For deals and store transfers from August 10, Shopify partners can earn both subscription revenue share and a slice of merchant GMV, while the earning window becomes four years instead of perpetual.
Zipchat is useful as an operating case study, not a comeback story. Founder-reported figures show how a prior platform dependency failure influenced a new AI SaaS model built around reply-based pricing, channel diversification, revenue-based financing and tighter hiring discipline.