📜 Shopify Events — Shopify Ecosystem Only
This file contains only Shopify-specific events: Shopify's own organized events, Shopify partner/developer meetups, and events run by Shopify app vendors. General e-commerce conferences are in a separate file: 08-ECOMMERCE-EVENTS.md
Verified: 26 August 2026. ✅ = verified on the official site · ⚠️ = expected/unconfirmed
🚨 Know this first: there is NO Shopify Payments in Turkey
Verified from Shopify's own help center — Turkey is not among the 40 supported countries. Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Croatia, Cyprus, Germany are.
Turkish merchants can use Shopify (TRY checkout works, the admin is in Turkish) but they have to plug in iyzico, PayTR or Craftgate; on top of that come ETBİS (Turkey's e-commerce registry), KVKK (Turkey's data-protection law), İYS (Turkey's commercial-messaging consent system) and e-invoice obligations.
Commercial consequence: There are ~15,000 active Shopify stores in Turkey (StoreLeads, secondary source — should be treated as an upper bound since it includes dormant stores). The mass merchant base is on Trendyol/Hepsiburada/ikas/Ticimax, not Shopify.
Turkish Shopify merchants are the wrong audience to be the first customers of a Shopify app. There are few of them, they're price-sensitive in a depreciating currency, and they're structurally underserved by the platform. Use Turkey as a cheap base and for travel proximity, not for customers. The money is in rooms in Bucharest, Berlin, London and Sofia.
1. Shopify's own events
| Event | Type | Who it's for | When | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DotDev (formerly Editions.dev / Unite) | In person, Toronto | Partner account required — closed to merchants | 21–22 Jul 2026 ✅ passed. 2027 ⚠️ not announced | ~$499 (secondary source); sold out in early June; cap of 6 people per partner | The most targeted event that exists for you. No European leg |
| DotDev recordings | Online | Everyone | Live now | Free | dotdev.shopify.com → "Watch the replays". Do it today |
| Shopify Editions | Online showcase | Everyone | Winter '26 = 10 Dec 2025 ✅ · Spring '26 = 17 Jun 2026 ✅ | Free | Next ⚠️ ~Dec 2026 (inferred from the cadence). Not an event, a produced changelog |
| Partner Town Hall | Online, live + AMA | Partners/developers | Last confirmed 31 Mar 2026; roughly every 7 weeks | Free | Live AMA with Shopify leadership + DotDev ticket giveaway. The in-person part is Toronto/NYC only; Europe watches the stream |
| ⭐ Shopify Connect | In person, EMEA tour | B2B merchants + partners, ~100 people per stop | 27 Jan – 12 Feb 2026 (Milan, Frankfurt, Paris, London, Madrid) ✅ passed. 2027 ⚠️ | Not published, invite-only — probably free | The highest-ceiling opportunity in Europe: keynote + partner showcase + demo pods. No public registration, via your Partner Manager |
| Shopify Community AMAs | Online | Merchants | Weekly. Confirmed: "Google Shopping for BFCM" 1 Sep 2026 | Free | community.shopify.com/c/community-events/229 — underrated. Merchant-facing, i.e. a free observation post for listening to app ideas and objections |
| Shopify Partner Academy | Online, self-paced | Partners | Ongoing | Free | Certification |
⚠️ There is no event called "Shopify Commerce+" or "Shopify Partner Summit" — don't waste time searching. The real one is Shopify Connect.
Does Shopify have an events calendar page?
Yes, but it's empty right now. events.shopify.com and meetups.shopify.com → shopifyevents.com
(behind DataDome, 403 for automated access). Right now it only says "This event is coming soon".
Open it manually in a browser — it's the most valuable page you can't reach.
❌ Return 404 (don't chase them): shopify.dev/events, shopify.com/partners/events, shopify.com/events
⚠️ Shopify deletes shopify.com/event/* pages once the event is over. If you don't catch past European
events while they're live, they become invisible — which is why subscription channels matter more than directories.
