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Third-party apps, tracking tags, and what each one costs the product page.

Apps & scripts 7 min read

What does an image optimizer app do on Shopify?

An image optimizer rewrites the photo stored in your Shopify admin, while Shopify still makes the light copy the shopper's phone downloads. The part worth paying for is the file name and the short description, and it is the wrong buy when the photo is slow to appear.

Apps & scripts 6 min read

Do you need a Shopify CDN, or do you already have one?

Your Shopify store already sends each product photo from a computer near the shopper, so a report telling you to add a CDN is asking you to buy something you have. The part worth checking is whether the photo was uploaded to Shopify or pasted in from somewhere else.

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