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Sarah Mitchell

Senior SEO strategist with 8+ years in e-commerce search optimization. Sarah helps Shopify merchants turn organic traffic into revenue through data-driven content strategies.

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Shopify Glossary Contributions

Abandoned Cart

a

An abandoned cart occurs when a shopper adds items to their online shopping cart and initiates checkout, but leaves the store before completing the purchase.

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B2B (Shopify)

b

Shopify B2B is a suite of wholesale commerce features built directly into Shopify Admin (available on Shopify Plus) that allows merchants to sell to business customers.

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Backlink

b

A Backlink is an incoming hyperlink from one website to another, serving as a "vote of confidence" that significantly influences search engine rankings and domain authority.

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Checkout

c

Shopify Checkout is the secure checkout flow and page where customers enter their shipping details, billing address, and payment credentials to complete a transaction.

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Content Marketing

c

Content Marketing is a strategy of creating valuable, relevant content (blogs, guides, videos) to attract, engage, and convert potential customers through organic search and social channels.

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Core Web Vitals

c

Core Web Vitals are a set of three Google metrics (LCP, INP, CLS) that measure real-world user experience in terms of loading speed, interactivity, and visual stability.

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Draft Order

d

A Draft Order is a manually created order in the Shopify Admin that allows merchants to sell products, issue invoices, and collect payments directly from clients.

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E-commerce SEO

e

E-commerce SEO is the practice of optimizing an online store's structure, category descriptions, and product pages to rank higher in organic search engine results.

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Free Shipping

f

Free Shipping is a promotional strategy where a merchant covers the delivery costs for order fulfillment to incentivize higher sales volume and average order values.

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Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

g

Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is Google's current analytics platform that uses an event-based data model to track user behavior across websites and apps, replacing the older Universal Analytics.

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