When you are building Shopify apps, especially embedded apps, we often need access to the email address or identity of the logged-in Shopify user. This is different from what you see in your partner dashboard, as it shows only the store’s registered email ID. The logged-in user can be different from the store’s registered email. … Read more
Customer support tickets consume a lot of time and energy for the Shopify store. As per recent study, 93% of support emails and chats are about editing orders. Support agents have to be available 24×7 and manually edit orders. Any delay or error leaves a bad taste in customers. These order changes are mostly related … Read more
Quick Answer? The best Shopify apps to increase sales focus on five key areas: checkout optimization, product bundling, upselling, customer reviews, and email marketing. Our top picks include Vista Checkout Rule & Discount for checkout customization, Vista Bundles for increasing order values, Judge.me for social proof, and Klaviyo for email automation. The right combination can … Read more
Disclosure: Growthpolis builds Vista Bundles, one of the apps compared below. We’ve tried to call out where competing apps do something Vista doesn’t (yet) rather than just make the case for our own app — the trade-offs section for Vista is as honest as the rest of this guide. If you’ve searched for a Fast … Read more
Choosing between Shopify and WordPress is one of the first and most consequential decisions you’ll make when starting an online business. Both platforms can power a professional, high-converting store, but they’re built on fundamentally different philosophies: Shopify is a hosted, all-in-one ecommerce platform, while WordPress is an open-source content management system that becomes an ecommerce … Read more
Shoppers love a great deal. And discounts that apply automatically during checkout in Shopify are one of the simplest ways to increase conversions and average order value. But Shopify’s built-in discount features are limited, especially when you want rules that suit real shopping behavior. That’s why many Shopify stores choose Vista Checkout Rules & Discounts. … Read more
Choosing between Shopify and Odoo is one of the most common decisions online sellers face, and it’s rarely a simple one. Shopify is a hosted, ecommerce-first platform built to get a store online fast, while Odoo is an open-source business suite that includes an ecommerce module. Both can power an online store, but they’re built … Read more
Disclosure: Growthpolis builds Vista Order Editing, one of the apps compared below. We’ve noted where it’s the better fit and where it isn’t, and priced every competitor from its own current Shopify App Store listing. If a customer emails you five minutes after checkout asking to fix a shipping address or swap a size, Shopify’s … Read more
In the real world, Shopify stores come across many use cases that require them to hide a payment method in Shopify. They may want to restrict certain payment options based on the customer’s location (zip code, city, country), order amount, shipping method, product type, etc. Some stores also hide high-fee payment gateways for smaller orders … Read more
Choosing between WooCommerce and Shopify is one of the first big decisions any small business owner makes when building an online store — and it’s a decision that shapes your costs, your workload, and your growth options for years afterward. Both platforms are genuinely excellent, and both power millions of live stores today, so there … Read more