# Shopify
> The store platform most ecommerce catalogs live on.
- Canonical: https://xeli.ad/knowledge/shopify
- Type: entity
- Entities: Shopify, Product Feed, Catalog, Catalog Enrichment, Commerce Manager
- Topic coverage: 36% · AI citation readiness: 60%
## Definition
Shopify is a hosted commerce platform whose product, variant and inventory data typically becomes the upstream source for ad catalogs and feeds.

## Why it matters
A clean Shopify product model makes every downstream ad automation easier; a messy one breaks all of them.

## Keyword cluster
- shopify product feed
- shopify meta catalog sync
- shopify creative automation
## Related
- [Catalog to ads](https://xeli.ad/platform/catalog-to-ads): Connect a Shopify or Google Merchant Center feed and generate on-brand image and video ads for every SKU, sized for Meta, TikTok, Google, Pinterest and Snap.
- [Catalog](https://xeli.ad/knowledge/catalog): Your SKU inventory as the ad platforms see it.
- [Commerce Manager](https://xeli.ad/knowledge/commerce-manager): Where catalogs, feeds and shops are administered.
- [Meta & Google Product Feed Validator](https://xeli.ad/free-tools/product-feed-validator): Validate your Meta / Google Merchant Center product feed against required fields and rules.
- [Product Feed](https://xeli.ad/knowledge/product-feed): The structured product file every automated ad product reads from.
- [Catalog Feed](https://xeli.ad/glossary/catalog-feed): The file or API that pushes your SKUs and attributes into ad platforms.
- [Custom Labels](https://xeli.ad/glossary/custom-labels): Feed fields you define to group products by margin, season, lifecycle, or any custom attribute.
- [How to ship 400 catalog ads in a day (and why your agency can't)](https://xeli.ad/blog/catalog-ads-at-scale): A field guide for ecommerce teams: how to turn a product feed into on-brand catalog ads at ad-ready resolution, without writing a brief for every SKU.
## Entity graph
- [Shopify](https://xeli.ad/knowledge/shopify): The store platform most ecommerce catalogs live on.
- [Product Feed](https://xeli.ad/knowledge/product-feed): The structured product file every automated ad product reads from.
- [Catalog](https://xeli.ad/knowledge/catalog): Your SKU inventory as the ad platforms see it.
- [Catalog Enrichment](https://xeli.ad/knowledge/catalog-enrichment): Turning thin SKU rows into ad-ready imagery, copy and attributes.
- [Commerce Manager](https://xeli.ad/knowledge/commerce-manager): Where catalogs, feeds and shops are administered.
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