The 2026 @Shopify Build Award winners are here. Nine partners. Seven countries. The builders raising the bar for our entire ecosystem. Congratulations. You earned the jacket. As I always say community over everything.

"I don't think there's ever a right answer. It frustrates me when someone says, 'this is the right way to do things' because it's never true. It's true for that person!" This isn't the click bait headline you see about how to win at Black Friday, but it's exactly why @SammyIsseyegh was one of the first people we asked to join the Global Compass Series, along with @iamgulnazk from Easysize.

With @megastoat & @_edlaver at the @charleagency’s new era event - let’s see! 👀

The @LiquidWeekly Episode where @kmeister2000 and I were able to record live at DotDev is now out! We chat with @benjaminsehl and then get a chance to chat with this years Build Award Winners about what it takes to get a coveted Build Award and now jacket! Thanks to Ben, @SammyIsseyegh, @EmiliHorncastle, and Harel for taking the time to chat with us in the middle of it all 🙏

here's my lean @Shopify stack as a merchant running a growing food brand. excluding our internal apps, these are the tools we actually run: 1/ storefront + conversion: @foxsellapp Bundles Plus @zapiet (Eats, Pickup + Delivery) @discountkit (complex discount management) @recheck_app (post purchase order editing) @judgeme Reviews 2/ operations + fulfillment: Send To Many (corp and bulk gifting @evnbttr) Easyteam (payroll & store staff) eShipper Commerce (national shipping) @commslayercom Helpdesk & Chat (the only real one you need lol) @thegoodapi (planting cocoa trees & raisewave fundraising app @mirvise make a social profile for raisewave tf) 3/ retention + finance: @LoveLoyaltyApp Membership Program @chargeflow (hunts my money back from chargeback thieves haha) QuickBooks Online 4/ shopify native apps: Translate & Adapt Messaging (email & sms) Forms Search & Discovery Bundles Subscriptions Digital Products Order Printer Planet Flow Collabs

What’s new with collections? A lot Add products from multiple sources Create collections around specific variants Build collections with Sidekick All in a redesigned admin