Shopify app
A Shopify app is an add-on that extends a Shopify store with features such as reviews, upsells, subscriptions, email or order forms.
Shopify apps are extensions, mostly built by independent developers, that add features the core platform does not include. Merchants install them from Shopify's app marketplace. Common categories include:
- product reviews and photo reviews
- upsells, bundles and cart drawers
- email and SMS marketing
- subscriptions
- page builders
- cash on delivery order forms
- currency conversion, translation and shipping tools
Many apps add scripts or blocks to the storefront, which is how they can be detected from the public page source. Apps that only work in the store admin, such as accounting or inventory tools, usually leave no trace and cannot be detected from outside.
Looking at which apps successful stores use is a quick way to learn how they sell. A store with a strong review app, a quantity offer and a post-purchase upsell is clearly working on average order value and trust. RivalSonar shows detected apps on every store profile, has a Shopify apps directory, and lets you filter stores by app. See which Shopify apps top stores use.
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