2. Shopify partner/developer meetups
There is no central Shopify meetup directory. Channels that work:
| Meetup | City | Date | Size | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⭐ London Shopify Partner Meetup | London, Judge.me HQ (Shoreditch) | 24 Sep 2026, 17:30 ✅ — "Ecom Expo Special". Quarterly | 1,255 members | Explicitly "Shopify partners, app developers, agencies and merchants". Two short talks + pub. Run by an app company, for app people. Price not stated (meetups like this are usually free) |
| ⭐⭐ Shopify Meetup CEE | Bucharest, Grand Hotel | 28 May 2026 ✅ passed · 2027 ⚠️ ~May | 250+ people | The most Shopify-dense room in Europe. €50 early-bird ticket, sold out months in advance. Shopify staff on stage (Carlotta Zorzi-Chapman). Organized by Vevol Media + Ecommerce Today. Join the Meetup group today |
| Shopify Meetup Dublin | Dublin, Aloft | 22 Oct 2026 ✅ | 100 capacity | Vevol Media. Price not shown |
| Shopify Partners Istanbul Meetup | Istanbul, Üsküdar | 2nd edition ✅ passed, 3rd not announced | 30 registrations | Organized by Shopify itself (Michele Garzetti, Carlotta Zorzi-Chapman / Partner Success), hosted by partner Shopney. Not listed anywhere |
| Shopify NY office events | New York | e.g. 8 Sep 2026 | — | Only shows up on Eventbrite, nowhere else |
| Luma "Shopify Partner Meet Ups" calendar | — | 0 upcoming events | — | Effectively dormant. Follow it, don't rely on it |
Scale check: the entire Shopify topic on meetup.com is 34 groups, 27 cities, ~11,937 members worldwide. The Shopify meetup scene is genuinely small — which cuts both ways: a small pond, but you can become a recognized face fast.
⚠️ There are two groups in London, one is dead. meetup.com/shopify-london-meetup/ (1,924 members) —
last event September 2023. The right one is london-shopify-meetup-group.
❌ Places with no active Shopify meetup: Amsterdam, Paris, Hamburg, Munich (since 2019), Berlin (inactive since Oct 2025), the Istanbul meetup.com group (last event Dec 2022).
3. Shopify app vendors' events
These are rooms full of Shopify merchants — because they're merchants who already pay for apps.
| Event | Vendor | Where/when | Price | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⭐ K:BOS 2026 | Klaviyo | Boston, 9–10 Sep 2026 ✅ | $499 early → $599 | 🟢 The highest merchant density per dollar on the list. A hall full of people who install apps, for ~$600. Go to the hall, not a booth. ⚠️ Confirm the vendor attendance terms first |
| ChargeX | Recharge | NYC 17 Sep 2026 ✅ · London 15 Oct 2026 ✅ | Not published, by application | 🟡 Worth an email, not a speculative plane ticket. Exactly the Shopify merchants who pay for apps |
| Gorgias Connect | Gorgias | NYC/LA/London/Paris — 2026 tour over, 2027 ⚠️ | Free for brands | 🟡 Nothing to act on now; get on the 2027 list. The small-room format beats an expo hall |
| The Whalies | Triple Whale | LA, May 2026 ✅ passed | Brand $360 · Tech partner $3,995 | 🔴 The 11× vendor multiplier is the whole story |
| Yotpo / Northbeam | — | — | — | ❌ Yotpo Destination:D2C is dead (nothing since 2022). Northbeam has no events page. Watching |
4. Where do I follow Shopify events?
| Source | What it gives you | Priority |
|---|---|---|
| community.shopify.dev/c/announcements | Dev meetups and DotDev are announced here first | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| dotdev.shopify.com | "Notify me about the next one" signup form + free recordings | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| shopifyevents.com | Shopify's official events hub (currently empty, 403) | ⭐⭐ manually in a browser |
| Meetup groups | CEE Bucharest · London | ⭐⭐⭐ join today |
| Partner Dashboard notifications + Partner Manager | Invite-only events like Connect come only through here | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| meetup.com/topics/shopify | 34 groups, 11,937 members — every Shopify meetup worldwide | ⭐⭐ |
| eventbrite.com/d/online/shopify/ + city-based | Shopify's NY office events only show up here | ⭐ |
| shopify.org.tr | Independent Turkish Shopify community — forum, store directory, expert list. 123 members, tiny but the only Turkish-language source | ⭐ |
| gorgias.com/events | The densest source of free Shopify-ecosystem webinars | ⭐⭐ |
4b. What you can attend without flying out of Turkey
Hard truth: there is no online Shopify event circuit. Editions is a web page, DotDev is Toronto-only and sells out, and there is no active Shopify meetup group in Istanbul/Sofia/Berlin/Amsterdam. Reaching merchants remotely means: forums, partner webinars and newsletters — not conferences.
