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Shopifyโ€™s Own Apps Explained โ€” Simple, Clear & Smart

December 4, 2025 Shopify Apps by Box BRANDS

Apps Made by Shopify ๐Ÿ›’โœจ

Shopify builds a whole family of apps to help you run and grow your store โ€“ from email and automation to subscriptions, bundles, POS and more. Below is a fun, cartoon-style tour of the official Shopify apps youโ€™ll meet in the Shopify App Store.

Overview
What Are โ€œApps by Shopifyโ€? ๐Ÿค–

Apps that are labelled โ€œby Shopifyโ€ are built and supported directly by Shopify. Most of them are free to install, and they plug neatly into your admin. Third-party apps, on the other hand, are developed and supported by external companies and might charge a monthly fee.

You can find all official Shopify apps inside the Shopify App Store, and mix them with third-party tools to create a stack that fits your business.

Marketing
Shopify Audiences ๐ŸŽฏ

Shopify Audiences uses aggregated commerce data from across the Shopify ecosystem to build smarter ad audiences for your campaigns on platforms like Meta, Google, TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat, and Criteo. The goal: better targeting, improved performance, and more efficient ad spend.

Question snippet

How can Shopify Audiences help me reduce my advertising costs while still reaching high-intent buyers across social and search platforms?

Products
Shopify Bundles ๐ŸŽ

Use Shopify Bundles to group products together and sell them as sets or kits. You can offer bundle-only discounts, encourage bigger carts, and track inventory across all items in the bundle.

Sales Channels
Buy Button Channel ๐Ÿ”˜

The Buy Button channel lets you embed Shopify products on any website or blog. Drop a button or mini-storefront into your content, and send shoppers straight to Shopify Checkout from almost anywhere on the internet.

Finances
Shopify Bill Pay ๐Ÿ’ณ

Shopify Bill Pay helps you pay suppliers and business bills directly from your Shopify Balance account, bank transfer, debit, or credit card โ€” keeping your cashflow tools in one place.

Checkout
Shopify Checkout Blocks ๐Ÿงฑ

Shopify Checkout Blocks lets you customize your checkout experience with extra content blocks, custom discounts, and branding tweaks. Certain advanced options are available only on Shopify Plus.

Products
Shopify Combined Listings ๐Ÿงฉ

Combine separate products into a single enhanced product page โ€“ ideal for complex variants or bundles โ€“ so you can present a cleaner, easier-to-shop catalog (available for Shopify Plus stores).

Influencer Marketing
Shopify Collabs ๐Ÿค

Shopify Collabs helps you discover creators, manage influencer relationships, and reward partners for driving sales. Itโ€™s your hub for running affiliate and creator campaigns directly from Shopify.

Product Sourcing
Shopify Collective (Retailers) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ

As a retailer, Shopify Collective lets you import products from other Shopify brands into your own storefront, with synced inventory, pricing, and product details โ€” no manual copy-paste.

Wholesale
Shopify Collective: Supplier ๐Ÿšš

As a supplier, you can connect with retailers who want to sell your products through Collective. Share curated catalogs and price lists so partners can resell your items while you fulfill orders.

Fun & Motivation
Shopify Counter ๐ŸŽ‰

Shopify Counter is a playful companion that displays your sales and order milestones, so you can celebrate progress and keep the team motivated.

Compliance
Data Exporter โ€“ Tax Compliance ๐Ÿ“‚

Use this app to export detailed store data in a format you can submit to tax authorities or share with your accountant, helping you stay compliant and organized.

Digital Products
Digital Downloads ๐Ÿ’ฟ

Sell files like e-books, videos, music, or design assets. The Digital Downloads app automatically sends customers a link to download their content after purchase.

Email Marketing
Shopify Email โœ‰๏ธ

Design on-brand email campaigns using Shopifyโ€™s templates and send them directly from your admin. Track opens, clicks, and sales generated from your emails.

Automation
Shopify Flow โš™๏ธ

Flow is your visual automation builder. Create workflows that react to triggers like new orders, low stock, or high-risk payments, so routine tasks run on autopilot.

Lead Capture
Shopify Forms ๐Ÿ“

Build on-brand forms and pop-ups to collect emails, grow your list, and capture leads straight into your Shopify customer database.

