Over 1 million businesses are using Shopify in more than 175 countries. They range from big brands like Allbirds & Pepsi to middle and small size businesses. No matter the size, running a business with the right tools can make the process less weary and boost sales. Businesses are willing to invest in tools and follow practices to grow and meet their customers’ demands.
Shopify App Store contains thousands of apps boosting one or more aspects/functionalities of your Shopify Store. But it’s arduous to sift through the store to find the ones you need for your store. Therefore we have shortlisted some of the most popular Shopify apps to complement your Shopify store. This list isn’t exhaustive but gives you a good collection of applications that almost all stores require to build and grow.
8 best Shopify apps to boost sales.
1. Lucky Orange Track website traffic 
Lucky Orange is a Shopify application offering ‘powerful ways to learn about your website visitors.’ It helps you understand the customer’s experience of your store to increase the conversion rate.
It offers the following tools Session Recordings, Dynamic Heatmaps, Live Chat & Live View, Conversion Funnels, Form Analytics, Visitor Profiles, Surveys, Announcements, and a Realtime Dashboard.
Pricing: Lucky Orange comes with free and multiple paid plans based on the size of your business. A 7-day free trial is also available. Additionally, you can choose between monthly, yearly, and a 2 years payment options.
2. Syncerize Multi-store management tool
Syncerize is a multi-store management Shopify app that offers effortless inventory auto-updates, product imports & synchronizations, and order forwarding across multiple Shopify stores in real-time. Both vendors and retailers can benefit from the automation this tool provides.
With Syncerize businesses can save time on tedious tasks, enjoy the ease of running their business operations, and focus on expansion. Some of the features available to manage multiple stores across Shopify include store connection, product import, product properties sync, product price sync, inventory sync, order forwarding, and reporting & invoicing.
Pricing: Syncerize basic plan starts at $9.99 per month with the option of pro and business plans for bigger stores. There is also a free plan and a free 14-day trial period.
3. Pre-Order Manager Pre-order tool to assess the demand
As the name suggests, the Pre-Order Manager lets you manage ‘out-of-stock’ situations. It replaces the ‘add to cart button with the ‘pre-order’ button. It is a great tool to increase your sales as the people interested in buying your products would still be willing to purchase from you with a ‘pre-order’ button. And won’t leave your store in pursuit of an alternative. It can also help you manage the inventory more efficiently as you would be able to forecast demand.
Another great use of these tools can be found in determining what seasonal products are a hit among customers. With Pre-Order Manager, you get to take advance orders for products not yet available. Pre-Order Manager can also be used before product launch.
You can customize the pre-order button, apply it store-wide or to several products, and track preorders from the app dashboard.
Pricing: Multiple paid plans are available starting from $24.95 / month.
4.Yotpo Product Reviews & Photos Add credibility to your store
This tool comes in handy to drive more sales by leveraging social proof. With Yotpo, you can collect product reviews, ratings, site reviews, and photos. It’s done via automatic review emails, SMS, or website review widgets — these reviews are displayed on the homepage, product pages, checkout, and social media platforms. Additionally, brands can comment and engage with customers on reviews published on Facebook and Instagram. Negative reviews get flagged to grab your attention.
It integrates with your Shopify store in a single click. Easy to install automatically with a single click and 24/7 chat support.
Pricing: Yotpo comes with a free plan with up to 50 monthly orders (and additional 200 reviews for your first month) and paid plans starting at $15 / month.
5. ReConvert Up-sell and cross-sell app
ReConvert is a post-purchase upsell & cross-sell application with 40,000+ users. ReConvert claims to add up to 15% of revenue without spending extra money on ads. It lets you build upsell funnels with one click, create high converting Amazon-style thank you pages, customer surveys, and more.
With ReConvert, businesses can increase the average order value to boost their profits. You also get advanced checkout triggers & segmentation with in-depth analytics. It also comes with a number of integrations.
Pricing: You can enjoy a free plan for up to 40 monthly store orders, and paid plans to vary based on the no. of monthly store orders starting from $7.99/month.
6. Referral Candy Run a referral program
Referral Candy is a Shopify app to reach new customers through word of mouth and reward your loyal customer with a referral program. They claim to have helped their merchant clients make millions in referral sales. With Referral Candy, you can launch your referral program in less than an hour and automate the same.
Your customers enrolled in the referral program easily receive store discounts and cash rewards upon successful referrals. There is no limit on referral sales or the number of customers enrolled in a referral program. Referral Candy also offers Fraud Center to manage referral fraud by disqualifying referrals and banning customers. Moreover, Referral Candy can also be used to run an automated affiliate program.
Pricing: Referral Candy app costs $49 per month and comes with an enterprise plan as well. There is a 30-day free trial offer.
7. Omnisend Send SMS and emails
Omnisend is an all-in-one and easy-to-use eCommerce marketing solution. More than 70,000 eCommerce merchants trust it. It integrates seamlessly with the Shopify store to offer email templates & pre-built automation workflows for various purposes. You can also run newsletters with a drag-and-drop newsletter builder.
Think of Omnisend as a complete communication solution. It allows businesses to stay connected with their customers via SMS, email, and push notifications. Additionally, Omnisend offers analytics to learn about your customers and campaign performance with a robust segmentation option. Apart from 24/7 customer support, they offer dedicated customer success managers for Pro plan users with more than 27K subscribers.
Pricing: You get to enjoy all the features even on a free plan and an upgrade based on the number of contacts you want to reach. Their standard paid plan starts at $16 per month.
8. Back in Stock Customer alerts
Back-in-Stock tool can help your business stop losing sales when inventory runs out. One of the last things a business would want is not to have the products to sell to the customers ready to purchase. Customers can sign up to be on a waiting list to receive an alert when you restock products. Customers receive an alert when they restock via push notification, email, or SMS.
It offers multi-language, multi-location support, and email & form customizations. Back-in-stock is also great for running flash sales, introducing new products (Coming Soon), and even pre-orders.
Pricing: Pricing is based on the size of the store starting from $29 per month. There is also a free plan to try the tool before making any monetary commitment.
All of the above-mentioned tools are valuable investments to run your business efficiently and eventually pay you back a whole lot more than they cost. As these tools take care of the different aspects of running your business you can focus your energy on growing it.
