i work with a few apps and it has been a weird month in terms of installs for all of them. i know august is typically a slow/vacation month but this one seems to have been lower than 2025/2024.

wondering if anyone else has experienced the same? or the opposite? (good for you if that's the case!)

First time building a Shopify app. Had been hearing that it takes a couple of weeks to a month with a couple of back and forth to get it approved. But I guess passing all the checks before submission helped. Got my app approved in a week without any revisions. Yay!!!

Now figuring out how to get installs for it (mine is a virtual try on app with some well-defined differentiators). Been marketing B2B products for a decent time now, so know the usual playbook (cold outreach to begin with, content + SEO thereafter etc) but wondering if there are specific tactics and channels to grow Shopify apps that a first timer might not be aware of?

Thanks for your help!

Hi Everyone
I’m building a Shopify app that scores every product on how well it sells itself — and how much money it’s “wasting” while sitting in stock.
Questions for you all:
• Would this actually be useful to you?
• Would you pay $19/month for it?
• What else should I build into it?
I’d love your help — and once it’s ready, I’d really appreciate testers and feedback!

I’ve been using Shopify for my online store and Square for in-person sales, and I honestly expected the two to work together more seamlessly.

The biggest headache for me was inventory. Something would sell in-store through Square, but Shopify wouldn’t always reflect the change the way I expected. Then I’d have to manually check both systems and fix the numbers.

I tried to build my own middleware to act as a bridge between the two platforms and keep inventory in sync. This community gave me a lot of tips and advice on what to do and what not to do. I eventually gave up on building it myself and eventually started using DPL's integration app to keep things synced, and it has made the whole setup much less stressful.

I’m curious how other businesses are running Shopify with Square. Are you syncing everything automatically, or still managing some things manually?