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r/shopify on Reddit: Must have free apps
September 6, 2023 -

What are your must have free apps, for your shopify store?

What paid app did you wish you got sooner?

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Hmm, must have free is tricky. There's a lot of good stuff out there, not all of it I'd say is must have. Here are some I find useful for some builds: Seal Subscriptions: Very clean way of allowing customers to 'Subscribe and Save'. Great for consumable products or even if your business relies on subscriptions I'd say Seal can do it. Anything Globo (mega menu, sticky add to cart, GLO related products) I find Globo great for the amount of freedom they provide with their free tiers. The support is ace too and they'll help you even if you're not a paying customer! Klarna/ other BNPLs: Not quite an app but Klarna or other Buy Now Pay Later payment providers are a must have for any 2024 ecommerce store. They do charge extra on the payment processing fee but are free to install so I'm happy including it here. Shopify developed apps: Shopify Inbox and Shopify Flow are incredible tools which, if used correctly, can improve your site and help with QOL on the backend. Inbox has been able to replace Zendesk for our business.
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This question is multi-faceted. It also depends on many aspects used in making the evaluation. In my opinion, the best apps are those that completely meet the exclusive needs of your business. These apps are usually developed by well-known and reputable companies. Also, they have ratings of 4.5 stars and higher and have several hundred reviews, minimum. I suggest you take a look at these articles https://whidegroup.com/blog/top-shopify-apps-part-1/ , https://whidegroup.com/blog/top-shopify-apps-part-2/ to learn about the best Shopify apps represented on the App Store.
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reddit.com › r/shopify › best free shopify apps for collecting customer reviews?
r/shopify on Reddit: Best Free Shopify Apps for Collecting Customer Reviews?
August 7, 2024 -

Hey everyone,

I need some advice. It seems like Shopify has retired their reviews app, and I've got a customer who wants to leave a positive review. The problem is, I have no idea what to recommend to him or how to collect reviews now.

What are the best alternatives for collecting customer reviews on Shopify? I'm looking for an app that's preferably free of charge. If anyone has any recommendations or different approaches that have worked for them, I'd love to hear about it!

Thanks in advance for your help!

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reddit.com › r/shopify › useful shopify apps nobody talks about
r/shopify on Reddit: Useful Shopify Apps Nobody Talks About
January 4, 2025 -

Hey everyone, I previously asked about some useful Shopify apps that don’t get much attention in this subreddit, and after doing a bit of research, I wanted to share the best apps I found. These are the ones that, based on my research and the comments, seem really worth checking out and deserve to be more mainstream. (I haven’t personally tried ALL of them, but I made sure to include only apps with the best reviews)

1 - Vitals: Reviews, Bundles, AI – This is basically the Swiss Army Knife of apps, packed with features to boost your store’s performance. Here are some of the most best features:

Upsell Funnels: Basically you can make as many product bundles as you want to boost sales like pre-set bundles or let people pick their items. You can also offer things like ‘Buy One Get One’ or set discounts or lower prices when people buy more or hit certain quantities in their cart.

Wishlist: Let customers save their fav products for later.

Stock Scarcity: Add urgency with limited stock notifications. (only 3 left in stock)

Countdown Timer: Push limited-time offers with real-time timers. (5:24:32 left before sale ends)

Trust Badges & Payment Logos: Build trust with familiar payment logos and badges.

Back-in-Stock Alerts: Notify customers when out-of-stock products return.

Email & Pop-ups: Grow your list with pop-ups and email capture tools.

Product Reviews

Spin the Wheel: Let customers play for discounts & gifts

Pre-Orders: Let customers order out-of-stock items and get it when available.

Instant Search: Help visitors find products faster with predictive search.

Cookie Banner: Comply with GDPR with a cookie consent banner.

Announcement Bars: Display customizable bar for promotions, shipping info, or alerts at the top.

Product Labels: Add "New", "Sale", or "Hot" labels on product images.

Gift with Purchase: Give away free gifts on certain conditions.

Goals: Set sales goals and reward customers when they hit them.

And even more features I won’t be able to fit here

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2 - BackupMaster Backups – Automatically backs up everything in your store, so if something goes wrong or your store crashes, you can restore it all.

3 - Parcel Panel Order Tracking – Gives you a branded, customizable tracking page for orders with real-time updates and automated shipping notifications.

4 - Section Store – Allows you to add customizable sections to your Shopify theme without any coding.

5 - Try Before You Buy App – Lets customers try products before committing to a purchase. If they don’t return it within the specified timeframe, their credit card is charged automatically.

6 - AI Chat Bot – Automates customer support with AI-driven chatbots (mostly used for tracking updates and FAQ). Free: Zendesk

7 - Page Builders – Gives you more freedom to customize your site without much coding knowledge. best are PageFly, Foxify, and Pagetify.

8 - Fraud prevention – Identifies and filters out fraudulent orders to protect your business.

9 - Shoptools - discount link generator - creates links that auto apply discounts and links that go straight to checkout with the product in cart. Perfect for emails or ad campaign conversions

Quick tip: Keep in mind that installing too many apps can slow down your site, You don’t want to overload your site with apps that are redundant or don’t serve a major purpose.

