our blogs, we have done well, but we need to expand on them and we have a great fan base and they are willing to help us create 2000-3000 word blog posts, which we think will help with SEO results. Thank you again, we are going to create a private page that you can use the “contact us” suggestion to build a submission page.