You Don t Want to Miss These Shopify Updates
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A Summary of Shopify Editions ’25 Updates
At Three Acres, I help merchants like you build, improve, and grow your Shopify stores. Every six months, Shopify releases major updates under its Editions program — and the Summer ’25 release includes 150+ updates across the platform.
I’ve reviewed all the updates and pulled out the ones that are most relevant to merchants — to help you quickly understand what’s new, why it matters, and what might be worth exploring for your store.
What’s New and Why It Matters
New Horizons Theme
- A new free theme replacing Dawn
- Very flexible and easy to customize, with 10 design presets.
- Great for new stores or anyone refreshing their site.
AI-Powered Customization
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Generate Blocks: Instantly create custom sections with AI in the theme editor.
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Sidekick AI: Built-in assistant that can analyze your store data and generate reports, answer questions, and even create content.
Theme Editor Improvements
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You can now copy & paste blocks between pages.
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Easier section labeling, nested blocks, and right-click shortcuts.
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Makes building and maintaining pages faster and more organized. Read more here.
Checkout & Payments
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Apple Pay now appears deeper in checkout, improving conversion.
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Shop Pay Installments now available in Canada (Buy Now Pay Later).
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Discount codes can now be entered right in the cart (without apps).
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Flat rate shipping even when shipping from multiple locations.
Selling Internationally
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Payouts in multiple currencies (no more unnecessary conversions).
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Collect duties and tariffs clearly in checkout (improves trust).
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Regional sub-markets: you can now customize experiences for regions (ex: France inside Europe).
In-Store Selling (POS)
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Redesigned Shopify POS is faster and easier to use.
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Mixed checkout: customers can take some items home and ship others in one checkout.
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Refund to store credit now supported in POS.
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Better store branding on customer displays.
Store Operations
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You can now refund to store credit easily in the admin.
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Pick lists (for preparing orders) can now be printed from Shopify.
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Edit subscription orders before shipping.
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Import data (products, customers) from other platforms more easily.
B2B Selling (if applicable)
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You can now create Markets for B2B buyers.
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VAT number validation built-in.
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Min/max order limits supported.
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Gift cards can now be sold in B2B catalogs.
The Shop App
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Continues to grow as a loyalty & re-order channel.
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Now supports store credit & loyalty points.
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More personalized shopping experience for your customers.
Shopify Flow Improvements
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Flow can now send HTTP requests and return data (more automation options).
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Improved tools for building and troubleshooting automations.
Why This Matters
Shopify continues to push the platform to help merchants:
✅ Convert better with faster checkouts and better payment options
✅ Simplify global selling
✅ Automate more of their business
✅ Improve design flexibility without needing as much code
✅ Streamline store management and B2B selling
Interested in Exploring These for Your Store?
If any of these updates caught your eye — or if you want to know which ones would make sense for your store specifically — reach out anytime. I’d be happy to:
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Give you a quick rundown of which updates are most useful for your store.
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Help implement new features (like the Horizons theme, checkout updates, or Flow automations).
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Talk through conversion or operations improvements you can take advantage of.
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