Stormdev
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How to get rich in Shopify App Store in 6 months: 1. Create a single-feature free Shopify app (feel free to copy some popular app). 2. Use only keywords for your app name, no branding. 3. Farm reviews in the most shady way possible (see attached screenshot for inspiration). 4. Get the Built for Shopify badge somehow anyway. 5. Once the app reaches the top of the rankings, introduce pricing. 6. If executed correctly, $10K MRR is bare minimum. Apparently the worst thing that could happen, app gets delisted for couple of weeks and you're told to get rid of these tactics, but by that time you will probably have hundreds of 5-star reviews and great ranking in the App Store which gets you organic growth and you can work it from there. This company has been doing this among all of their 8 apps since February and their reviews/rankings skyrocketed. I'm pretty sure they're getting thousands of installs every month now. They already rank #1 for some keywords so I'm sure monetization is just around the corner 😅 @ShopifyDevs @liam_at_shopify @atleeclark I think it's becoming very clear that we need much stricter policies, especially with hundreds new apps published every week. 🤷🏻♂️
I am sure something is broken about Shopify Ads, but I can't prove it. I see everywhere ads for the same set of apps. Either there is a serious bug, or they are just bidding super high everywhere.
Getting lots of replies on this so providing some color on my $99 → $19 mistake ran the data: era 1 (jan-sep 2025, $99/mo): 7% churn, $683 LTV, 8.8 mo retention era 2 (sep 2025-now, $19/mo): 15.5% churn, $68 LTV, 3.1 mo retention 10x LTV collapse. cheap prices brought browsers not operators thought scan2sell was "episodic saas": figured "get your products online" happens in bursts (pallet drops, seasonal intake, post-holiday restocking). so in feb we added scan packs ($49/500, $99/2000) turns out we're not 'episodic': 89% of heavy users scan steadily every month. packs converted 18 buyers total, 83% one-time going back to $99 flat. card required at signup. killing scan packs. grandfathering existing users 3 day project. shipping this week (if my teething 7 month old allows) @tibo_maker coincidentally sent out an email about this today !💡 TLDR: don't drop your prices. $99/month > $19 sell to real businesses not tire kickers.
