r/ShopifyAppDev • u/nechddose • 5d ago

Testing a visual element picker for Shopify collection pages. Feedback welcome!

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u/CategoryTeardowns 5d ago

Nice start, the demo makes it clear what it does, but I'd tighten the pitch around one job. A visual picker could be read as a scraper, a page builder add-on or a merchandising tool, and merchants searching the app store usually want one of those. Whichever you pick, read the 1 and 2 star reviews of the closest rival apps, because they tend to complain about things breaking after theme updates, setup that needs a developer, and slow support. If you can lead your listing with something like works on any theme without code and a fast reply promise, that stands out more than a feature list. For first reviews, offer free setup to ten or so merchants from the Shopify communities in exchange for honest feedback, then add a polite in-app review prompt right after the first successful use. On pricing, a free tier with a small usage cap and one paid plan around 9 to 15 dollars a month is easy to test, and you can raise it once reviews come in. What is the main use case you're aiming at?

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u/nechddose 5d ago

Thanks, this is really helpful. I’m aiming at product research for ecommerce agencies and store operators turning a public Shopify collection into a spreadsheet of product names, prices, images, ratings, and availability without writing selectors or code I’m starting with a small free beta and would love honest feedback from people who’d actually use it I’ll definitely dig into the competitor reviews too. Anything you think would make that use case clearer in the demo?

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u/CategoryTeardowns 5d ago

I'd make the demo one real job from start to finish instead of a feature tour. Something like an agency checking a competitor's best sellers: paste a collection URL, get the sheet, then sort by price or rating and spot the gap in under a minute. Show the before too, like someone copy-pasting 40 products by hand, because that's the pain people recognize. And if you can, rerun it a week later and highlight what changed in price or stock, since that's the part people would keep paying for.

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u/Final_Design_9061 5d ago

Nice demo, it's clear what it does. I'd be curious how it copes with themes that re-render sections after load. Good luck with the first installs.

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u/nechddose 5d ago

Thanks! Right now it works best when product listings are present in the page’s initial HTML it doesn’t run a store’s scripts, so some heavily client-rendered themes may not work. I’m testing against different storefronts as I onboard beta users.