Shopify is one of the leading platforms to build and run your eCommerce store. They have partnered thousands of great tools that can assist in operating other areas of your business, help you improve efficiencies, and automate processes.
We’ve spent hours digging to find you a list of the top Shopify tools to grow and manage your eCommerce business.
We cover tools for every part of your business including:
Marketing
Social media
SEO
Advertising
Live Chat
Customer Support
Email marketing
AB testing
Customer reviews
Product photos
Shipping
Marketplaces
Multi channel Selling
Payment
Dropshipping
Packaging
And a few of our other favorites!
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1. Olapic
User generated content can increase
conversions dramatically.
Olapic makes sourcing content from
your customers, requesting rights for
usage, and posting to your channels
seamless.
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2. Pixlee
The best way to improve the customer shopping experience is to show
real customers enjoying your products.
Pixlee makes your social photos and videos shoppable on your website.
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3. Kit
Your virtual marketing assistant that leverages messaging to help you
market your online store. It starts at $10/month and will save you hours.
Just one of many things that Kit does is run your Facebook ads for you!
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4. Carthook Cart Abandonment
Unlock lost revenue by automatically tracking and emailing shoppers who
start, but don’t finish your checkout process.
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5. Sell on Facebook
Customers can easily browse your
products and collections using the
new, always visible Shop section on
your Facebook Page.
Easy to set up and mobile
designed.
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6. Buffer
Buffer makes it easy to manage and schedule posts to all social media
platforms including Pinterest. Buffer will optimize your posts too by
posting at the best times for your exact audience. Over time, you can see
which posts perform best so you can create more engaging content.
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7. Smarter Queue
Save hours on social media scheduling. Create a queue of content to
schedule to Twitter, Facebook and (coming soon) Instagram.
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8. Instagram Feed
Display your Instagram feed directly in your Shopify store to entice
customers to not only follow your Instagram account but also engage
with other rich brand content (if you are creating good Instagram content,
that is).
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9. SEO Image Optimizer
Boost the SEO of your images and allow more customers to discover your
products by adding alt tags. This app will do it for you automatically.
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10. ALT text
Alt text app is another free app that will allow you to add alt text to your
images so they can be easily discovered in Google image search.
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11. AdEspresso
Create and optimize your ads to get the best ROI.
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12. Leadpages
Leadpages is an easy way to create different landing pages without
coding.
For targeted ads, we suggest that you create unique landing pages for the
ad you are running. You want to send your customers to the targeted
landing page, so you can see where your visitors are dropping from the
funnel.
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13. Zopim
Talk to your customers in real-time and provide personalized customer
service with Zopim chat that sits on your website.
Let your customers get their questions answered as soon as they have
them.
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14. Olark
Olark is an alternative for a live chat app. Engage with your customers on
your website, know where they’re coming from, and how their shopping
experience was.
Allow your customers to have their questions answered on the spot as
they browse through products.
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customer support tools
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15. Zendesk
Use Zendesk to manage your customer support team, seamlessly create
tickets for customer issues, and manage responses in a timely manner.
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16. Helpscout
Manage your customer support questions and cultivate a knowledge base
to help customers find the answers they’re looking for.
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17. Desk.com
If you’re already using Salesforce for CRM, this solution creates an
out-of-the-box solution for a help desk for small businesses.
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18. Mailchimp
A fun and easy email-marketing solution that allows you to create
beautiful newsletters that you can use to promote your products and what
is going on with your brand.
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19. Mandrill
For more advanced users, Mandrill is a API that connects to your web
store to automatically send emails customized to the actions that your
visitor or potential customer has taken.
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20. Intercom for Shopify
Get a complete view of your shoppers’ buying behaviour and created
targeted campaigns that appeal to your audience, with a live chat tool.
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21. Pushcrew
Compliment your email marketing efforts by sending push notifications
directly to your customer’s computer or mobile device to receive
real-time updates from you.
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22. Optimizely
Optimizely allows you to A/B test your website to determine which pictures,
copy, and user flow encourage shoppers to buy.
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23. Pixc
Easily remove the background from
your product images for a clean,
professional look.
All image editing is completed
within 24 hours. The images are
cropped and resized perfectly to fit
your store.
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24. Pretty Instant
Book a professional photographer in your city to shoot your product images.
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25. Temando
Built to handle a large volume of packages, Temando allows you to
automate the entire fulfillment process – sync, manage and process
orders from wherever you sell.
