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19 Top Shopify Apps to Drive Sales & Retention

Shopify Apps to Drive Retention

Rahul Gadekar

Mentor Stanford SEED & LISA

In this article I will discuss 19 Shopify apps that would help to boost sales & retention on your Shopify store. There are thousands of app solutions in the Shopify store. Browsing through them would take a lot of time. Therefore, I have listed some of the essential Shopify apps that would help you address some of the challenges that you face as a merchant during your journey in association with Shopify. 

Shopify Apps – The value they bring to the users

Millions of people across the globe use Shopify to manage, run, and scale their businesses. Many others build apps that help these business owners to overcome unique challenges that come up. Apps are an indispensable part of the journey for the merchants who use Shopify.

The rapidly changing digitization, emergence of new and disruptive technologies, and the diversity of the merchant base has forced the emergence of apps that provide creative solutions. There are apps that help in every step of the merchant’s journey, from sourcing products, to marketing, order fulfillment, customer management, and more. So let’s dive deeper on few apps 

#1: Hubspot for Shopify

Hubspot Shopify App

Features

The HubSpot integration for Shopify works to improve inbound traffic, constituting both paid and organic. In addition to allowing your Shopify store to connect to HubSpot, it allows the analysis of the Shopify data to produce reports, sync products, contacts and orders automatically from Shopify to HubSpot, segment contacts on the basis of products, and automate ecommerce campaigns.

With the help of Hubspot Shopify app, you can
Analyse key metrics including abandoned cart recovery, customer lifetime order value

Free Trial 

You can request for a free demo of HubSpot for Shopify. The integration comes with a 14-day free trial. You can continue with paid options.

Pricing

The integration with HubSpot requires the below-said Shopify subscriptions.

Basic Shopify – USD 29/month

  • Online Store
  • Sales channels
  • Staff accounts
  • 24/7 support
  • Plus more!

Shopify (for a growing business) – USD 79/month

  • Everything in Basic, plus
  • Gift cards
  • Professional reports
  • Shipping discount up to 72%
  • Plus more!

Advanced Shopify (for scaling your business) – USD 299/month

  • Everything in Shopify, plus
  • Advanced report builder
  • Third-party calculated shipping rates
  • Shipping discount up to 74%
  • Plus more!

#2: Seguno

Seguno Shopify App Advantages


Features

This app has been built as an email marketing platform, exclusively for Shopify. Some of its features are:

  • Build and send engaging emails using 150+ templates
  • Encourage growth of your list with Seguno popups
  • Email automations to save time
  • Continued support from experts

Free trial

The app has a 10-day free trial.

Pricing

Plan 1: – 0 – 250 subscribers

FREE

  • Unlimited emails 
  • Newsletters, automations
  • Live chat/support

Plan 2: 251 – 1,000 subscribers – USD 10/month

  • 10-day Free trial
  • + $10/mo/extra 1,000 subscribers
  • All premium features available such as:
    • Product-purchased automations
    • Multi-email automated series
    • Remail to non-openers
    • Customer-tagged automations

The payments can be done month on month via Shopify.

#3: Nudgify

Nudgify Shopify App Benefits

This is an app that helps to increase trust as well as sales with FOMO nudges and social influence. It turns any data into social proof, showcases the best reviews, and increases conversions.

Features

  • Shows recent conversions/sign-ups and increases trust
  • Shows real-time stock data with an automatic feed
  • Automatically displays new sign-ups
  • Readymade and configured Nudges for e-Commerce/ SaaS/travel and more
  • Make new customized Nudges with words and pictures
  • Decide pages and devices on which your Nudges should appear
  • And more!

Free Trial 

You can try Nudgify FREE for 7 days and then pick up a plan. You can use Nudgify for any nymber of websites. There is no need for credit card details to be provided. You can opt for an annual billing mode and save up to 67 percent.

Pricing

Plan 1: AGENCY USD 89/month

For large websites/agencies having multiple websites and lots of traffic

  • 1,000,000 Visitors 
  • Social proof & FOMO
  • 32 languages
  • Plus more!

Plan 2: GENIUS USD 29/month

For SaaS and e-Commerce websites requiring advanced settings and options

  • 100,000 Visitors 
  • Unlimited Websites 
  • 32 languages
  • Plus more!

Plan 3: PLUS USD 9/month

For bloggers/new businesses that require real-time Social Proof and FOMO

  • 10,000 Visitors 
  • 32 languages
  • Social proof & FOMO
  • Plus more!

