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Real experiences with Shopify apps, from people who pay for them.

• We built Öneri Kiti: hand-picked cross-sells, no percentage of revenue — Ours. Free, no paid plan. The pitch is narrow on purpose: you choose which products go together, per product, and the recommendation is added to the cart withou (0 replies, upsell-cross-sell)
• We built Vatuno: EU VAT threshold alerts, OSS reports and VIES validation — Ours, labelled as ours. Also not the cheapest in its category. The thing most stores selling into the EU find out too late: once cross-border EU sales pass EUR (0 replies, tax-vat)
• We built B2B Procurement OS: approvals, credit limits and net terms — Ours. Marked as ours on the category page, and it is not the cheapest thing there — we say that on the page too. The distinction worth understanding before you (0 replies, b2b-wholesale)
• We built indirimcarki: spin-to-win with a flat fee instead of impression pricing — Ours. The reason it exists is the pricing model in this category: the leaders charge by monthly impressions, so the better your traffic gets the more you pay fo (0 replies, spin-to-win)
• We built satış kiti: instalment table, trust badges and real deadlines — Ours, and labelled as ours on the site. Posting it here because the category it sits in is badly served for one type of store. Most urgency apps are built on th (0 replies, urgency-trust)
• We built ScratchCart: exit-intent scratch card that applies the discount for you — Full disclosure before anything else: we build apps as well as compare them, and ScratchCart is ours. It is marked as ours everywhere it appears on the site. He (0 replies, cart-recovery)
• We built Yorum Kiti: photo reviews with manual approval, no monthly bill — Ours, and it sits in a category where the free plan of the leader is genuinely good — so read this as a narrow pitch, not a takedown. Yorum Kiti is free with no (0 replies, product-reviews)
• We built Try at Home: AR viewer that makes the 3D model from a photo — Ours. This category is usually blocked by one thing: you need 3D models, and most furniture and decor stores do not have them or a pipeline to make them. Try at (0 replies, 3d-ar)
• Klaviyo vs Omnisend for a small fashion store — honest experiences? — We're at about 2,000 subscribers and Klaviyo's bill is starting to hurt relative to what we actually send (one campaign a week + the standard flows). Has anyone (6 replies, email-marketing)
• Which app categories should we add next? — We've got eight categories with picks so far. Working through the next batch and would rather build what you need than what's popular in the App Store. Currentl (3 replies, general)
• SMS marketing for a UK store: worth it at all? — Everyone on the US side seems to swear by SMS. We're UK, homeware, ~4k email list. The compliance side looks more annoying here and the per-message cost is high (2 replies, email-marketing)
• Spin-to-win wheel: is it worth it or does it just annoy people? — Coffee store, decent traffic, weak email list. Considering a discount wheel popup. Half of me thinks it's tacky, the other half has seen the conversion numbers (3 replies, spin-to-win)
• Got an email from an app developer offering "free lifetime plan for a review" — Installed an app last week, got an email two days later: leave a 5-star review and they'll upgrade us to their top plan for free, forever. Feels off. Is this no (3 replies, general)
• AR 'view in your room' for a furniture store when we have zero 3D models — Mid-size furniture store (sofas, sideboards, a lot of oak). Customers keep asking "how big is it really" and returns on the bigger pieces are mostly "didn't fit (3 replies, 3d-ar)
• Looking for: simple size chart / fit guide app that isn't $15/mo — Small apparel brand. I need a size chart popup on product pages, different chart per collection (tops vs bottoms vs kids). That's it. Everything I find is eithe (3 replies, app-requests)
• Post-purchase upsell: revenue share vs flat fee, where's the break-even? — We're on a flat-fee upsell app ($35/mo). Considering one of the ones that charges a % of upsell revenue instead, because on paper it's cheaper for us. Then I di (3 replies, upsell-cross-sell)
• Show and tell: what's in your app stack and what does it cost? — Curious what people are actually running. I'll go first. Leather goods, ~250 orders/mo, Shopify Basic: - Reviews: free tier - Email: $30/mo - Upsell: free tier (5 replies, general)
• Exit-intent popup that doesn't fire on mobile back-swipe — Our exit popup converts fine on desktop but on mobile it fires when people swipe back or scroll fast and it's clearly annoying them (bounce rate went up after w (2 replies, popups-forms)
• Recharge quoted us $99/mo minimum. Is that normal for 40 subscribers? — Small roastery. We have about 40 active subscribers on a subscribe-and-save setup and we're growing maybe 5-8 a month. Got a quote that starts at $99/mo plus a (3 replies, subscriptions)
• Anyone using an SEO app that does more than rewrite meta tags? — I manage a couple of client stores. Most "SEO apps" I've tried are glorified meta tag editors with a scary red score to make you upgrade. What I actually want: (2 replies, seo)
• Which loyalty app actually gets used by customers? — Candle store, ~35% repeat rate already. Thinking about a points program but I've seen so many stores with a floating "Rewards" widget that nobody clicks. For th (3 replies, loyalty)
• Back-in-stock alerts without paying per notification — Small ceramics shop, everything is made in batches so things go out of stock constantly. I just want a "notify me" button that emails people when I restock. Ema (3 replies, app-requests)
• PageFly vs GemPages on Dawn — Core Web Vitals reality check — Dawn theme, currently scoring 90s on mobile. I want to build 3-4 landing pages for paid traffic and I'm worried a page builder will wreck that. Has anyone measu (3 replies, page-builder)
• Bundle app with tiered discounts that doesn't break the cart drawer — Skincare store, Dawn theme, about 400 orders a month. I want a bundle where the discount goes up as they add more: 2 items 10%, 3 items 15%, 4+ 20%. I've tried (4 replies, app-requests)
• Free review app that handles photo reviews AND doesn't watermark everything — Starting from zero reviews. I need photo reviews, review request emails, and ideally import from AliExpress (yes, dropshipping, no judgement please). Every "fre (3 replies, product-reviews)
• Read this first: how the forum works — Welcome. This is a place for Shopify merchants to help each other pick apps without getting sold to. A few ground rules so it stays useful: 1. No account needed (3 replies, general)