Shopify Build Awards 2024: Celebrating Innovation in Ecommerce

The Shopify Build Awards 2024 was a landmark event celebrating innovation in ecommerce, highlighting the best apps and themes built on the Shopify platform. Held during the Editions.dev event, developers from around the world came together to explore the latest updates and features from Shopify, while celebrating the award winners.

Main Conclusions

Best Apps : Recognition for apps that have improved the merchant and customer experience.
Best Themes : Themes that stood out for their aesthetics and functionality.
Developer Community : Honoring developers who have made significant contributions to the Shopify community.

Best Apps

The awards were given in several categories, with highlights including:

Bundle Builder (UK) : This innovative app allows merchants to create custom product bundles, offering customers flexibility and helping manage inventory.
O:Request a Quote (Vietnam) : Makes it easy to request custom quotes, turning a complex process into something simple and elegant.
Second Email Marketing (US) : Allows merchants to create newsletters in multiple languages while staying up to date with Shopify's design standards.

Best Themes

The award-winning themes were:

Combine by KrownThemes (Romania) : Stands out for its polished design and storytelling features.
Glossier by SDG (USA) : An example of a minimalist aesthetic that provides an immersive shopping experience.
Nour Hammour by Commerce UI (Poland) : Combines minimalist design with shopping features reminiscent of luxury boutiques.

Most Creative Store

The most creative store award went to:

Post Familiar Wines by Jordan Sowers (USA) : A store that uses animations and details about the development process to create a rich and immersive shopping experience.

Developer Community

The awards also recognized developers who have made an impact on the community:

Jeffrey Guenther (Canada) : Creator of open-source tools that improve the theme development experience.
Harshdeep Singh Hura (India) : Mentor to new developers and creator of widely used open-source boilerplates.

The 2024 Shopify Build Awards not only celebrated innovation, but also reinforced Shopify’s commitment to supporting and recognizing the talent helping to shape the future of ecommerce.

Sources

Celebrating innovation with the Shopify Build Awards (2024) - Shopify , Shopify.