Plan 4: LITE USD 0.99/month

To increase your sales and sign-ups with real-time Social Proof

  • 2,000 Visitors 
  • Unlimited Websites 
  • Basic social proof
  • 32 languages

#4: Dialogue

Dialogue AI Personalization App


Features
 

It is created to make personalization easy. It helps to boost sales, drive conversions, and create personalized shopping experiences effortlessly and quickly. The personalization engine promotes campaigns that work best automatically and generates new ones based on relevant performance by users. Powered by machine learning, the app is fully automated. 

Free trial

It is FREE to install. 

Pricing

Paid plans are available. You can pick up any paid plan that suits you. The pricing depends on the plan that you choose.

#5: Pushowl

Pushowl Shopify App Features

This app helps you to capture anonymous shoppers as subscribers with web push notifications for your ecommerce site. However, they need not provide personal details. Some of them end up as buyers.

Features

  • Improve visibility by using push notifications sent straight to customers
  • Reach a wide audience by sending notifications to their phones 
  • Revenue analysis for notifications
  • Spot the high-performance notifications 
  • Modify remarketing strategy by studying customers’ interactions with the notifications 

Free trial

You can sign up for free.

Pricing

Plan 1: BASIC – Forever Free – 0 USD/month

  • 500 Impressions per month
  • Unlimited Subscribers
  • Plus More!

Plan 2: BUSINESS – (Most Popular) – USD 19/month

  • 10,000+ Impressions per month
  • All Basic Features
  • Plus More!

Plan 3: Enterprise – Customized plans

  • All the Features of Business
  • Subscriber segmentation
  • Flash sale
  • Plus more!

#6: Smile

Smile Shopify App Feature

This app features easy to implement reward programs for Shopify. Loyalty programs usethree different methods for rewarding shoppers:  Points, Referrals, and VIP.

Features

  • Email Notifications
  • Customizeable displays
  • Social media actions and reward shopping
  • Connect different reward programs

Free Trial

You can sign up for free.

Pricing

Plan 1: Free – 0 USD/month

200 orders/month

Plan 2: Starter – USD 49/month

For entrepreneurs wanting set up a professionally-branded reward program.

Plan 3: Growth – USD 199/month

For mid-sized businesses who want to drive engagement.

Plan 4: Pro – USD 599/month

For scaling businesses that want to increase profitability.

#7: Privy

Privy Shopify App Features

Privy helps those online brands that need to grow their sales quickly. They accomplish this by using suitable emails and texts. 

Features

Email

  • Newsletters
  • Winning back customers
  • Cart abandonment
  • Welcome emails

Conversion

  • Growth of lists
  • Cross sell
  • Spin to win
  • Free shipping bar

Text

  • Broadcast text
  • Privy text

Free trial

Free trial is available. There is no requirement to provide credit card details either when signing up for a free trial.

Pricing

You can text in the number of email contacts you have on the website to see the pricing.

Plan A: Privy Free – USD 0/month

  • Up to 100 contacts
  • Advanced targeting
  • Plus more!

Plan B: Starter – USD 15/month

  • Up to 250 contacts
  • Unlimited popups
  • Plus more!

Plan C: Growth – USD 15/month

  • Up to 3000 email and 500 text contacts
  • Unlimited popups
  • Plus more!

#8: Return Magic

Return Magic is designed to integrate with your Shopify store to create seamless product return experiences for customers.

Features

  • Create a branded/customized return portal 
  • Provide the customers a choice between refunds/ gift card refunds/ exchanges 
  • Increase gift card refunds 
  • Multilingual support
  • Plus more!

Free trial

Not available

Pricing

Rates start from USD 10/month. Pricing is dependent on the number of returns per month. You can opt for variable or fixed pricing structure. Return costs go down when the volume decreases.

#9: Google Channel

Google Channel Shopify App Features

This app helps you to get discovered across Google and to reach out to more customers. Our products will appear on the Google Shopping tab search listings for free. 

Features

It can track as well as update your Smart Shopping campaigns without exiting from Shopify. It also helps you to follow through your goals using marketing tools.

Makes automatic updates to your Smart Shopping campaigns in Shopify and they are reflected in your Google Ads account. 

Free trial

You can list/showcase your products for free across Google when you use Google Channel. 

Pricing

You will have to pay if you are setting up Google Ads through the Google channel. Connecting your Google Ads account to the Google Channel is optional.

