With Order Editing live on your store, make sure customers are aware that they can edit their orders after making a purchase.
Editing your Shopify order confirmation email
To do this, access your order confirmation email template by navigating to Shopify Settings > Notifications > Customer notifications > Order confirmation and click on Edit code to open the email template editor.
Here's a visual guide on how to do this:
Inside the email template editor, locate the order button that typically says:
"View your order"
"View order status"
š” Tip: Use Ctrl+F on Windows, or Cmd+F on MacOS, to search for View your order to find it quickly.
Change Button Text
After successfully locating the 'View your order' button, update the button text from View your order to Edit your order. This signals to customers that they can make changes, not just look at their order.
How to do this?
Navigate to the Setup page in your Order Editing dashboard and copy the HTML code excerpt below:
After replacing the HTML code in the email template editor, be sure to update the order editing window to match your settings here. Once that's all done, click save to apply your changes and you can review if you've done this correctly through the email preview:
