Sidekick has quietly gone from "chatbot in the corner of your admin" to something much closer to an operator. It can now take action across your store instead of just answering questions, and it's built into Shopify at no extra cost.

Most merchants I talk to opened it once, asked something generic, and never went back. Here's where it's actually earning its keep for us:

✅ Where Sidekick shines

• Reports without learning ShopifyQL. Ask in plain English and get the report.

• Shopify Flow automations. Describe the workflow and let it build the draft.

• Bulk admin chores. Product edits, discounts, collections, content.

• Proactive suggestions. It now surfaces recommendations based on your store data before you ask.

⚡ 7 prompts to steal

1. "Which 10 products had the biggest drop in sales over the last 30 days compared to the 30 days before? Show units, revenue and conversion rate."

2. "Build a Flow that tags customers who've placed 3+ orders as VIP and notifies me in email."

3. "Find every active product with no SEO description or missing image alt text."

4. "Which discount codes from the last 90 days drove the most new customers vs. repeat customers?"

5. "Create a Flow that hides products from the online store when inventory hits 0 and republishes them when they're restocked."

6. "What's my repeat purchase rate by acquisition channel this year?"

7. "Draft a 15% off winback discount for customers who haven't ordered in 120 days, but don't activate it yet."

⚠️ Our rules for using it

• Review before you approve. Especially bulk edits and anything touching prices or inventory.

• Test Flows on a small segment first.

• Sidekick for admin, Claude Code for theme code. Sidekick is great inside Shopify, but for real theme development you still want a proper dev workflow. (That's exactly what our free Oct 29 workshop covers.)

💬 Over to you: What's the most useful thing Sidekick has done for your store? And where has it let you down? Drop your best prompt below. The best ones go into the next Club Drop. 👇

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In the meantime, our full list of tried-and-tested tools is on Club Picks: Shopify apps, software and the books we recommend.

👇 Which tool would you most like a deal on? Tell us below and we'll go ask.

Quick poll-style thread for the builders. 👇

Reply with:

• The number of apps installed on your store

• The one app you couldn't live without

• The one you'd cut first (or already did)

Before installing another app, we ask four questions:

1. Can Shopify already do this natively?

2. Could Shopify Flow automate it?

3. Could we build it cleanly in the theme?

4. Is it worth another script, subscription and dependency?

Our preferred stack: Shopify + fewer great apps + automation + AI. Not: Shopify + 37 apps + hope. 😅

Devs: got a small Liquid snippet that replaced a paid app? Share it here, because that's gold for everyone.

Let's build the best prompt library in ecommerce, together.

Share yours below: the prompt (or a cleaned-up version), the tool you used (Claude, ChatGPT, Shopify Magic…), and what it saved you.

We'll start. This one is a favourite for theme audits:

"Audit this Shopify theme and identify the five biggest opportunities to improve performance. Don't modify anything yet. Explain the problem, affected files, expected impact and recommended fix."

The magic is in the last line: making the AI investigate before it changes anything.

📚 Want more? We put together the 50 best AI prompts for Shopify: product content, SEO, CRO, Liquid, email, ads and analytics.

👇 Your turn. What's working for you?

Stuck on something? This is the place. No question is too small, and the fastest way to learn is to ask out loud.

To get the best answers, include:

1. What you're trying to do (the goal, not just the problem)

2. What you've tried so far

3. Your setup: platform, theme, key apps, rough monthly revenue if relevant

4. A link or screenshot if you can share one

Good example: "Our add-to-cart rate dropped from 7% to 4% after switching themes (Dawn → Impulse). Mobile only. We've checked page speed. What else should we look at?"

And if you see a question you can help with, jump in. Today's helper is tomorrow's expert. 🙌

👇 Drop your first question in a new post, or reply here to warm up.

Welcome to the Club! 🎉

This is a community for people actually building ecommerce brands: founders, Shopify store owners, marketers, developers, operators and agencies. No guru garbage. Just people sharing what's working, asking questions and helping each other grow.

Kick things off by introducing yourself below. Copy this and fill it in:

• Name & where you're based:

• What you sell or build: (drop your store link if you want feedback)

• Your role: founder, marketer, dev, agency…

• One thing you're working on right now:

• One thing you could use help with:

Then say hi to at least one other person in the comments. That's how this place gets good. 🙌

Where to go next:

• ❓ Ask the Club for any question, big or small

• 🤖 Artificial Intelligence for prompts and workflows

• 🧩 App Development for Shopify apps, themes and code

• 📩 Newsletter to discuss every Club Drop

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