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Shopify App: Strategies to identify opportunities

StackBrain's ecommerce offering bundles store properties and app usage patterns in an interactive UI to help uncover new opportunities for Shopify Apps. StackBrain's ecommerce offering bundles store properties and app usage patterns in an interactive UI to uncover new opportunities for Shopify Apps.

https://stackbrain.io/blog/shopify-app-intelligence-opportunities/

Top 10 Shopify Merchant Pain Points and App Ideas to Solve Them - Baremetrics

Shopify has overtaken Amazon as the leading home of ecommerce. Its platform and support are unrivaled, making it the best place to launch an ecommerce shop. However, that doesn't mean that Shopify merchants don't have pain points. In fact, Shopify would be the first to admit that Shopify merchant pain points still exist.

https://baremetrics.com/blog/top-10-shopify-merchant-pain-points-and-app-ideas-to-solve-them

Merchants don’t go to the Shopify App Store looking for new or interesting functions. They are there because something has gone wrong, and they want a solution. The best way to gain traction for your app is to find these Shopify merchant pain points, understand the problem deeply, and then create an app that solves it.

Gathering Requirements for a Shopify App - Wesley Ross

Yesterday I was on a call with a friend of mine who's in college, he had just won a business competition for a guarantor services platform. With my full-time job is running a small web dev agency, he reached out to see what would it take to build out the concept into a web app....

https://www.wesleyross.com/gathering-requirements-for-a-shopify-app/

My favorite method of starting on this process is using Amazon’ Press Release method, described by Ian McAllister as “walking backwards”. It essentially recommends writing a press release for the finished product that you have in mind, with the focus on being customer-centric. This entails describing the customer problem, how current solutions fail & how the new product will perform better than the incumbents.

🛒 Brainstorming Shopify App store opportunities with Daniel Sim

Last week I got the chance to pick Daniel Sim's brain on the opportunities he's seeing related to Shopify apps. And what he shared is pure gold. Even if you don't care about Shopify apps you should keep reading because most of the frameworks and strategies he shared are directly

https://indieopportunities.com/shopify-apps/

How to find Shopify app opportunities: The Analytical Approach

We already built a Shopify app ( https://apps.shopify.com/restock-alert), We decided to build our next app with a new approach. Here's our approach: Shopify stores, no matter the shape and size, flourish by spotting new opportunities to solve eCommerce problems. That's why there is an estimated amount of 6000 apps by more than 2000 publishers on the Shopify app store.

https://www.indiehackers.com/post/how-to-find-shopify-app-opportunities-the-analytical-approach-2749215650

Announcing the Shopify App Challenge 2021

Shopify's mission has always been to unlock commerce for more people, by offering a variety of solutions to help merchants start, run, and grow their business. In order for us to provide many solutions to many businesses, we rely on the skills and ingenuity of our Shopify app developers to create apps for every merchant's need or niche.

https://www.shopify.ca/partners/blog/shopify-app-challenge-2021