#10: Google Shopping Feed

Google Shopping Feed syncs your product feeds and provides relevant information from your Shopify store to generate product listing Ads so that buyers can purchase the product directly from the site. 

Features

  • Extends advertising reach
  • Syncs products instantly
  • High-quality and reliable support

Free Trial

Google Shopping Feed comes with a 21-day free trial. 

Pricing

Plan 1: Up to 500 products – USD 4.99/month (or USD 53.89 once/year)

  • FB and Bing Free + Unlimited Variants and Orders
  • Tracking Tags for Google, Microsoft, and Facebook

Plan 2: Up to 501 – 1000 products – USD 8.99/month (or USD 97.09 once/year)

  • FB and Bing Free + Unlimited Variants and Orders
  • Tracking Tags for Google, Microsoft, and Facebook

Plan 3: Up to 1001 – 5000 products – USD 13.99/month (or USD 151.09 once/year)

  • FB and Bing Free + Unlimited Variants and Orders
  • Tracking Tags for Google, Microsoft, and Facebook

Plan 4: Up to 5001 – 10000 products – USD 17.99/month (or USD 194.29 once/year)

  • FB and Bing Free + Unlimited Variants and Orders
  • Tracking Tags for Google, Microsoft, and Facebook

#11: Goaffpro

GoAffpro Affiliate Marketing App
The app is a complete affiliate and influencer marketing solution for your online store. 

Features

  • Affiliate tracking
  • Customization
  • Analytics
  • Multi-level marketing options

Free trial

You can start for free and then upgrade if you want to use extra features.

Pricing

Hobby –FREE (for merchants with < 100 daily orders)

  • Unlimited affiliates, sales, revenue
  • Basic affiliate portal

Premium – (for merchants with > 100 daily orders) USD 24/month

  • A completely unlocked admin panel, with many extra features
  • Unlimited affiliates, sales, revenue
  • Branded affiliate portal
  • Targets and Bonuses
  • Multiple Groups and Sign up pages
  • Plus more!

Enterprise (for merchants who require custom features, dedicated account manager, on call support 24/7, etc.) – Starts @ USD199/month + 1.9%

  • Everything in Premium +
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Custom affiliate portal
  • Call support
  • Plus more!

#12: Vitals

Vitals all in one Shopify App

‘Vitals’ is an app that helps to increase conversions and optimizations. There are many features integrated into that single app. 

Features

The app has over 40 sales-boosting plugins that help your business to acquire advanced marketing capabilities organized into a single platform. 

Free trial

This app has a 30-day free trial option. It is built exclusively for Shopify. 

Pricing

‘Vitals’ is priced at USD 29.99/month for which it provides the following functions:

  • Product Reviews
  • Recent Sales Notifications
  • Pre-Orders
  • Backup & Multiple Facebook Pixels
  • Volume Discounts
  • And much more!

#13: Klaviyo

Klaviyo Shopify Email Marketing App

This app helps to turn relevant customer data into personalized SMS and email. 

Features

  • Access to all data in one place
  • Self-sending messages and texts (personalized)
  • Readymade templates

Free trial

Free plan is available. Additional charges may apply. 

Pricing

You can estimate your price on the Klaviyo by entering the number of contacts you have. The pricing options available are:

(1) Free – Starting at 0 USD/month

  • 500 monthly email sends
  • 150 free monthly SMS/MMS credits
  • Email and chat support

(2) Email – starting at USD 45/month

  • 1,001 – 1,500 contacts
  • 15,000 monthly email sends
  • 150 free monthly SMS/MMS credits
  • Email and chat support

(3)Email and SMS – starting at USD 60/month

  • 1,001 – 1,500 contacts
  • 15,000 monthly email sends
  • 1250 free monthly SMS/MMS credits
  • Email and chat support

(4)Kalviyo One – Enterprise solution

  • Premium support and features


#14: Omnisend

Omnisend Email Marketing App

This app is an easy-to-use platform that can be used for SMS, email marketing, and automation.

Features

  • Marketing automation
  • Email marketing
  • SMS
  • Reports
  • And more!

Free trial

You can start using Omnisend for free. You are not required to share any credit card details.

