Your Shopify URL is more than just an web address — it’s part of your brand and a big part of your SEO. Whether you’re rebranding your store, improving SEO or making your URL match your products, changing your Shopify URL can be a big win.

But this needs to be done carefully. A mistake can break links, lose traffic and harm your search rankings. In this guide I’ll take you through the process of changing your Shopify URL safely.

As a seasoned web developer and Shopify expert with over 10 years of experience, I have helped countless businesses rebrand and optimize their online stores for better SEO and user experience.

With my deep understanding of Shopify’s platform and SEO best practices (I have a Shopify SEO app available on the app store), you can trust that the advice provided here is grounded in real-world knowledge and proven strategies, ensuring your URL change is seamless and successful.

Shopify vs BlueHost: Which is best for ecommerce store owners?

If you want the quick answer, based on my experience, Shopify is the much better option. It’s a more robust solution, specifically designed for omnichannel selling.

It excels in delivering comprehensive website building tools, features to boost ecommerce rates, and exceptional security.

However, BlueHost is still a decent competitor, offering not just a versatile web hosting service, but also straightforward design tools, ecommerce capabilities (via WooCommerce), advanced security, and no transaction fees on any plan.

Choosing the right website builder can make or break your online presence if you have an ecommerce store. I’ve compared Shopify, Squarespace and Wix – three of the most popular options – to help you decide which is best for you.

If you want lots of customization and thousands of third party integrations, Shopify is the clear winner with over 8000 apps to choose from.

If you’re just starting out and want an all in one solution, Squarespace has a user friendly interface and award winning templates. But it has fewer payment gateways than Shopify and Wix.

Wix on the other hand excels at versatility and ease of use with 61 payment gateways and an app market that balances functionality and simplicity.

I’ve reviewed more than 6,000 ecommerce websites for ecomm.design, and worked with brands on everything from platform strategy to store design. So when people ask me how much a Squarespace website really costs, I’ve got the receipts.

Short answer? It depends.

Longer answer? It depends a lot more than most blog posts or pricing pages tell you.

Squarespace makes it easy to think it’s $12/month and you’re off to the races. But if you’re building an ecommerce business — not just a portfolio — there’s more to factor in.

Let’s break it down.

What is Stan Store? At a glance, it might seem like just another link-in-bio tool; that’s what I thought before I started experimenting with the platform myself. However, Stan Store is a little more comprehensive than most of the monetization tools I’ve seen for content creators.

Primarily, it allows you to create a store page where you can sell digital products to your social media profiles. However, you can also use Stan Store to create and sell unlimited courses, promote subscriptions, design email campaigns, and more.

I’ve experimented with a lot of Shopify apps over the years, from tools designed to enhance marketing campaigns, to solutions for content generation.

In this Kopy Shopify app review, I’m going to show you why Kopy is one of my favorite products for resellers and dropshippers.

Kopy is an AI-powered app that saves you time creating product pages for your store. Rather than having to manually input data, you can simply “copy” product information from any location, edit it to match your brand strategy, and even translate content for different customer groups.