In this video. I want to share with you my current favorite top five
Shopify apps that either help me make more money
or save me a ton of time.
So stay on to find out what those are.
Hi, my name is Mei Pak. And I help makers artists
and designers make a living from selling their handmade products online.
Now. I use a lot of different apps for my Shopify site.
And that's one thing. I love about Shopify.
I know people complain about Shopify because after you get a Shopify store,
you have to add on all of these extra apps to really make your store do what you want.
But I see that as a good thing
because shopify's app store is so comprehensive and anything you want your shop,
too. There's probably an app for it.
This is a huge drawback with most of the other website builders that are Shopify competitors.
They usually have a much smaller App
Store so you can never really get your shop working exactly the way you want
or if they do have a large App Store like WordPress,
for example, sometimes the support that you get from these
independent programmers can be kind of spotty.
So my first favorite app that I want to share with you that I've used
for more than a year now is called click lie with a k Click Lee is a paid advertising service
for your shops listings.
And the awesome thing is you don't have to pay anything until you have made a sale.
So it's completely commission-based.
And what's also really cool about it is customers buy your products directly from within your ads
and it's all done for you.
So you never have to learn how to do ads on your own.
They promote your products on really big websites
for example Vogue in style
and ESPN setting up quickly was Easy to do
and because they have Shopify integration your product listings sync with quickly automatically
and you can select what products you want them to promote and then you decide yourself.
What kind of commission you want to pay click lie
when they make you a sale
and of course they do say that the higher your commission is the more
they'll show your ads to people in the last 30 days
as of this recording I've made $1,500 and I've spent 461 for a return on adspend of three.
Point three times which is really good for me,
especially since there is no upfront cost which literally makes it
so that there is no risk for me to use quickly
and I don't have to go through the trouble of managing
and maintaining my own ads with their service.
Now that might sound too good to be true for you.
And yes, there is a catch click Lee has an application process in place.
So if you want to work with them, they need to make sure they can do a good job selling
for you first if you're totally just starting out.
Out and you've got no traffic and sales.
It's probably not going to work
for you because they need your existing data to know how to advertise for you.
So you do need to do your own like work in the beginning.
My next favorite app is recharge recharge is the complete system.
I use to manage my entire necklace of the month club subscription.
They handle the recurring payments the integrate with my Shopify store.
So customers can check out with both regular products
and my subscription at the same time all in one cart.
People don't have to click off your site to buy the subscription on a different platform.
This is not only better for conversions to give people that seamless experience
but it's also more efficient
as the business owner to keep customer
and sales records all in one place recharge also creates customer-facing
links where they can do cell surface account management,
like if a customer wants to change their credit card on file
or if they want to change their address or pausing and canceling their subscriptions.
This is all handled in. A charge you can set up discounts you can see reports
and analytics and you can create any kind of subscription that you want.
It's super powerful and flexible
and to me it is the best subscription app
on Shopify and I've tried the other ones I make thousands of dollars every month
for my subscription product
and it's recurring consistent income to and I wouldn't have done it without this app.
Next up is order printer. This is more of an app that I love for logistical reasons order printer.
Let's You print packing slips from your Shopify orders.
And I know you can do that without an app.
Like Shopify already has a built-in feature where you can print out packing slips,
but shopify's built-in packing slips. Don't look great
and they're really hard to customize order printer is totally free to use.
However, they do have a packing slip templates you can buy for a one-time fee.
So the reason we use order printer is
because I have an assistant that packs
and ships all our orders and she doesn't have access to our Shopify store.
So in order, For her to know
what orders we've got and who ordered
what products I send her a list of packing slips of all of that information
and she prints them out and even includes it in each shipment.
I've also found that my customers really appreciate having a list of what's in their
package because my products are often bought as gifts for other people.
So it is Handy to have that information directly in their package.
So I've designed my packing slips to be super on brand.
It has a lot of relevant information
and even Even some messaging on there that encourages people to reach out
right away if they have any issues with their order
or if they're happy with it.
Then we encourage them to send us photos of them wearing the jewelry.
The packing slip is also where my assistant hand writes a thank you note to each customer
and we found that our customers really like that special touch that we put onto their orders.
Now number 4, we have advanced product options which gives you
unlimited ways to offer variance on your products.
This is going to get a little bit technical
but stick around and bear with it
because we do have my favorite app number five that's coming up at the end of this video.
So Shopify already does this
but they have a limit to what they can do in terms of creating variance.
So I do a great deal of sales selling customized products like a set bundle of three necklaces
and you get to choose what three charms you want
for a lower bundle price or like my charm bracelets.
You can choose what charms you want to go on. Bracelet.
I also sell bookmarks and earrings like that.
So let's say I have 50 different charm designs selling earrings
as one listing where people get to choose
what charm they want is easier
for me to manage than say 50 separate earring listings for each separate charm design,
like waffle earrings cupcake earrings corndog earrings.
Now, I only need just one listing where it's my make your own custom earrings in the
customer can choose from a drop-down menu of my 50 charm options
what design they want and
whether or not they want a Swarovski Crystal to go with their earrings or not.
Now the way that my inventory system is set up.
I need it to have each of those individual charms on the drop-down menus to be associated with Askew
and I need that to count against that skews inventory.
So for example, I have a waffle charm right that Leslie Knope or in Parks and Recreation.
I have a waffle necklace and I also sell Charms
as bracelets bookmarks earrings and as bundled necklace sets all of those different waffle products.
They're technically all the same charm.
They all have the same skew because they are all technically the same charm design.
So Advanced product options is the only app I found that can do this
for me so that my inventory stays accurate at all times number
5 and add that I don't particularly love but I am really glad I'm using is texture.
Our so texture helps keep my sales tax organized.
So I don't have to worry about that on my own.
This is especially useful
for you. If you're already making a good deal of sales
because it used to be that you only need it to collect sales tax.
If a customer buys from the same state that you are based in.
So for example, I used to live in Minnesota and let's pretend I still live there.
So if a customer who lives also in Minnesota bias for me,
I have to collect sales tax from that customer
and with that money I have to pay That sales tax to the state now with the recent Nexus law change,
you are responsible for paying sales tax in any state that you have a Nexus
in and how do you know if you have a Nexus in a seat?
It's hard to keep track of
because every state has a different way of defining that
so takstar has all that information automatically within
their app and they keep updated sales tax percentages
and they can also automatically file sales tax returns for you all.
Of that is super useful for me
because it saves me a ton of time from having to do all of that manually
and it also makes me feel good knowing that it's being taken care of and I'm being compliant.
Please don't actually ask me anything about sales tax because I am not an expert on that.
I am struggling with it as much
as you are if you are but that's why I have texture they make it all so easy for me.
So there you have it. Those are my top 5 favorite Shopify apps at
the moment if you have Some of your own
favorites that I didn't mention please share with us in the comments below.