Pricing

(1) Free – USD 0/month – Ideal for new businesses or for exploring Omnisend

  • Reach up to 250 contacts
  • Unlimited contact list size
  • 500 emails/month
  • Up to 60 SMS
  • Up to 500 web push

(2) Standard – USD 16/month -Best for growing and medium-sized businesses that are focused on email marketing

  • Reach up to 500 contacts
  • 6,000 emails/month
  • Up to 60 SMS
  • Unlimited web push

(3) Pro – USD 59/month – Best for high-volume senders of SMS

  • Reach up to 500 contacts
  • Unlimited emails
  • Up to 3,933 SMS/month
  • Unlimited web push

#15: BEST Currency Converter

Best Currency Converter Shopify App

This app helps to show product prices in local currency thus making shopping easy for anyone, anywhere. 

Features

  • Add multiple currencies easily
  • Convert prices automatically
  • Increase sales

Free trial

You can sign up for free and use the app for 30 days if you want to pick up their Elite plan.

Pricing

(1) FREE PLAN

  • Free for life
  • Add up to 5 currencies
  • 3 beautiful designs

(2) ELITE PLAN – USD 9.95/month

  • 160+ currencies
  • 3 beautiful designs
  • Auto switch according to customer location
  • Checkout currency notifications


#16:
Recharge Subscriptions

Recharge Subscription Shopify App

You can easily manage a subscription business with this merchant portal.

Features

  • Subscription enabler
  • Customer engagement
  • Business performance measurement

Free trial

You can start for free and then pick up  pricing plan according to your business requirements.

Pricing

(1) STANDARD – Free to install -1% + 10¢ per transaction

  • Subscription Billing
  • Order Management
  • Merchant Tools
  • Payment Management
  • Basic Analytics

(2) PRO – USD 300/month-1% + 19¢ per transaction

  • Subscription Billing
  • Order Management
  • Enhanced Customer Portal
  • Merchant Tools
  • Payment Management
  • Enhanced Analytics

The Enterprise option is personalized according to the needs of the client.

# 17:Oberlo

Oberlo Dropshipping App

Oberlo is a dropshipping app for Shopify that helps you add unique and remarkable products to your online store.

Features

  • Product customization
  • Pricing automation
  • Add products at ease
  • Alter the product suppliers at ease
  • Automated product inventory

Free Trial

Oberlo allows a 30-day trial period. You do not have to share any credit card details.

Pricing

Oberlo Starter Plan – This is a free plan. You need to pay only when you scale your business.

  • Support for up to 500 products
  • Unlimited monthly orders
  • Oberlo Chrome extension
  • Product pricing automation
  • And more!

Oberlo Basic Plan – USD 29.90/month

  • Bulk orders for business growth
  • Variant mapping with multiple suppliers
  • Affiliate program support
  • Real-time order tracking
  • Order fulfillment monitoring
  • And more!

Oberlo Pro Plan – USD 79.90/month

All benefits of Basic Plan, including a product limit of 30,000 items for your Shopify online store.

#18: ByteStand

ByteStand is a repository of 4 apps that you can add to your Shopify store.

ByteStand

Moves and maintains your inventory from Amazon to your Shopify stores

Free trial

A 7-day free trial is available.

Pricing

Up to 100 SKUs – USD 10/month

Up to 500 SKUs – USD 15/month

Up to 1000 SKUs – USD 50/month

Up to 3000 SKUs – USD 125/month

Up to 5000 SKUs – USD 200/month

Custom option is available for clients with large operations. 

Fresh Credit

Enables stores credit for your customers so that they return to your online store.

Free trial

A 1-week free trial is available.

Pricing

Up to 5,000 customers – USD 10/month

Up to 20000 customers – USD 25/month

Up to 50000 customers – USD 40/month

Over 50000 customers– Customized according to number of customers

FBA Shipping

Routes your orders through Amazon FBA around the world

Free trial

There is only one price slab for this app.

Pricing

One Price – USD 25/month maintenance

  • Process as many transactions as you like, the price will never go up
  • FBA marketplaces around the world
  • Automate your FBA shipping on Shopify

#19: SnapSync

SnapSync Amazon Inventory Sync

Helps you manage multiple inventories across different selling platforms including Amazon & Shopify locations from single app 

Free trial

There is only one price slab for this app.

Pricing

One Price – USD 15/1000 SKUs

  • Same price for one or 100 Amazon marketplaces 
  • Can be used for as many Shopify locations as you want
  • Completely automated

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Rahul Gadekar

Stanford Alumnus

Mentor: Stanford Seed & Abu Dhabi SME Hub

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