Shopify Insights & Guides | Victoria Garland Creative Blog

Insights, guides, and strategies for Shopify store owners and brands looking to grow online.

Shopify Insights & Guides | Victoria Garland Creative Blog
April 22, 2026

When Does Your Shopify Store Need a Custom App?

Most Shopify problems can be solved with a theme customization, a well-chosen app from the App Store, or a combination of both. But some can’t. Knowing the difference before you start, before you’ve installed six apps trying to cobble together a solution, or asked a developer to hack something into your theme that doesn’t belong there, saves real time and money.

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Shopify Insights & Guides | Victoria Garland Creative Blog
April 18, 2026

Why Your Shopify Store Is Slow (And How to Fix It)

The average Shopify store scores 30 out of 100 on Google PageSpeed Insights. That’s not a typo. A study of over 1,100 Shopify stores found that the median mobile PageSpeed score sits at 30, squarely in “poor” territory by Google’s own classification.

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