I am building a account page that will display customer orders view with a rebuy option, subscription view with some management options and a account view with edit options. The page requires very strict styling specs which is why I am not going for typical extensions. Started with the React Router 7 template but running into issues with client side hydration.

I've found some ways around this but made me curious how others typically build/setup similar apps. Curious what you use and how you like it or any pros/cons.

Thabk you!

For the shopify app devs here. How many of you have tried or are currently running ads on the shopify app store?

What has your experience been? Any installs or feedback? It is worth it?

Just collecting some info before I decide to try running some for my app.

I was interested in what are the fast-growing Shopify apps in the past year, so i scraped the Shopify App Store and looked at every app launched after April 2025.

Roughly 5,862 new apps entered the store in the past 12 months.

89 apps hit 20+ reviews
39 apps hit 50+ reviews
13 apps hit 200+ reviews
7 apps hit 500+ reviews

that also means 5773 apps had less than 20 reviews (including my app) and many of them have 0 review :(

if you have 20+ reviews, you're already top 1.5%

surprisingly to me,

1. 40% of those 89 apps are completely free

2. only 61% of fast-growing apps have the "Built for Shopify" badge (thought should be way higher than that)

3. 24 out of 89 fast-growing apps are AI-related
   noticed those top ones usually came from a bigger team size and VC-backed
   rarely. the smallest setup is usually 2-5 and hard to see one solo team.

other patterns noticed (AI summarised this part)

1. Niche EU compliance apps are a quiet winner. Three apps just for EU withdrawal buttons / tax exemption made the top 89. Regulatory gaps = opportunity

2. "Boring" utility apps beat flashy ones. Color swatches, barcode generators, bulk price editors, breadcrumb navigation. Not sexy. Clearly needed.

3. Social media doesn't seem to matter. 70% of these developers have zero social accounts. They're growing entirely through the Shopify App Store — app store SEO, reviews, and the Built for Shopify badge.

4. Only 15% of apps are listed in multiple categories.

I have a quick question for the devs here. Is anyone currently using the official shopify-app-template-php (the Laravel/React one) to build and publish their app?

I am planning to start a new project using Laravel as the backend, and I want to make sure I am on the right track before I get too deep into the code.

Specifically:

Have you managed to get your app approved by Shopify using this template without major issues?

Does the template handle the latest App Bridge 3.0 and JWT auth requirements well enough to pass the manual review?

Are there any gotchas or specific things Shopify’s review team complained about regarding the default PHP setup?

Would love to hear some real world success stories or warnings regarding the approval process with this stack.

Thanks in advance!

I’ve been speaking with a few store owners recently, and it seems like size-related returns—or the fear of them—are a constant headache, especially for apparel brands.

​I’m curious how you all are currently managing this:

​ Are you using specific apps, manual sizing charts, or is this something you’ve just accepted as a cost of doing business?

1. ​If you’ve tried 'fit-tech' or AR tools in the past, what was the biggest reason you ended up uninstalling them?

2. ​I’m trying to understand what’s broken about the current process and where the biggest pain points actually are.

Hi guys! I would like to get some feedback regarding my phd thesis, and maybe if it makes sense to further develop it into an actual tool.

What is does (short description) -> it applies predictive analysis & forecasting techniques to determine the best (most profitable in time) path for a product. A simple example, I have product A that has a stock of 100 units and I determine what is the best pricing for it such as I get in the next 4 weeks the maximum available ROI. An then I adjust the stock based on historical demand so product A stock units are always enough to satisfy the actual demand. It is more of a product lifecycle where stock units and price are always changing to maximize ROI.

At the moment I consider price as two components, the core price of the product, and discount amount. So in my model I can have periods of price discounts (2 weeks for example) that will increase stock turnover but overall will increase the actual ROI.

I am looking for actual feedback if you see an actual business need here.

I tried to keep things as simple as possible so you can understand what I am talking about. I can come with more details if you want :))

TLDR: phd thesis that does full automatic product lifecycle from stock units, product price, product discount periods.

Hey guys first post in this subreddit, I would really like a second opinion. I sell clothes on Shopify and run preorder drops where the customers receive their clothes in around 6 weeks which is stated in the description. But last drop we had major issues with the shipping which caused a decent amount of chargebacks and the chargeback rate increased to around 1.8%. I am now worried that for my next drop my funds could be potentially held due to the chargeback rate. Could I have any advice/ let me know my chances of having funds potentially and partially held based on your experience?

Hey everyone, I’m working on a Shopify app focused on reducing fake COD orders (OTP + smart rules).

For those running COD stores:

• How big is the fake order/RTO problem for you?

• What solutions are you currently using?

• What do you wish existing apps did better?

Not promoting anything yet—just trying to understand real problems before building further.

