Commerce Awards

The wait is over. Submit your custom Shopify store experience or app for a chance to have your work celebrated by the Shopify community.

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Submit by January 31, 2021. Winners announced in early 2021.

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1 Categories

UX and FED

For those who solve user headaches by designing for small screens first, this category recognizes the store build with the best mobile experience.

Unique, innovative, and effortlessly smooth. This category recognizes the best custom store experience built using Storefront API or Shopify Custom Storefront software development kits.

For the innovators who bring products to life and fuel the lust behind coveted brands, this category recognizes the store experience with the best product story.

Development and apps

This category recognizes the Shopify app that connects all the dots by creating a fluid and true omnichannel presence for a merchant and their customers.

When it comes to apps, speed, accessibility, and reliability are key. This category recognizes the app that has it all. From the simplicity of installation to privacy protections, we’re looking for the best user interface.

Lightning speed and compatibility with as many themes as possible, this category recognizes the app that best adds function to a store experience without increasing lag or load times.

Overall builds

There’s nothing better than a smooth move. This category recognizes the best migration of an existing store’s design, content, products, and customers to the Shopify platform.

For the true “glow-ups,” this category recognizes the best Shopify rebuild that not only improved the overall store, but maintained the store’s integrity and stability throughout the entire rebuild process.

2020 was the year of digital by default. Brick-and-mortar stores around the world moved their operations online. This category recognizes the best debut of an online store.

2 Judges

Cynthia Savard Saucier is the UX Discipline Lead at Shopify, and is the co-author of Tragic Design (O’Reilly). She has a knack for strategic design, creativity, and leadership problem solving. Her range of experience has brought her broad recognition as a leading expert in ecommerce and UX. In addition to her day job, Cynthia is regularly invited to speak at events around the world, where she gets to share her experience. Her initials spell CSS, as if she was born for this job.

As the Director of UX for Retail at Shopify, Darrin Henein is an expert in designing exceptional user experiences. Outside of Shopify, Darrin is a regarded designer, photographer, and video game developer. In 2015, Darrin designed and developed the hit indie game Lastronaut, which won Game of the Year in the 2015 Ray Wenderlich Reader’s App Awards. Darrin brings a unique perspective on UX strategy and design to the 2020 Commerce Awards.

As the champion behind Shopify’s engineering excellence, Jean-Michel Lemieux understands what it takes to develop a strong build. Jean-Michel not only leads Shopify’s engineering strategy and product development, he fuels a powerful ‘get shit done’ attitude throughout the entire company. Through his involvement in partner-facing projects like Shopify Unite and Shopify Partner Town Hall, Jean-Michel inspires developer excellence across the platform.

Fatima leads the business development and strategic partnerships for Shopify’s platform ecosystem, including Shopify’s technology and service partnership teams across North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Before joining Shopify, Fatima co-founded a home decor ecommerce company called Tressle. Today, Fatima remains engaged with the startup community as an advisor to entrepreneurs who she supports with fundraising, product strategy, and business development.

Entrepreneur, lawyer and the newly named President of Shopify, Harley Finkelstein needs no introduction. As one of the “Dragons” on CBC’s Next Gen Den and an Advisor to Felicis Ventures, Harley understands what it takes to build something great. Throughout his career, Harley has received multiple awards for his impact across commerce and tech, including the Canadian Angel Investor of the Year Award and Canada’s Top 40 Under 40.

As the Director of Shop at Shopify, Atlee Clark is an expert at building thoughtful and innovative experiences for users. Throughout her career at Shopify, Atlee has led the development of the App & Partner platform, which has played a pivotal role in expanding the Shopify community. Atlee is a passionate supporter of the Canadian technology and entrepreneurial community and seeks to promote and enable success for Canadian entrepreneurs.

3 Submit

Go big Go bold

You built something great, why not show it off? Submit your work by January 31, 2021 for a chance to to have your work recognized by the Shopify community.

Submit your work

Eligibility

You must be an eligible Shopify Partner in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, France, Spain, Germany, India, Japan, or China to enter. Eligible store experiences or apps must be currently live and have launch dates between 2018 and 2020. Submissions will be reviewed for creativity, overall aesthetic, speed and simplicity, ease of use, and accessibility. You may submit your work to be considered for multiple categories, however you can only win one award category. Learn more about the 2020 Commerce Awards eligibility and judging criteria.

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4 Prizes

Level up with prizes

Community-wide recognition, exclusive 1:1s with industry leaders, and brand new equipment to elevate your at-home studio. The 2020 Commerce Awards prizes have been thoughtfully selected to help you take your business to the next level.

Access exclusive 1:1s with some of the best in the ‘biz.

Complete with a webcam, AV kit, and Yeti microphone, this box has everything you need for the ultimate work from home setup.

Grow your following with opportunities like Shopify Partner Town Hall takeovers and exposure on reallygoodstores.com.

Get ready to strut the virtual red carpet with a digital celebration that’s first of its kind.

Take home the trophy, customized for your award category.

Share your achievements with your community with a Commerce Awards Winner logo, perfect for placing on websites or marketing materials.

5 Alumni

Past winners

Participating in a Shopify Partner award program pays off—literally. Generate new clients, build connections, and scale your business by profiling your work to the Shopify community.

Francesca Vassiliades, Co-founder of Series Eight

build your reputation and credibility “[Winning a 2017 Commerce Award] mainly supported our pivot towards building Shopify stores as an agency, and equally it helped build our reputation and credibility in the space for potential clients to say yes; that’s the agency I want to work with.”

Peter Humphrey, Executive Director, Half Helix

work with ambitious brands “The Commerce Awards changed our business. After we were recognized by the Commerce Awards, we were contacted by The Shopify Plus Partnerships team, and made our way into the early days of the Shopify Plus Partner Program. Because of this support, we've been able to work with the most ambitious brands on Shopify Plus today.”

Sara Mote, Creative Director, Mote Agency

connect with collaborators “We believe that technology can create a meaningful positive impact for our world and being recognized by Shopify in the Commerce Awards allowed us to connect with collaborators who share our values.”

open doors and opportunities “Winning a Shopify Commerce Award opened a lot of doors and opportunities within the ecosystem. It really helped position me and my apps as go-to solutions in their space, while also adding exposure and partnership opportunities at the same time. It added that extra level of trust that can be so hard to create in a large marketplace.”