Card #304 · Shopify App Store
Shopify admin UI updates increasing complexity and clicks
Merchants are frustrated that recent Shopify admin updates have made simple tasks more complicated by adding unnecessary steps and hiding functionality. This increased friction in workflows like inventory adjustments, purchase orders, and customer notes is causing significant time waste and operational inefficiency.
Pain score
0.24/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach1.00distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.93upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.50willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 5 verified quotes
the Shopify development team have added 20-30 CLICKS to each and every day for things I must do.
everything being released is more clicks and hidden functionality.
Now it seems like everything you do to manage your store is So Much More Complicated and Takes Way More Time to do.
Why did Shopify feel the need to add so many steps to the process and complicate and confuse an issue as important and frequently accessed as inventory adjustments?
Writing a purchase order now takes 12 steps when it used to take 2.
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