How to7 min read
How to tell when a competitor's product is out of stock, and what it means
Availability is public, stock counts are not. How to read a sold-out product honestly, and the four different things it can mean.
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How to keep an eye on the Shopify stores you compete with: what changes are worth watching, how to read them, and what we are building.
How to6 min read
Which review app is that Shopify store using, and what the choice tells you
How to identify the review software on any Shopify store in about a minute, why the choice is a strategic signal, and why the star rating matters more than the app.
How to6 min read
What theme is that Shopify store using? Two free ways to find out
A one-line check that names the theme a shop runs, how to tell a shop-bought theme from a custom one, and why the name you see is often not the theme's real name.
How to7 min read
How to know when a competitor adds new products to their Shopify store
Three free ways to find a shop's newest products, the one that actually works week after week, and why a product that looks new sometimes isn't.
How to7 min read
How to see a Shopify product's price history
Shopify publishes no price history, so there is nothing to look up. Here are the two ways to get some anyway, and what each one can and cannot recover.
Explainer7 min read
Why some stores are hard to identify, and what to do about it
Your checks came back blank on a shop that obviously sells things. The five reasons that happens, how to tell them apart, and when to stop trying.
How to6 min read
Shopify competitor monitoring: the 6 changes worth watching every week
A fifteen-minute weekly routine covering the six competitor changes that actually matter, what each one means, and the ones safe to ignore.
How to6 min read
How to see every product on any Shopify store
How to get every product a shop sells into a spreadsheet in about ten minutes, for free, and the products this method will never show you.
How to8 min read
How to tell if a website is built on Shopify: four quick checks
Four free ways to check whether a shop runs on Shopify, each taking under a minute, plus the cases where none of them give you a clear answer.
Explainer7 min read
What a shop's collections and menus tell you about its customers
How a shop groups its products is a decision about who it is selling to. Reading those groups takes ten minutes and tells you more than most competitor data.
How to6 min read
How to tell whether a store is really running a sale
How to check whether a discount is real, spot a permanent fake markdown, and understand why a shop can be running a big promotion with no visible price change at all.
Explainer7 min read
Why small stores produce no revenue estimate at all
Why estimating tools go blank on smaller shops, why a chart showing zero visitors is usually wrong, and how to size up a small competitor without an estimate.
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