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26. Returns Manager
The Returns Manager app by Bold Commerce makes managing returns
simple for you, allows you to create customized policies, and notifies the
customer of the return.
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27. Shippo
Get shipping labels,
competitive shipment pricing
for your orders, and track your
parcels all in one place using
the Shippo dashboard.
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28. Shyp
Shyp makes shipping easy. They pick up, package and send your goods
with a click of a button. The courier will come to you within 20 minutes!
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29. AfterShip
Give shoppers peace of mind with timely and accurate updates of
delivery status of their packages.
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tools for customer reviews
and ratings
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30. Yotpo
Easily collect customer product reviews on a mobile-optimized platform,
and publish them on your product pages and social platforms.
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31. ShopperApproved
Collect merchant reviews, product reviews and local reviews, and then
distribute them amongst a variety of platforms including Google, Yahoo,
Youtube and Facebook.
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32. Sellbrite
If you’re planning on selling across multiple channels, Sellbrite will help
you easily create listings across multiple marketplaces.
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33. Stitch Labs
Keep your inventory levels in check across multiple platforms, and use
Stitch Labs to manage orders, and fulfillment.
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34. Affirm
Give your customers the opportunity to finance their purchase with Affirm.
By giving customers the option to split their purchase into monthly
payments it increases cart size and conversions at checkout.
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35. PayPal
Many shoppers will opt to pay for purchases online using PayPal for its
buyer protection, and ease of use. Offering PayPal as a payment option on
your store is a must.
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36. Stripe
Stripe is the easiest and most secure way to take customer payments.
It is built directly into Shopify.
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37. Braintree
Easily accept payments from customers online or in-app. They allow you
to keep your first $50,000 of credit card processing fee-free.
Here is a list of all the payment gateways for your
Shopify store.
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38. Arka
Customize your packaging and boxes so it feels like Christmas morning
every time a customer opens an order from you. Arka makes it simple to
design, print and get packaging delivered directly to you.
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39. Lumi
Package your products in beautifully designed boxes, branded tape,
stamps and much more. Lumi looks lovely.
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40. Print Aura
Print Aura offers drop shipping of your own designs on t-shirts, aprons,
totes and a large variety of phone cases.
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41. Teelaunch
Teelaunch will print your design on a variety of products from yoga mats,
to beach towels to t-shirts. They offer drop shipping so you never have to
worry about inventory.
If you need more information on drop shipping and how the concept
works, you should check out Shopify’s Ultimate Guide to Drop Shipping.
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other favourite tools
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42. Zapier
When two of your favorite platforms do not integrate, Zapier can save the
day. Zapier creates connections with different applications that do not
typically integrate, to help your processes run smoothly.
43. Google Trusted Store
Become a Google Trusted Store and give your shoppers peace of mind
that you are a reliable brand, that offers an amazing experience and free
purchase protection.
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44. Optin Monster
Convert your store visitors into email subscribers, and boost your potential
for future sales by retargeting them with email campaigns.
45. Rewind
This is like a must-have insurance policy. Rewind automatically creates a
backup of your complete store, orders, customers and preferences. It
gives you the ability to easily restore your website in case of a
malfunction.
46. Product Evaluator Tool
With this product evaluator test, you’ll be able to ask the tough questions
to help you evaluate if your product will succeed.
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47. Facebook Groups
Connect with other Shopify sellers in Facebook Groups to share and
receive advice on taking your store to the next level.
Some great Shopify focused Facebook groups are:
Shopify Entrepreneurs,
Shopify Mastery- 6 Figure Mastery Group
eCommerce Entrepreneurs.
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Amazon
Amazon is one of the world’s largest shopping marketplaces with 304
million shoppers every year. They make it easy to sell, gain reviews from
customers, and you can even have your shipments fulfilled by Amazon.
eBay
eBay is known for its auctions, however today it has everything on it,
including new and used items. With over 162 million shoppers, we
definitely recommend listed your products on eBay.
Yahoo Shopping
Yahoo has a marketplace too, where shoppers can read reviews on
products, discover new companies and brands, and purchase a variety of
goods online.
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Google Shopping
Google Shopping creates a highly-optimized avenue for customers to
discover your products for sale.
Google has strict product image requirements with which Pixc can help.
Pinterest
Pinterest now allows buyable pins to be integrated with your Shopify
store. By integrating your store, you allow visitors to buy directly from
Pinterest.
Here is our complete list of 32 places to sell online.
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