Your Shopify store has a crew too. And it works alongside your team.
Ampersand & The Pixels also works inside your Shopify store. Four Pixels live in your Shopify admin and team up with the people running your shop, whatever its size. They take on receiving, sales, collections and catalog clean-up, so your people can spend their time on customers and the work only they can do.
Shopify store tools, the short version
Four quick answers.
What is it?
A set of tools for Shopify, run by four Pixels who work with your team inside your Shopify admin.
Who is it for?
Any Shopify store. A handful of products or thousands, one person or a whole team, any kind of product.
What does it cover?
Getting stock in, running sales, organizing collections and keeping your product catalog tidy.
Who decides?
You and your team. The Pixels do the legwork and your people make the calls.
Four Pixels. One Shopify store.
Each one takes a job off your plate. Use one, or use all four. Each works side by side with your people.
Roadie
Roadie handles receiving. When new stock arrives, Roadie helps you get it from the box into your Shopify inventory quickly and accurately, without the clipboard.
- Scan items as you unpack and match them to your Shopify products
- Start from a supplier purchase order if you have one, or just scan
- See cost, price and margin as you go, and adjust prices to hit a target
- Print labels and update your stock counts in one pass
- Item not in Shopify yet? A draft product is prepared and waits for your okay
Works with your team: your people scan, check and confirm. Nothing is committed until someone says so.
Flash
Flash runs your sales. Pick items to feature in a sale and Flash handles the tagging and the clean-up, so a promotion is minutes of work instead of an afternoon.
- Add an item to your sale in a single step
- Items that run low come off the sale automatically each day
- A running log shows exactly what changed and when
- Run the clean-up any time with one button
Works with your team: you choose what goes on sale. Flash handles the busywork.
Scout
Scout is your merchandiser. Scout builds Shopify collections from what's actually selling and what shoppers want, then keeps them fresh as things change.
- Smart collections built from your sales and demand signals
- Ready-made starting points like best sellers and new arrivals
- Preview before you publish
- Updates itself as new orders come in
Works with your team: Scout proposes, you preview, and nothing goes live until you publish it.
Gaffer
Gaffer keeps your catalog tidy. The tape-and-toolbelt Pixel who finds what's off in your Shopify products before a customer does.
- Finds products with missing or mistyped barcodes
- Flags duplicates
- Catches barcodes that are attached to the wrong product
Works with your team: Gaffer finds the problems, your people confirm the fixes.
Tools that face your shoppers, too.
Two extras that put the work in front of your customers.
Scan it, see the price
A public page where shoppers can scan a barcode with their phone and see your current Shopify price. Handy at a counter, a market stall or a pop-up.
Recommendations and trending
Drop-in carousels for your Shopify storefront that show recommended and trending products, with a snippet you paste right into your theme.
Shopify questions, answered
Straight answers, no fine print.
What is Ampersand & The Pixels for e-commerce?
It's a set of tools built for Shopify. Four Pixels (Roadie, Flash, Scout and Gaffer) handle receiving, sales, collections and catalog health inside your Shopify admin, working alongside the people who run your store.
Is it only for big stores or large inventories?
No. It's built for stores of any size, from a few dozen products to thousands. The Pixels take on the repetitive jobs that usually fall to one busy person, so they fit a one-person shop as well as a larger team.
What kinds of stores is it for?
Any Shopify store that sells physical products. The tools work with your products, inventory and collections, whatever you sell.
Does it work with Shopify?
Yes, it's built for Shopify. The tools live in your Shopify admin, so there's nothing separate to log in to, and they work with your existing products, inventory and collections.
Do I have to use all four Pixels?
No. Each Pixel does a separate job, so you can start with the one that solves your biggest headache and add others later.
Do I need special hardware?
No. Any USB or Bluetooth barcode scanner that types like a keyboard works. A label printer is optional, and labels can also print from any computer through the browser.
Will the Pixels change my products without asking?
Not behind your back. Prices update in Shopify when you save them, sales start when you add an item, and new products from unknown barcodes wait for your confirmation. Collections are previewed before you publish.
Does this replace my staff?
No. The Pixels take the repetitive legwork so your people can spend time on customers, merchandising and the knowledge only they have.
Is this the same as the social media service?
It's the same team approach, applied to your Shopify store. See how Ampersand & The Pixels handle social media →
How do I get started?
Tell us about your Shopify store and we'll take it from there. Email us →
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