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May 31, 2024

What’s new at Instant: May 2024

 What’s new at Instant May 2024 | Instant
 What’s new at Instant May 2024 | Instant
 What’s new at Instant May 2024 | Instant
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Instant Team

What’s new at Instant: May 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:

  • May's most anticipated product updates

  • Page-building tips from Grant Spychka, Director of Marketing at BEACN

  • Top 3 resources (Including free Figma templates!)

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

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

Instant monthly wrap-up: May 2024

In May, we hit a major milestone: over 5,000 brands are now using Instant!

Seeing the amazing Shopify pages our users have created truly inspires us. To support this creativity, we've been busy launching new features and templates to elevate your building experience!

May's product updates include:

  1. Custom variant selector: Highlight any variant exactly the way you want to

  2. Gallery element: Create image galleries with ease and speed

  3. Draft theme publishing: Publish pages and sections to any Shopify theme

  4. Send layers to front/back: Right-click to manage your design layers

  5. Product bundles: Quickly create product bundles to increase AOV

  6. Cart extensions: Add discounts, quantity, & more to the add to cart action

  7. Metafields: Work with Shopify metafields to create dynamic pages

  8. Rich text editor: Create any text element you want (e.g. bulleted lists)

  9. Product page templates: Build Shopify product pages faster than ever 

Advice from an Instant user

Read our interview with Grant for more ideas about how to leverage Instant for your Shopify brand!

Top 3 resources:

1. Free Figma File: Ecom Fashion UI Kit

Get 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. Instant Academy: Your free guide to mastering Shopify page building!

Learn how to get started with Instant by checking out our Instant 101 course, or level up your Instant skills with our how-to build tutorials! 

3. Guide: 5 Shopify page building ideas for Father's Day (2024)

father's day instant page builder

Boost your sales by building one of these 5 Shopify sections inspired by successful DTC brands.

Instant show and tell:

Grant Spychka, Director of Marketing at BEACN, built this social proof ticker in < 30 minutes by starting with a template from one of Instant's wireframe kits. 

Share what you've built with Instant in our Slack community!

Wrapping-up

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

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