Austin Haugen

Shopify | Dev + CRO

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

Erling Haaland has returned to Norway, and it looks like he brought home a $750 Whiskey Raccoon from Wild Bill's Western Store in Dallas, Texas. What an authentic piece of American culture.

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

@Intelligems clearly the US team was not using @Intelligems

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

Checked out a few venues this week for something I've been looking forward to.

The 3rd Twin Cities Ecommerce Meetup is happening this August ☕

If you're a founder, marketer, operator, developer, or agency owner in ecommerce, I'd love to have you there.

More details coming soon.

Want to be on the early list? Comment below or send me a DM.

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

Excited about this @cursor_ai

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

How it feels using MCPs

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

@DevByCameron @Shopify So far, it's been a solid working band-aid for this issue. You're correct though. The next step would be at the cloudfare level to set up

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

☕ Minneapolis ecommerce folks:

Ecom Coffee Club is back this Friday (6/26).

No agenda. No pitches. Just good coffee and conversations with local founders, marketers, operators, developers, and agency owners.

Want to join? DM me for details.

#ecommerce #Shopify #DTC #Minneapolis

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

Unrolling a brand new Shopify site for Bim Bam Boo 🧻

We rebuilt the Shopify site for Bim Bam Boo because the old experience was hard to manage, had ongoing issues, and wasn't converting well.

After launch, they ran a promo and reported:
• Higher conversions
• Higher AOV

Design by @itsOddit 🚀

Complete the website feedback survey & get 20% off:

https://t.co/l91PtIuxsT

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

Doing another Ecom Coffee Club hang soon & would love to see you there!

☕ Ecom Coffee Club - Round 2
Round one was a great hang, so we're doing it again.

Same vibe as last time: no pitches, no panels, no pressure. Just coffee and ecommerce with local founders, operators, and marketers. Bring your laptop if you want to work a bit and show what you're building.

Interested? Shoot me a DM and I'll send you the details.

#ecommerce #DTC #Shopify #founders #Minneapolis

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

@heatmapme & @Intelligems MCP in @cursor_ai 📈

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

@andreibreha Curious about the schedule of the event you host. Is it like a few hours of presentations and some social time or what have you found to work well?

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

Second mini otw 🤖

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

@Intelligems Remembering that one a/b test that ripped in Q4 2025

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

Had to confront my Hermes agent this morning for missing an email reply lol

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

@Intelligems And the idea came from Claude lol

[Shopify Developers @ShopifyDevs]

Customer accounts are getting a design refresh

New single-column layout, optimized navigation, and better UI extension visibility, now in feature preview

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

Feels like we’re getting closer to SEO for AI.

Shopify's new Agentic sales channel + Knowledge Base app seems like an early signal.

If people start shopping inside AI tools, brands may need to optimize for more than Google:

• FAQs
• Product data
• Brand context
• Key differentiators

Interesting shift to watch.

[Austin Haugen @austhaug]

Traffic spike ≠ growth.

Saw a Shopify store getting flooded with traffic from Singapore…

Looked good at first until:

CVR dropped
Sessions inflated
Analytics got messy

If you're running ads or doing CRO, bad traffic = bad decisions.

Quick fix:
Block non-relevant countries with Blockify
Cleaner data → better decisions → more revenue

If your numbers feel off, check your traffic sources.