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How to tell if a Shopify store is dropshipping
Four checks that take about five minutes, what each signal is really worth, and why dropshipping tells you something useful about a competitor rather than something bad about them.
store research
Posts about store research from the StoreLenz blog: what changes in a Shopify store are worth watching, and how to read them.
How to6 min read
How to check an unfamiliar online shop before you buy from it
Six checks that take ten minutes and tell you whether a shop you have never heard of is a real business — using the same public information competitor research uses.
Explainer6 min read
What a .myshopify.com address is, and why every store has two
Every Shopify store has a permanent .myshopify.com address behind the one customers see. What it is, how to find it, and the one thing it is genuinely useful for.
How to7 min read
How long do a competitor's sales last? Measure it yourself
Nobody can tell you the average length of a Shopify sale, and anyone quoting one is guessing. Here is how to measure it for the shops you actually compete with.
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Which platform is this online store built on?
How to tell Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Squarespace and a custom build apart from the outside, using checks that take under a minute each.
Explainer6 min read
The order-number trick: estimating a Shopify store's sales, and its limits
Shopify order numbers count up by one. That makes a rough order count possible — and it costs two real purchases and carries limits most people never mention.
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How to find a competitor's best-selling products on Shopify
Shopify shops can sort their own products by best selling, which is the closest thing to a public bestseller list. Here is how to read it, and how far to trust it.
How to7 min read
How to read a competitor's price bands instead of chasing products
Watching individual prices is a losing game. Here is how to read a shop's whole price shape in five numbers, and what each one tells you about their strategy.
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How to see what apps a Shopify store uses, free and without an extension
How to see which apps a shop has running, why every list you will ever see is incomplete, and what an app list actually tells you about a competitor.
Explainer6 min read
Why an app detector misses apps a store obviously uses
You checked a shop and the app list came back short, or empty, even though you can see the apps working. Here is why, straight from Shopify's own documentation.
Explainer9 min read
How to estimate a Shopify store's revenue — and how wrong it can be
Where store revenue estimates actually come from, why the error bars are much wider than anyone shows you, and what to count instead when you need something solid.
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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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