Security
Fraud Control ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Fraud Control gives you tools and insights to monitor suspicious orders, review risk signals, and protect your store from fraudulent activity.

Fulfilment
Shopify Fulfillment Network ๐Ÿšš

Connect to leading third-party logistics providers such as Flexport, ShipBob, Shipfusion, and ShipMonk directly from Shopify to streamline warehousing and shipping.

Headless
Headless Sales Channel ๐Ÿง 

The Headless channel helps you manage API integrations, tokens, and permissions for headless commerce builds, all from within your Shopify admin.

Developers
Hydrogen โšก

Hydrogen is Shopifyโ€™s opinionated tech stack for headless storefronts. It provides components, utilities, and patterns for building fast, dynamic commerce apps.

Support
Shopify Inbox ๐Ÿ’ฌ

Manage customer conversations from one inbox, customize the chat widget on your store, set up automated replies, and view basic chat analytics.

AI Support
Shopify Knowledge Base ๐Ÿ“š

Use Shopify Knowledge Base to manage the FAQs and content that AI shopping assistants rely on when answering questions about your store and products.

Store Setup
Shopify Launch Check ๐Ÿš€

Before you go live, Launch Check runs through an AI-powered pre-launch checklist and suggests improvements to help your store start strong from day one.

Events
Launchpad ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ

Launchpad helps Shopify Plus merchants schedule and coordinate events such as sales, product drops, and restocks โ€” including changes to pricing, themes, and discounts.

Marketplaces
Shopify Marketplace Connect ๐ŸŒ

Connect your catalog to multiple marketplaces and manage listings, inventory, and orders from those channels directly inside Shopify.

Documents
Shopify Order Printer ๐Ÿงพ

Generate and print invoices, packing slips, labels, and other order documents using custom templates that match your brand.

Sustainability
Shopify Planet ๐ŸŒฑ

Planet allows you to support carbon removal projects and make your shipments carbon-neutral by contributing to initiatives that remove COโ‚‚ from the atmosphere.

Retail
Shopify POS ๐Ÿช

Shopify POS lets you run your in-store and online sales from a single system on iOS or Android, syncing products, inventory, and customers between channels.

Retail
Retail Barcode Labels ๐Ÿท๏ธ

Create and print barcode labels for your products, making it easier to scan items at checkout and keep physical inventory accurate.

On-Site UX
Shopify Search & Discovery ๐Ÿ”Ž

Customize search results, filters, and product recommendations so shoppers can quickly find relevant products based on their intent and behavior.

Sales Channels
Sell on WordPress ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ›’

Display Shopify products and collections on your WordPress site and send customers through Shopify Checkout, while still managing everything from your Shopify admin.

Shop App
Shop Channel ๐Ÿ“ฒ

Control how your brand appears inside the Shop app, manage Shop-specific settings, and help your customers track orders and discover more of your products.

QR Codes
Shopcodes ๐Ÿ“ธ

Generate QR codes that send customers straight to a product page or checkout, so you can turn packaging, posters, or print materials into shoppable experiences.

Inventory
Stocky ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Stocky supports advanced inventory management including demand forecasting, purchase orders, stocktakes, and transfers โ€” especially useful for retail operations.

Migration
Store Migration ๐Ÿšš๐Ÿ’ป

Import products and customer data from supported ecommerce platforms into Shopify, reducing the manual work involved in moving from another system.

Recurring Revenue
Shopify Subscriptions ๐Ÿ”

Offer subscription purchasing options on products so customers can receive regular deliveries and you can build predictable, recurring revenue into your store.

Security
Theme Access ๐Ÿ”

Grant theme developers, agencies, or partners controlled access to your themes while protecting the security of your store and limiting what each collaborator can do.

Localization
Translate & Adapt ๐ŸŒŽ

Add translations to products, collections, pages, and more so you can present localized content to shoppers in different languages and markets.

Compliance
TSE (KassenSichV) ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

For German merchants, the TSE app helps record and export POS transactions in a way that supports compliance with KassenSichV regulations and local tax requirements.

Whether youโ€™re using one or many of these official Shopify apps, they all share the same goal: to make running a modern online store simpler, safer, and more scalable.

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