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Introduction
I am a Big, Big fan of Shopify, as it allows you to add new functionality to an online store and enhance the online selling experience with tons of apps. Whether you want to improve email marketing or add customer reviews or anything, Shopify offers a large collection of apps in its app store you. Of course, you need to have unique and advanced features in order to make your Shopify store stand out.
The selection of apps depends on many factors such as the size of a store, target audiences, your brand, and needs. With hundreds of apps in the Shopify app store, you’ve got lots of options to choose from. That’s why we thought it would be helpful to showcase some of the best Shopify apps of 2017.
We are top-rated Shopify Experts in India and have built over 500 stores and over 5 custom apps for our clients (check out our portfolio and testimonials). Thus we come with a list of some of the best Shopify apps, which will help you to add exploitable functionality to your existing Shopify store:
Yotpo
Want to increase the trustworthiness of your shop? The Yotpo app is the best way to build and increase the trust of customers. How? With this app, you are able to automatically get the site and product reviews and showcase them on the product page.
People like to buy from a site that has real user reviews. This app collects product reviews from your customers via email. After purchasing, customers will get an email to rate and review your product and those reviews are displayed directly on your site. Thus, it will help you to increase your sales with verified reviews.
MetaFields Editor
This free app of Shopify will help you to add new meta fields to your product. You can also modify and delete the existing Metadata. Wait! Do not confuse it with HTML meta tags, as it has nothing to do with SEO. It has a simple interface and allows you to perform all the tasks on a single page.
Better Shipping
With the Better Shipping app, you can maximize revenue by setting suitable shipping rates for your business. It allows you to set shipping rates for each product individually or on the number of products that customers buy or based on delivery areas (Zip/Postal Code).
Basic features of apps include per-product shipping rates, location-based shipping prices, and can restrict delivery for a certain location.
Product Bundles
The app allows you to bundle distinct products together so that your customers purchase them together. All the products are added together in the cart and a discount will be applied to each of them or to a whole bundle. It offers two types of bundle sales – Bundle by Product and Bundle by Collection.
Product Options by Bold
This is the only option app that allows you to add unlimited options with unlimited combinations to the product. You can adjust prices with options, apply conditional logic to show/hide options and you have full control over the mandatory field.
It enables you to add:
File uploads
Radio buttons
Checkbox and Checkbox groups
Text boxes (Single & Multiple lines)
Dropdown (Single/Select multiple)
Image uploads
Store Locator
The store locator is an extremely powerful app that helps your customers to find your stores and also get driving directions. It uses the official Google Maps interface and allows you to add the Store Locator button.
Some of its key features are:
Add any number of stores or dealers locations
Drag and drop a pin to customize your location
A customer can get driving directions
Mobile friendly and fully customizable
And More…
LumezAI
Want to give your fashion store professional product visuals without spending on photoshoots? The LumezAI app is the easiest way to create realistic try-on images and short videos for your Shopify store.
With this app, you can upload your product, select from different models and backgrounds, and instantly generate lifelike visuals. These images and videos are published directly on your product pages, giving shoppers a clear idea of how items look in real life. By replacing flat photos with engaging AI-generated visuals, you can attract more attention, build customer confidence, and boost sales.
MarketPlace
Want to convert your store into a Marketplace like Amazon? Then the MarketPlace app is a perfect choice for you. It will let you turn your Shopify store into a marketplace. Merchants can submit their products to be sold in your store and you’ll get a commission when one of their products sells.
You need not engage anything; merchants have full control over everything – images, options, description, shipping, and more.
What are you waiting for? Install the app that best suits your niche and easily achieve your revenue goal this year.
So, which of the aforementioned apps catches your attention? Is there any app from the list that you think you should try? Let us know your experience in the comments section below!