| Channel | URL | Why |
|---|---|---|
| ⭐ Shopify Community AMA board | community.shopify.com/c/community-events/229 | The only verified channel where Shopify puts an outside expert in front of merchants for free and without travel. ⚠️ There's no published process for becoming an AMA host — you have to ask inside the thread |
| ⭐ Shopify Community — Technical Q&A + Shopify Apps boards | /c/technical-qa/211 (45,638 topics) · /c/shopify-apps/186 (19,985) | Answering well puts you right in front of the merchants who install apps, at zero cost |
| community.shopify.dev | community.shopify.dev | Shopify engineers answer under their own names. Reputation here is the currency that later turns into a DotDev speaking slot. Reaches developers, not merchants |
| shopify.dev/changelog/feed.xml | RSS | A zero-effort win |
| ShopDev Alliance | shopdevalliance.com | $30/mo or $300/yr, 174+ members, 18 time zones, waitlist. The best paid option — small enough to get recognized |
| Shopbrew | shopbrew.co | Shopify DTC founders + marketers; join via Google Form. Free |
| Klaviyo partner webinars | bigmarker.com/communities/klaviyo-partnerships | Free, remote, partner-focused. ⚠️ klaviyo.com/events is a 404 — use the community subdomain |
| LoyaltyLion "Loyalty Connect" | loyaltylion.com/resources/loyalty-connect | 8 Sep 2026, free, 90 min. Attend — and study it: a Shopify app company running a free merchant webinar is a playbook you can copy for ~€0 |
| Gorgias partner program | gorgias.com/partners | Has an App Partner track and explicitly offers partners "speaking opportunities". Apply |
| Ecommerce Camp Online | ecommercecamp.co.uk | Free livestream ticket + a visible "APPLY TO SPEAK" button. The best online merchant event found |
| eCommerce Fastlane podcast | ecommercefastlane.com | Doesn't run events, but a podcast guest spot is a realistic first rung for you and it's Shopify-native |
❌ Dead/wrong: eCommTalk (domain hijacked, gambling spam — still recommended in 2026 lists,
a staleness test) · Shopify Partners Slack (closed 15 Dec 2025, not accepting new members) ·
shopify.dev/events (404) · "Shopify Dev Sundae" and "Shopify Partner Boost" (no such things exist).
5. Prioritized action list
- 🔴 Email your Shopify Partner Manager (or partners@shopify.com): say you want to be a partner showcase at the 2027 Shopify Connect Frankfurt/London/Paris stop — before the tour is scoped. Zero cost, highest ceiling.
- Write to Shopney and the Shopify Partner Success people named above: to attend/host Istanbul Partners Meetup #3. In your own city and not listed anywhere.
- Subscribe today: community.shopify.dev Announcements · the dotdev.shopify.com signup form · the two Meetup groups (CEE Bucharest, London).
- Watch the DotDev 2026 recordings — free, 2 days of platform/API content.
- Decide on London 23–24 Sep — eCommerce Expo + Shopify Partner Meetup in a single trip.
- Wait for the May 2027 Bucharest announcement — €50, sells out months ahead.
Honest warning: The presence of Shopify's App Ecosystem team is not confirmed at any event in this file — except Shopify Connect and the two community meetups (Bucharest, Istanbul). If your goal is Shopify staff rather than merchants, Partner Slack/Discord, the Partner Dashboard and community.shopify.dev are cheaper and higher-bandwidth than any flight.
And the bigger point: if you don't have paying users yet, conferences are not your constraint. Everything except the two free items (the Berlin CFP, the Connect email) should wait until merchants are already paying you for something.