- A representative from Shopify said merchants use an average of six apps to run their business.
- Five merchants with at least $1 million in annual sales shared apps they couldn’t operate without.
- Applications included data and analytics platforms and website customization tools.
Third-party apps are a big part of the Shopify experience.
While a Shopify subscription provides the foundation for an online seller to start their business, merchants frequently turn to apps built by third-party developers to do what Shopify’s offering can’t, like create personalized pages and optimize their marketing plans.
They find these apps in the Shopify App Store, which is home to over 7,000 apps. Building an app ecosystem is actually a key part of Shopify’s strategy. When developers create better tools for merchants, those merchants sell more on Shopify. The better the merchants, the better Shopify.
A Shopify representative previously told Insider that the average Shopify merchant uses six third-party apps to run their business.
We asked five Shopify merchants generating at least $1 million in revenue a year which apps they couldn’t run their business without. Here’s what they had to say.
