It’s that time of year again: ecommerce conference season. And despite the “new normal,” there seems to be more going on than ever. Even the best virtual events seem now to be totally free to attend, where in the past there would have been a ticket cost plus travel and expenses.

At Littledata we’ve adapted to COVID-19 by going totally remote (we were already remote-first, and were lucky to have an easy transition), and for our customers we’ve presented a range of offers, including a full 30-day trial on all analytics plans for Shopify stores.

But like many of our customers and partners around the world, the Littledata team all went through a bit of a virtual burnout earlier this year. Or rather, a real burnout from virtual-interaction overload — too many video calls and online events. But now we’re feeling a surge of new energy, and next week we’re doing our first totally virtual design sprint.

We always look forward to doing design sprints in person, as it’s a chance to get to know our teammates from around the world, as well as sketching, building and testing some new ideas (our Why Littledata? page is an example of a great design sprint outcome, not to mention numerous aspects of our Google Analytics Shopify app UX design). But we’re excited for the online collaboration too — it’s a chance to really hone in, focus, and work together to create something new and useful.

And if you’re like us, you’re ready to start getting back into the swing of online events too. Shopify has been hosting some great online events and meetups, but you probably already know about those. So we wanted to focus on some free events from leading apps and platforms in the extended Shopify ecosystem.

Don’t miss these online DTC ecommerce events

There are a number of events we’ll be checking out this fall. Here are some highlights from our partner network.

• ChargeX (September 2nd – 3rd)
• Headless Ecommerce Summit (September 3rd)
• Retail Renaissance (September 15th – 17th)
• Women in Subscription (September 24th)

ChargeX (September 2nd – 3rd)

ReCharge is taking their popular user conference online this year. ChargeX includes an agency day on September 2 and a merchant day on September 3. There will be speakers from brands such as Smol and Myro, and merchants who attended last year include Dr. Axe, Manscaped, and Lola.

This year ChargeX will focus on how to create rich user experiences for your customers, what data you should be tracking every day to maximize revenue, and how to adapt using real takeaways from live customers to grow your business.

ReCharge is one of our most popular analytics integrations at Littledata. A number of our customers and Shopify Plus agency partners will be attending ChargeX again this year, and we look forward to catching up with everyone!

Headless Ecommerce Summit (September 3rd)

The Headless Ecommerce Summit, presented by Netlify, is a free four-hour event covering modern headless stacks, no matter what checkout you’ll be using (BigCommerce, SAP, Salesforce CC, Shopify, etc).

Everyone knows that headless sites are super-fast. But how does it all fit together?

Join decision makers, technologists, and e-commerce experts for a one-day deep dive into how you can leverage the Jamstack to take advantage of this new headless approach. Whether you’re just learning about headless e-commerce, you’ve already started to go headless, or you’re a Jamstack pro, this conference will give you insights and actionable information to make your site and your business move faster.

For more about how to how to track checkouts for headless Shopify setups, see our headless tracking demo.

Retail Renaissance (September 15th – 17th)

Retail Renaissance is the flagship conference from Emarsys. This year they’re going big and going global (including talks en français!).

We have re-imagined the conventional conference, creating a digital-first festival to help marketers, ecommerce and digital leaders in retail across the globe learn from their peers, engage with the wider community and contribute across a 3 day, timezone busting, global agenda.

We’re looking forward to a lot of high-level Shopify Plus content about omnichannel ecommerce and personalization. Which makes sense, as Emarsys is an omnichannel customer engagement platform popular with larger Shopify merchants (including many Littledata customers).

Women in Subscription (September 24th)

The Women in Subscription conference is a free virtual event with talks from leading innovators in the subscription industry. It’s the industry’s first woman-focused subscription event, with speakers from Bulu, All Girl Shave Club and more. If you haven’t looked into Bulu, check it out — really smart productization of the subscription box concept, from Paul and Stephanie Jarrett. If you’re doing subscription ecommerce and interested in combining the latest trends in subscription boxes with data-driven subscription analytics to power your growth, Women in Subscription is an event not to miss.

SUBTA, the subscription trade association, did an excellent job with their last virtual event, and we’re looking forward to another engaging experience.

https://subta.com/women-in-subscription/