Starting a new Shopify store can be an exciting and overwhelming experience, especially when it comes to choosing the right apps to optimize your store’s functionality. Shopify offers a vast selection of apps to choose from, which can make it difficult to determine which ones are essential to the success of your store. In this blog post, we will discuss some of the must-have apps for a new Shopify store.
Recharge is a subscription management solution. The app works as a Shopify checkout extension to manage recurring orders, billing , and payments. With the app, you can monitor your customer lifetime value by sustaining your buyer’s relationship.
Using this app, your customers can sign up for recurring payments to be charged overtime. This makes the app perfect for businesses with subscription boxes and billing payments.
Email campaigns do miracles in building a list of loyal customers, and in boosting conversions on stores. The SmartrMail app does a wonderful job at handling your Emails. This Email Marketing App has amazing features, such as: easy email automations, fully featured email solutions, and beautiful templates for you to quickly setup and send your email newsletters. The app has other great features, and it’s dashboard makes it easy and simple to track your conversions and other data.
This app shows popups of recent sales, cart activity, live activity, product reviews and more. Apps like these have proven to increase sales on stores after install. They help to build curiosity in customers and capture their interest in advertised products.
The POP! Sales & Live Activity Pop app creates trust in your customers when they see the activities transpiring on your store. This is an app that’s worth the install as it’s easy to use and works out of the box. You have the power to change the design of your popups, the content of the popups, the timing, pages they are displayed on and their position. The app is super easy to use, the events / activities are regularly updated and no extra effort is required on your part to keep it operational.
FOMO is similar to the POP! app. The FOMO app supports over 100 integrations and provides a ton of functionality. FOMO stands for “Fear of Missing Out”, which is the key ingredient to Zara’s success. When your store’s visitors see your customers’ activities on your store, your visitors will find it hard not to take part! The app also offers conversion statistics to give you an insight on your store’s performance, so you can make judgements that would serve you and your store best.
This app is designed to streamline discounts for Shopify merchants. It’s the perfect app for both merchants and customers looking to increase their profits. Customers purchase more when they get discounts!
Recart is a must-have app for any store that uses Facebook Messenger as a marketing channel. This app automates your Messenger marketing campaigns and helps you recover abandoned carts by sending automated messages to potential customers who have left items in their cart. BigCommerce said "Cart abandonment emails have a 41.18% open rate — far outperforming the typical marketing email at 21% — and are instrumental in recovering lost sales.”, which makes Recart the perfect tool to collect extra sales from abandoned carts.
Judge.me is a user-generated content app that allows you to collect and showcase customer reviews and ratings on your store. This app can significantly increase your store’s credibility and conversion rates, as customers are more likely to trust and purchase from a store with positive reviews.
In conclusion...
There are many apps to choose from when starting a new Shopify store. However, these 7 apps are essential for optimizing your store’s functionality and increasing its success. By utilizing these apps, you can improve your marketing, customer service, and overall user experience, ultimately driving more traffic and sales to your store.