Shopify Apps are a great way to add advanced or speciality features to your store that aren't possible using the basic Shopify platform — and used correctly they can be help grow your business.
Store owners should be cautious, however, of installing too many apps.
Because Shopify apps are develop by third parties, Out of the Sandbox cannot provide installation, setup or uninstallation support for any apps.
The apps listed below are suggested for Out of the Sandbox users because the app developers have made extra efforts to ensure their apps are compatible with Out of the Sandbox themes. In some cases, installing a particular app may require some small changes that the app developer can assist with.
Please note, however, that recent changes to themes, apps or other code may cause compatibility issues and Out of the Sandbox cannot guarantee that any app listed here will work. If you experience issues with an app, please contact the app developer. All app related support injuries sent to Out of the Sandbox will be referred to the app developer.
If, after working with the app developer, you find significant issues with an app listed here, we welcome your feedback and may remove apps that do not continue to support Out of the Sandbox themes.
Out of the Sandbox is unable to provide recommendations or suggestions for apps other than the ones listed here. Before using any app, including the ones listed here, it is always a good idea to reach out to the app developer to verify compatibility with your theme and discuss any extra steps that may be needed.
Product Reviews
- Shopify Product Reviews: with built-in support for our entire collection of themes, the free Shopify Product Reviews is highly recommended app.
- Product Reviews Addon by Stamped.io: allows you to automatically send emails to your customers requesting reviews of their recent purchases.
Advanced Search
- Instant Search+: Features native integration with all of our themes with an optimized mobile search.
- Note: If you are using Turbo's predictive search feature, we recommend uninstalling this app to avoid conflicts.
Product Recommendations
- Limespot: Features native integration with all of our themes and has been pre-designed for each theme style by our team.
- Recomatic Related Products: Automatically shows your customers relevant item suggestions that improves their browsing. Fits with all our themes, including the Turbo theme's ludicrous mode.
- Out of the Sandbox themes also come with a build in "related products" feature that can be used for non-dynamic product recommendations.
Mobile App
- Altimize: Fully customizable mobile app for your Shopify shop, published in the app store to broaden your mobile sales channels.
Shop Backups
- Rewind Backups for Shopify: An automated, secure backup solution for your Shopify store. Gives you peace of mind knowing your important store data is backed up safely.
- Shopify also has limited built in, manual back up tools
Email Retargeting
- Beeketing: Follow up with customers by personalized and automated emails based on their behaviors to make sure they really buy.
Social
- SocialShopWave: Provides social apps for Shopify sites to enrich shopping experience: social login, sharing, wishlist, reviews, community feed, refer friends, product comments, ask friends and more. All Out of the Sandbox themes have been tested and configured specifically for SocialShopWave integration.
- Zotabox: Zotabox package includes 10+ free tools to actively promote and market your shop.
Email Receipts and Invoices
- Conversio: Send PDF invoices that contain generated discount codes and recommended products.
Advanced Product Options
Automated Back in Stock Notifications
- Back in Stock: Specifically designed to work with the 'notification form' feature included in our themes to automatic followup customer emails.
Store Location Map
- Storemapper: Includes native integration with all of our themes which will match the design.
Product Import
- Oberlo: Oberlo allows you to easily import products from AliExpress directly into your Shopify store and ship directly to your customers.
Facebook Marketing
- Facebook Live Chat: Support your customers via Facebook Live Chat directly on your website.
- Shoelace: The easiest way to get started with retargeting.
- For more details about Facebook Pixels and event tracking, see this article.
Customer Monitoring and Commerce Analytics
Wholesale Section/Password Protection
Blog
Site Editing and Collaboration
- Shopkeeper Magic Button: Adds an edit button to almost every page of your Shopify store that instantly opens the editing screen
- Shopkeeper Notes App: Let clients and team members comment on any element of your Shopify store (read more in this blog post)
Gift Cards
- Shopkeeper Gift Cards: Shopkeeper gift cards lets customers customize the existing Shopify gift cards (read more in this blog post)
- Shopkeeper Branded Gift Cards: Customize your Shopify gift cards with a fully branded design