Hello there. Abandoned-checkout spam is lighting up before peak, the desktop payouts redesign is getting roasted, and Shopify says your next sale might start in AR glasses.

In today's newsletter, we'll get into:

• Abandoned-checkout spam from the same cart with fake addresses.
• Payouts redesign heat, Analytics, and Shop Pay Installments.
• Shopify Editions on the calendar.

SELL & CONVERT

🛒 Weird abandoned-checkout spam: same cart, fake addresses. Operators are seeing abandoned checkouts from the same email or rotating identities.

💳 PayPal jumps into Meta's Muse agent checkout. Agent-driven checkouts are arriving alongside classic carts.

MONEY & OPS

🔁 Which subscription apps are merchants actually keeping? Keep COGS honest on refunds and returns, and watch the payouts redesign.

STORE & TOOLS

🧰 Update your theme without torching custom code. Dawn and Sense merchants share a practical path.

SHIPPED

📦 Shop Pay Installments across multiple business entities. Rollouts add clearer controls for launches, events, and tests.

ON THE CALENDAR

📅 Shopify Editions. Bookmark the twice-yearly platform update.

The Shopifist