AfterShip Shopify Tracking Experts

Order tracking looks simple from the outside: a page, some emails. On a real store, the work is making sure every customer lands on the same page from every link, and that the page earns its place in the post-purchase journey.

The tracking page. Branding AfterShip's tracking page to match the theme and adding its product recommendation blocks, so a customer checking a parcel sees something worth buying next.

Making it reachable. Adding the page to the store navigation and rewriting the links in Shopify's own notification templates, so the shipping confirmation sends people to AfterShip rather than Shopify's default order status page.

Shipping updates. Setting up AfterShip's automated email and SMS notifications, deciding which delivery events trigger a message, and agreeing which messages Shopify still sends.

Delivery estimates. Putting the AI estimated delivery date widget on product pages and in checkout, where it answers the "when will it arrive" question before someone buys.

Connections. Linking tracking events to Shopify Flow, a helpdesk or an email platform, so support agents and marketing flows see the same shipment status.

Clean-up. Moving across from another tracking tool and removing old order-status-page scripts that no longer run.

AfterShip rarely calls for a developer. The job is placing app blocks, editing templates and testing every link. Code comes in mainly when the delivery-date widget has to go in as Liquid rather than as an app block.

With four badge holders, you can read every profile in ten minutes. Look for proof of tracking work on live stores, not general app installs.

Ask to see a tracking page they built. Then place a test order on that store if you can, and follow the shipping email link. If it lands on Shopify's default page instead of the branded one, the job wasn't finished.

Ask how they'd handle your order status page. Anyone working on Shopify tracking in late 2026 should mention that checkout.liquid and additional scripts no longer run on the Order status and Thank you pages, and that app blocks took their place.

Confirm the plan before scoping. Delivery estimates before purchase need AfterShip's Premium or Enterprise plan. A proposal that includes them on a lower plan hasn't checked.

Ask about referral ties. AfterShip pays agencies in its partner programme a commission on referrals, plus bonuses for plan upgrades. That's normal, but ask whether a candidate is in it before you act on an upgrade recommendation.

Red flags. A plan to paste scripts into checkout settings. A promised drop in support tickets.

Start with one paid job: have them brand the tracking page, swap the order status link in your shipping confirmation template, and send proof from a real shipment.

Scripts on the Order status page are finished. Shopify switched off checkout.liquid and additional scripts on the Order status and Thank you pages on 28 August 2025. Script tags on the Order status page stopped running for Plus stores that day and for every other store on 26 August 2026. Any AfterShip snippet still sitting in those places has stopped working.

Don't build on the old button article. AfterShip's help article for the "Track order with AfterShip" button still describes adding it through Settings, Checkout and checkout.liquid, and warns the method may stop working. Shopify sunset both of those on its post-purchase pages in August 2025, so ask your expert what they'd put in its place, and check it on a test order.

The tracking page lives behind an app proxy. AfterShip serves it at /apps/aftership/order-status on your store domain. That URL goes into the menu under Content, then Menus, and replaces the default order status link inside Shopify's notification templates.

Delivery dates have two install paths. On product pages, the estimate goes in through the theme extension as an app block, or as Liquid code added to the theme. In checkout, it's an app block placed in the checkout editor. Both need the Premium or Enterprise plan.

Plan figures disagree. AfterShip prices on shipment volume, with overage charges on paid plans, and the App Store listing and AfterShip's pricing page don't always match. Check the vendor page before agreeing scope.

The 4 AfterShip profiles overlap heavily: every one lists store setup, and three of four cover design, development and support.