5 Free Shopify App's for Your eCommerce Startup By Lia Bischoff, Codal Inc
______________________________________________________ You’ve made a couple of important decisions recently.
Order Printer If you’re in the eCommerce business, you’re going to be sending goods through the mail. Decrease costs and hassle with Order Printer; a must have for any eCommerce operation on Shopify. Caption: Order Printer screenshot Not only is this app free, it allows users to customize and print custom packing slips, invoices, labels, or receipts. It’s worth noting, that customizations need to be done in HTML and Liquid, both of which one would need experience using.
SEO Site Audit, Benchmark Hero Startup or not, you should be concerned with SEO. With SEO Site Audit, Benchmark Hero, bolster the success of your eCommerce site by improving your SEO.
In order to do so, this app runs an audit on your site and answers questions like “how does Google scan my site?”, “what is the percentage of recurring customers?”, and “how fast does my site run?”. Answering questions like this will drive traffic and boost conversion rates!
Integrates with StoreYa.
Kit You’ve secured your next marketing expert with this app. Vowing to support your company’s need for sales growth, Kit will analyze your business and recommend marketing solutions. Kit prides itself on helping small businesses overcome the following three challenges:
1. Lack of time to both learn and execute marketing 2. Not enough capital to hire a marketing professional
3. No experience in online sales
Caption: Kit’s interface Kit integrates with Facebook, Instagram, Customer reviews by Yotpo, SEO Manager by Venntov, and Kit Karts by ShopPad.
Improved Contact Form A well designed and fully functioning contact page and/or pop-up is a must for any business, especially a start-up! Give users and customers interpersonal access to your business by enstating Improved Contact Form to your Shopify store. This app automatically adds a contact page to your website without any coding, as well as providing contact pop-ups. Additional functionality includes recieval of contact form submission directly to your pre-existing mail box, bot spam protection, customizable contact form fields, and smart contact form, which provides users information (like city, state, IP address, how they found your site, and more).
Caption: Improved Contact Form’s automated email email notification to your personal email. Integrates with mailchimp and C onstant Contact.
Compass A Shopify store is incomplete without an analytics plugin and with Compass you’ll get just that! All you have to do is download the app, create your dashboard, and get started! Compass track over 30 eCommerce metrics, like Customer Lifetime Value, Repurchase Rate, Refunds,
Customer Acquisition Costs, and more. Types of reports include: Benchmark Report, Insights Report, Acquisition Report, Revenue Report, and an Executive Report. There’s no excuse to not know your eCommerce business, especially given the analytics tools available. Use Compass to understand your business inside and out. Integrates with Paypal, Stripe, Amazon, Facebook Ads, Google Analytics, and Google Adwords.
Conclusion Starting an eCommerce store can be daunting and costly. However, it doesn't need to be. Take advantage of the free apps recommended above in order to jumpstart the success of your Shopify store. But if you’re looking for a more specialized app, get in touch with an eCommerce app development agency. If you’re looking for more eCommerce solutions, consider contacting Codal, an eCommerce web development company.