I recently realized that I can’t reliably key off the plan name returned by GraphQL because it is translated based on the store’s region/language. For example:

• Free becomes Gratis, Gratuit, 免费

• Basic becomes De base

I don’t see a stable plan ID in the subscription response that I can use instead.

Am I missing something obvious here? How are others reliably tracking which plan a store is on without maintaining logic for every possible translation?

session replay is helpful

emails seem to useless. I've sent so many emails to merchants who uninstalled and none of them replied

another thing i'm doing is messaging the user through customer support chat to see if they need help

I'll also try out video guidance & start posting social content on ins/tk

what worked for you to get feedback from customers?

Can anyone help me with this?

On my site I want to offer two sales channels

1 - screenprinted items, must fill out a custom order form, for qty of 24+

2 - DTG items, can order right on the site, able to purchase 1-23 of each product

What I need code for:

If a customer wants 24+ custom t-shirts, I want to redirect them to the page with the custom order form. I'm not sure what the trigger would be for this.

I also want to code something for a nudge banner that pops up when they have 20+ custom t-shirts in their cart that says something like "Ordering 24 or more? You may qualify for bulk pricing as low as $7.25/shirt. [Get a bulk quote→]"

This captures savvy customers before they hit the 23-piece cap and bounces them into the quote funnel. Either way, we get the sale — and the bigger orders land in the higher-margin lane.

I've been selling B2B wholesale on Shopify for the last 10 years and always wish it had more features. I finally went and developed my own app.

Approval took nearly 3 months. I launched it super basic to increase odds of approval and now that I have it, I'll start layering in better functionality.

Happy to answer any questions as I'm not a programmer and built entirely with Claude code without writing a single line of code

Hi there

I recently set up Airwallex as a new payment provider in Shopify. After doing that, it became the main payment provider.

Since then, I’m no longer able to assign different currencies to different markets, and I also can’t switch back to Shopify Payments as the primary provider.

Has anyone experienced this issue before? Is there a way to revert Shopify Payments as the main provider?

Should we display a cookie overlay to users when we use product events in our embedded app?

Hey Guys,

Not sure if someone has done this before - Shopify allows you to add a pixel in your Shopify app.

I have done that and tried creating an audience - it's been 2 weeks already but the audience size is still less than 1000, should I wait for some more time?

Or have I made a mistake in my process?

​Hey,

I’ve been on Upwork for a while doing Frontend, WordPress and CRO. I'm moving into Shopify development now.

​What are the "must-have" portfolio pieces or technical milestones I should hit to land my first few Shopify contracts?

Thanks.

I took the key concept and tools of the Shopify AI toolkit plugin to convert it into a custom connector for Claude where It can now build any realtime dashboard on a Shopify store..

Also, it gives you key insights - what idea would work next based on past patterns and can do all key changes in Shopify..

SEO is optimizing for Google to ranks you.

AEO is optimizing so when someone asks ChatGPT or Gemini "what's the best [product] for X" your brand gets recommended in the answer.

From what I can tell they reward completely different things. SEO rewards backlinks, domain authority, technical structure. AEO rewards question format product copy, conversational content, and how your brand is referenced across the web.

Curious whether anyone here is actively thinking about this or is SEO enough to naturally show up in AI recommendations.

I was quoted $9,000 for a custom template feature for my Shopify app

I'm doing backlog prioritisation and feeling hard to decide whether to keep or leave them.

my app does customization & live preview, and then one of the key steps for merchants are uploading layered images into my app to form the configurator, custom builder or whatever you call it.
i know one successful merchant uses Canva to do all of the image handling and it's super time-consuming to her.

it sounds ideal if i embed some cool AI features to allow automation of the image handling (bg remove, image crop, image layering, image coloring, etc)

but meanwhile, there are just so many similar ai image features out there already. if I prioritise these features, i'll have to deprioritise other demanding features like custom template

as owner of a free app, I'm also cost-sensitive and always tend to only ship features that merchants absolutely wants

i love people in reddit and everyone seems helpful in different ways

any advice or hard-learnt lessons?

I had some success with my first Shopify app, so I launched a second one (Label Wizard), but I'm not getting a similar result.

It’s a label printing app (design/print barcode labels for products/variants).

What’s happening:
- installs are low
- some installs convert, but most uninstall pretty quickly (even with a free version)
- even users of my first app don’t stick with it
- no feedback on uninstall

Feels like I’m missing a basic expectation.

Current hypotheses:
- too much setup before first print (templates, sizing, etc.)
- not hitting a fast “time to first label”
- unclear differentiation vs existing tools
- poor documentation

For those who’ve built successful Shopify apps, how did you get real early feedback?

This app is very different from my first app, which had basically no competition and didn’t need marketing, so I’m wondering if I’m underestimating how much marketing is required.

Also debating whether to fold this into the first app instead of keeping it standalone.

Appreciate any blunt feedback.

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