What’s new at Instant: July 2024

Welcome to Instant’s monthly wrap-up newsletter! At the end of each month, I’ll be sharing our latest product updates and free resources. This way, you can follow along on our journey!

This month's wrap-up includes:

• July's most anticipated product updates

• Featured page-building tutorial from Sam

• Top 3 resources (Including free Figma templates!)

• Instant show and tell (showcasing a build from our community!)

• Partnerships

Now, let’s dive in to see what went down at Instant in July!

Instant monthly wrap-up: July 2024

July was a month full of exciting new features (and lots of new resources!). We hope that these new features will help you to customize your Shopify store to create a dynamic and stunning customer experience!

Check it all out below👇

July's product updates include:

1. Gradients: Add gradients to the color fill property & text elements.

2. Header & Footer: Customize your theme with a header or footer section.

3. Import Shopify styles: Integrate your Shopify theme colors & fonts. 

4. Custom code embed: Add custom Liquid code with a code block.

5. Repeating products: Skip manual work with our ‘repeat on’ functionality.

6. Aspect ratio: Keep images & containers at the right aspect ratio.

7. Collections data: Work with Shopify collections data in Instant!

8. Image quality controls: This gives you granular control over image quality. 

9. Conditionals: Decide when to show (or hide) different elements.

Featured tutorial

Watch this tutorial from our co-founder, Sam, to learn how to use Instant to build mobile-first Shopify pages!

Top 3 resources: 

1. Free Figma File: Cosmo - eCommerce Cosmetics UI Kit
30+ Sections and 100+ Components, ready for any eCommerce landing page. Free to use and easy to implement with the Figma to Shopify Plugin.

2. Guide: Crafting effective e-commerce listicle landing pages
In this comprehensive guide, we'll walk you through the simple steps to create e-commerce listicle landing pages that sell more. From understanding your target audience to optimizing for conversions, we've got you covered. 

3. Podcast: Top 5 Shopify trends to watch in 2024
Discover the top 5 trends every merchant needs to know (and how to take advantage of them) from eCom expert Coen Fredriks. 

Instant show and tell:

Using Instant Page Builder, Prodigy Disc crafted a custom slider to highlight its key collections on the homepage. This new section resulted in a significant lift in their homepage conversion rate!

Here's how they did it. 

Partnerships: 

This month, Instant partnered with both Okendo and Monster Upsells:

• Okendo x Instant: Build up your social proof by adding Okendo star ratings to your Shopify pages built in Instant.

• Monster Upsells x Instant: With Monster Cart Upsells, you can customize your cart to match your brand and incorporate effective upselling techniques!

Wrapping-up

That’s it for the month of July at Instant! But there are many exciting updates coming soon. Keep an eye on our Changelog for weekly updates. Until next month, happy building!