Ecommerce & Shopify glossary
Plain-English definitions for competitive research and dropshipping.
Bounce Rate
Bounce rate is the percentage of visitors who arrive on a website and leave without taking any further action or viewing a second page.
Read moreCompetitive Intelligence
Competitive intelligence is the practice of legally gathering and analyzing public information about competitors and the market to inform business strategy and decisions.
Read moreConversion Rate
Conversion rate is the percentage of website visitors who complete a desired action: most often a purchase. Calculated by dividing conversions by total visitors or sessions.
Read moreMeta Pixel
The Meta pixel (formerly the Facebook pixel) is a snippet of JavaScript that tracks visitor actions on a website to measure conversions, optimize ad delivery, and build audiences for Facebook and Instagram advertising.
Read moreProduct Saturation
Product saturation is the point at which so many sellers offer the same product that competition drives up advertising costs, pushes down prices, and erodes profit margins.
Read moreShopify App
A Shopify app is third-party software that adds features to a Shopify store: such as product reviews, email marketing, upsells, or subscriptions. Beyond what the core platform provides.
Read moreShopify Pixel
A Shopify pixel is a piece of tracking code that records shopper events: such as page views, add-to-carts, and purchases. On a Shopify store and forwards them to analytics or advertising platforms.
Read moreShopify Store
A Shopify store is an online storefront built on Shopify, a hosted (SaaS) ecommerce platform that handles hosting, checkout, and payments for merchants.
Read moreShopify Theme
A Shopify theme is the template that controls the design, layout, and user experience of a Shopify store, built with Shopify's Liquid language plus HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Read moreTikTok Pixel
The TikTok pixel is a piece of code placed on a website that tracks visitor actions to measure conversions, optimize campaigns, and build audiences for TikTok advertising.
Read moreTraffic Source
A traffic source is the channel or origin through which a visitor arrives at a website: such as organic search, paid ads, direct visits, referrals, social media, or email.
Read moreWinning Product
A winning product is one with enough demand, margin, and advertising profitability that a store can scale it into a reliable, growing revenue stream.
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