If you have other apps like these feel free to drop them in the comments I’ll do my best to keep this updated whenever I have time

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reddit.com › klp › best-free-shopify-apps
Best Free Shopify Apps - Reddit
You can learn more at http://easyroutes.app. ... Automizely, they have email pop ups for free and ALOT other stuff for free. I only personally use the email pop up and nothing else it’s just a lot of stuff offered for free and I was kind of suspicious. So far no issues… with the email pop ups. More Reddit posts talking about Best Free Shopify Apps.
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reddit.com › r/shopify › 60+ free shopify apps for different purposes
r/shopify on Reddit: 60+ Free Shopify Apps for Different Purposes
December 8, 2020 - I will add https://apps.shopify.com/helpcenter FAQ page, Help Desk ticketing, Live chat for customer support. Good rating, quite cheap, and simple to use. ... Your comment in r/shopify was automatically removed as your account is too new.
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reddit.com › r/shopify › shopify gurus - what apps do you use/absolutely recommend?
r/shopify on Reddit: Shopify Gurus - What Apps do you use/absolutely recommend?
October 2, 2024 -

Shopify Gurus - Trying to collect a list of top apps that are loved by the shopify gurus.
Trying to cover each part of business - please add/edit however required.

Domain HostApp/Service NameAny comments?
Website Load Time Optimizer
Acquire Customers
Analytics - product/customer/etc
Payments Gateway
Increase Customer Conversion
Retargeting Customer / Return Customer
Giftcard
Delivery Partner
Package Insurance
CRM Tool
Marketing Tool
FB/Insta Ads
Other Ads
Accounting Software
Taxes - multiple countries
Legal - Privacy/Return/Other Policies
SEO
Any other category? Pls add
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reddit.com › r/shopify › free bundles apps recomendations?
Free bundles apps recomendations? : r/shopify
January 8, 2025 - Here's a quick demo - https://paperthemedemo2.myshopify.com/products/the-best-sellers-bundle?variant=45261167591657 ... Your comment in r/shopify was automatically removed as your account is too new (accounts must be at least 10 days old). Try again a little later. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. Continue this thread ... Bundler app has this option.
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reddit.com › r/shopify › useful website building shopify apps
Useful website building shopify apps : r/shopify
February 28, 2024 - I just didn’t like the tools with just Shopify. It wasn’t customizable enough for me. I can send you a link to my site via private message if you want to see it in use. Just let me know. ... yeah that’s true, you can’t really move anything around it’s so annoying, would love to see your website, thanks (: ... PageFly is amazing. It's completely customizable and its completely free
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reddit.com › r/shopify › what are some of the best apps to use?
r/shopify on Reddit: What are some of the best apps to use?
January 7, 2024 -

Hey peeps, what are the best apps to install on a new shopify store? Thanks

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As a new Shopify store, I can't emphasize enough the importance of making the most out of the Marketing tools (mostly FREE) provided by Shopify itself If you implement these steps before launch or as early as possible when your store is new, your business will benefit significantly: Setup Lead Capture with Shopify Forms (FREE): If you can't sell, at least capture your traffic to build trust and sell via email. Use Shopify Email (10,000 Emails FREE per month) for Email Marketing, before jumping into any advanced or costly platforms. Setup the essential email flows automation: Welcome, abandoned browse, abandoned cart, abandoned checkout, order confirmation, feedback/review request after fulfilled order, win back, etc. Enable Shopify Inbox, setting up Instant Replies. Setup Shopify Shop Channel: Pay attention to what % of products are not getting listed for missing categories. Update them. Setup Facebook & Instagram Sales Channel (Meta Business Manager, Ad Account, Pixel, CAPI, Catalog, etc). Setup Google & YouTube Sales Channel (Google Merchant Center, Google Analytics, Google Ads, YouTube). Setup TikTok Sales Channel. A Review Plugin. Shopify Collab for partnering up with Creators. Discount (Tip: Avoid sitewide discounts & deep discounts that might burn money, attract low-quality customers. Improve AOV discounting for higher order value). Ensure cost, inventory, etc., are up-to-date for all products. Integrate Triple Whale's FREE Founder Dash (Add other expenses beyond Inventory cost). Measure the metrics that matter. Now full disclaimer. Even as a Shopify partner, I have to admit that some of the FREE Shopify apps have issues and the support team struggles to help. I sincerely hope that Shopify team is taking the negative reviews on their FREE apps seriously and taking steps to improve them. There are 3rd party FREE alternatives as well. What apps do you use for Marketing? I always recommend new DTC brands keep the tech expenses minimum and rather spend more on customer acquisition. I have seen 7/8 figure brands drowning with subscription fees from platforms, that they barely use or get reasonable returns from. Another important recommendation is to use a Shopify theme that you or any non-developer can customize just by dragging & dropping sections & blocks. There are great FREE themes & then feature-rich paid themes like Debutify that you can customize yourself. You don't need a developer or designer to start with. Researching the top e-commerce sites in your niche will give you pretty good website layout ideas. Good themes make it easy to create those layouts by any non-developer or designer. Let me know if you've found some value. May your store have an incredible year ahead. All the very best.
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I would start with the basic Sh apps like chat and email and as other commenter said, don’t bother with third party apps until you truly need them. One third party app I would add is a country/ip blocker to stop bad actors placing fake orders or filling your email list with fake emails. Once you have some traction I would look at adding more advanced email capability like Sensorpro or Klaviyo.