Hey you!

We’ll probably send one email every two weeks from now on. This will allow me to focus on my apps and still give you value!

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In today’s email, we’re going to see:

• Gil’s success with Checkout Blocks

• The Wide Event

• In-person Shopify events are back!

Let’s go!

Gil’s success with Checkout Blocks

This month, Gil posted this on X 👇

For those who don’t know Gil, he’s a Shopify App developer building CheckoutBlocks to help merchants improve their checkout.

And he announced that he onboarded 50 Shopify Plus brands in a single week!

When many people are struggling to even get 1 Shopify Plus brand per month.

So what’s the secret?

The problem is that there is no secret. And many people will be disappointed.

Gil has been posting on X and LinkedIn for years, building in public, sharing new features, and talking to brands.

He had an app before that but it didn’t work that much. He struggled and yet he kept working on his objective.

And there is something called the compounding effect.

If you didn’t know Gil, you might have discovered him with this impression post and thought: What an overnight success!

But that’s not the case.

Gil’s plan was simple, but not easy:

• Share on X and Linkedin what you’re building

• Connect with as many brands as possible

• Contact as many brands as possible

• Do it consistently for years

What makes the difference here is the last part: do it consistently for years.

The Wide Event

The Wide Event tickets will be available soon! I hope to see many of you there!

What is the Wide Event?

It’s a Shopify partner meetup in Paris (English event) for all the ecosystem's participants: merchants, developers, and agencies.

It’s a place where you can literally find partners, friends, customers, and co-founders for your business.

For a Shopify App Founder, you might find a new user there or a new partner with the Shopify agencies coming to that event.

The only point is that you have to talk to as many people as possible to know what they do!

When is it?

Our next edition is on May 27, in Paris.

What can I expect?

We’ll prepare 4 business talks from experts so you can learn a few things.

And you don’t want to miss these speakers 👀

You’ll also have time to eat some French petits-fours and wine while talking to other attendees.

How do I attend?

I’ll soon share the website where you’ll be able to purchase the tickets to that event with even more details

In-person Shopify events are back!

Shopify had announced that they stopped in-person events to host only online events.

It was a way for them to bring more partners together while reducing costs.

But partners didn’t really like it. Seeing people in person is different and better.

It seems Shopify went back on this decision because I received this email 👀

If you didn’t receive it yet you should probably wait a little bit more.

But the most important is: We’re going to see each other at an official Shopify event again!

They also renamed the event and it’s now the first Editions.dev event!

Do you think you’ll attend this one too? (1 month after The Wide Event, that’s perfect)

So as I said previously, I will see you in 2 weeks! (or before if I share the tickets for The Wide Event)

Take care,

Mat