A Shopify Plus Glossary by Flux

A 301 redirect map is the spreadsheet that decides whether your migration keeps your Google rankings or loses them. Here's what's in it.

301 redirects permanently forward one URL to another, preserving search rankings. Critical during Shopify Plus platform migrations.

Algolia is a hybrid search and discovery platform for ecommerce. Sub-10ms results, Metaobject indexing, Commerce Pipeline and MCP Server for Shopify Plus.

Cart abandonment is when customers add items but don't buy. Averaging 70% in ecommerce. Shopify Plus tools and strategies to reduce it.

Catalog mapping is how product data gets translated from one ecommerce platform's data model into another's. Here's what it involves.

Checkout Extensibility customises the Shopify Plus checkout via UI Extensions, Functions and the Branding API. Migration deadlines and what's new in 2026.

Checkout UI Extensions are sandboxed React components for customising Shopify Plus checkout. Custom fields, upsells and branding.

Composable commerce assembles best-of-breed components via APIs instead of using a monolithic platform. Learn how it works with Shopify Plus.

Customer accounts move across during migration but passwords don't. Here's what actually transfers and what customers have to do on first login.

EAV is the data model Magento uses to store products. It's powerful, slow and the reason Magento migrations need custom scripting.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the structured exchange of business documents between trading partners. Foundational to wholesale commerce.

Expansion stores are additional Shopify Plus storefronts included with a Plus contract, used for international markets, brands or B2B channels.

GraphQL is a query language for precise API data fetching on Shopify. Used across Admin and Storefront APIs for efficient ecommerce development.

GROQ is Sanity CMS's query language for fetching structured content. Precise data fetching with no over-fetching for faster headless storefronts.

A headless CMS separates content from presentation, delivering via APIs. Essential for headless Shopify builds alongside the Storefront API.

Headless commerce separates your storefront from your commerce backend. Learn what it means for Shopify Plus and when it makes sense for your brand.

A headless Shopify migration replaces your theme frontend with a custom storefront on Shopify's backend. Timeline, scope and decision framework for Shopify Plus.

Liquid is Shopify's open-source template language for rendering dynamic content in themes. Objects, tags and filters for store data.

Metafields are custom data fields in Shopify for storing additional product, customer and order information beyond the default data model.

The cutover is the moment you flip DNS and your new store goes live. Here's what happens during it and what can go wrong.

A migration sandbox is the staging environment where the new store is built, tested and rehearsed before cutover. Here's what gets tested in it.

Net terms are B2B payment arrangements where buyers pay a fixed number of days after invoice (Net-15, Net-30, Net-60, Net-90), not at checkout.

Online Store 2.0 is Shopify's current theme architecture. Sections everywhere, app blocks and JSON templates for flexible storefronts.

Punchout is a B2B procurement integration pattern that lets buyers shop in a supplier's storefront from within their own procurement system.

Re-platforming is moving your store from one ecommerce platform to another. Here's what it actually involves and when it's worth doing.

Is Sanity free, how GROQ queries work, and where it beats Contentful on a headless Shopify build. Flux's default CMS for Shopify Plus.

Server-side rendering generates web pages on the server for faster load times. Essential for headless Shopify performance and conversion rates.

Admin API rate limits by plan, 1,000 points a second on Plus, the 1,000-point query cap, why REST is legacy, and when to use the Storefront API.

The Shopify App Store has 10,000+ apps for extending Shopify functionality. Reviews, email, loyalty, subscriptions and search integrations.

Shopify B2B is native wholesale selling on Shopify Plus. Company profiles, custom pricing, payment terms and DTC + wholesale from one admin.

Every Shopify Editions release date, including Fall '26 Exponential (October 28, 2026), what each Edition changed and when the next one is expected.

Shopify Flow is a visual automation platform for Shopify Plus. Trigger-condition-action workflows for inventory, orders and customer management.

Shopify Functions run custom backend logic within Shopify's infrastructure. Discounts, payments, shipping and checkout validation for Shopify Plus.

Shopify Hydrogen is a React framework for building headless Shopify storefronts. Built-in commerce hooks, SSR and Oxygen edge hosting.

Shopify Launchpad is a Plus-exclusive tool for scheduling product launches, flash sales and campaigns with automatic start and revert.

Shopify Markets enables international selling from a single store. Localised pricing, currencies, languages and duties for Shopify Plus.

Shopify Multipass is a Plus-exclusive SSO feature for customer authentication between external platforms and your Shopify store.

Shopify's edge hosting for Hydrogen storefronts. Included with Shopify Plus, deploys on a git push, and will not host Next.js. What it covers and what it does not.

Shopify Plus is Shopify's enterprise commerce platform for high-growth brands. Checkout extensibility, automation and dedicated support.

Shopify Plus vs standard Shopify. The key differences in checkout, automation, API limits and support that matter for growing ecommerce brands.

Remix is the React framework powering Shopify Hydrogen. Nested routes, server rendering and data loading for headless Shopify storefronts.

Shopify Scripts are deprecated Ruby customisations for checkout logic on Shopify Plus. Now replaced by Shopify Functions for discounts and shipping.

The Shopify Theme Customiser is a visual editor for modifying your storefront without code. Sections, blocks and OS2.0 capabilities explained.

Shopify Webhooks send real-time HTTP notifications when store events occur. Essential for Shopify Plus integrations with ERPs, 3PLs and email.

Shop Pay is Shopify's accelerated one-tap checkout. Up to 50% higher conversion rates for returning customers across any Shopify store.

The Storefront API is Shopify's GraphQL API for building custom storefronts, mobile apps and headless commerce experiences.

TCO is the all-in cost of running an ecommerce platform. Licence, hosting, dev, apps, ops. Here's why it's the only fair way to compare platforms.

Variable Platform Fee (VPF) is Shopify Plus's percentage-based fee on GMV. 0.18% on B2B revenue, 0.35% on D2C, capped at $40,000 per month.