Shopify is an e-commerce platform that allows small businesses to easily create online stores. The Shopify Trade Manager is a proposed messaging service that would optimize customer and advertiser relationships by allowing real-time communication. It would help users focus on trading and reduce the time spent managing communications. Key features would include real-time messaging, file sharing, translation services, video conferencing, and price tracking tools to facilitate global business relationships for Shopify merchants.

1. Shopify Trade Manager

2. • Shopify is an e-commerce platform designed
for small business to build e-commerce
• Shopify gathers thousands of web advertisers
in one web site, with their own domain name
& logo
• easiest for the user to design a new website
even with basic information technology skills,

3. • Shopify offer various options to their
customers like uploading product
pictures,managing customers orders &
providing a secured business cooperation
between buyer and seller
• As a Shopify subscriber you act like you own a
part of a company, & you have freedom to
work with your timetable
• With Shopify your success is in your own
hands as an advertiser

4. Revenues
• Shopify’s revenues are much based on customers
monthly registration fees
• Over 20000 online stores are powered by Shopify
in 80 different countries
• four classes of customers:
*Basic one
*Professional “the most popular one”
*Business *Unlimited class
• Advertising on Shopifys web site
• Shopify App Store “collection of plug-in”

5. Shopify's Limitations & Difficulties
• Limitation of features because it is a hosted
solution
• depends of the monthly registration fees
• To extend the web functionality user should
buy more efficient applications
• or to develop it if he/she is able to do that
• payment method, freight and customs costs
may vary from country to another: High Cost

6. • much time and money wasted in replying to
customers inquiries!!!
• communication channel between web
advertiser and customer is not really efficient
• message is sent and received more or less late
“time zones”
• limitation of free of charge applications, to
communicate with advertisers

7. Possibilities to Develop
Shopify?

8. Shopify Trade Manager

10. Helps customers to focus in
trading
and less time on managing
trades.

11. • STM is a free instant messenger service to
chat in real time with buyers/suppliers
• Optimizing customer & advertisers
relationships
• Stay in touch and be available for their
inquiries and updated news
• Manage your trade contacts “class”

12. • Send files of any size and format “convert
upload it file to PNG format: Error”
• STM permits you to search for the trustworthy
supplier/customer where ever in the world
• Application break down language barriers
with real time translation on your message
”Eng-Fre”

13. • Live conference with audio/video
broadcasting
• Price watch of different new coming products
• Daily news regarding top sellers, new
applications and most watched websites...etc.
• Multiple trade manager account: different
customer segments ” one message to several
customers”

14. • STM will be available also for different mobile
phone OS: Windows, Mac, Android & iPhone.
• Easy to install!!

15. Shopify trade manager
shortcuts trading so advertiser
has more time for trading and
spends less time for managing
trades!!!