Skip to main content

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
August 4, 2026

Klaviyo vs SendGrid for Shopify: You're Comparing Two Different Tools

People search “Klaviyo vs SendGrid” as if it’s Coke vs Pepsi, and most of the articles that answer them play along with a feature-by-feature table. We run both tools for Shopify clients, and the honest answer is shorter and more useful: they are not competitors. Klaviyo is a marketing platform. SendGrid is a transactional email service. A store that’s asking which one to pick is usually asking the wrong question, and sometimes needs both.

...

Read More
Shopify Insights & Guides | Victoria Garland Creative Blog
August 4, 2026

Customizing Shopify Notifications: Order Emails, SMS, and Custom Sends

Every Shopify store sends notifications all day long: order confirmations, shipping updates, refund emails, account invites. Most merchants never touch them, which is usually fine, until the day you need one to do something Shopify didn’t anticipate. Then you’re suddenly reading about notification templates, Liquid, and third-party email APIs at midnight.

...

Read More
Shopify Insights & Guides | Victoria Garland Creative Blog
July 6, 2026

Shopify Conversion Rate Optimization: Where the Real Wins Actually Are

Conversion rate optimization on Shopify has a marketing problem: it is sold as endless A/B tests on button colours and headlines, when the real wins are usually bigger, more boring, and more technical. After 14+ years building Shopify stores, here is where conversion rate actually moves, in rough order of impact.

...

Read More
World map highlighting Victoria Garland Creative's Shopify clients across Canada and worldwide

Let's work together