Shopify just gave us 15 viable Shopify app ideas that we can build

Former top 20% of Shopify store owner here. Sold in December. There are indeed opportunities for app developers in the Shopify ecosystem. On the surface, nearly every one of the suggestions above is met with one or more existing apps—even natively by Shopify. However, the devil is in the details and I think some end user and shop operator interviews would yield an enterprising dev some good options worthy of their time.

That said, recognize these points:

-The easy days of e-commerce are past us. Cost management, cash turns and margin are all required mastery at this point for shop operators. Your app must appeal to this demand. No nice to haves. It must make or save money.

-There’s a significant bias against apps at this point. Mostly due to subscription costs stacking up. You start with a basic Shopify subscription of $30 and the next thing you know you’re looking at $1,000 of subscriptions stacked onto the store. You’re fighting that stack of subscriptions every month. Be critical to the business (see above). Churn is as easy as a DELETE button in the admin interface.

-I strongly believe the real play is a bundle of app functionality that’s 80% of the functionality for 20% of the cost. Take the 5 most common apps a shop owner will install 90% of the time and make a suite (like zoho vs Salesforce) and sell a single subscription. This reduces churn risk due to diversification, consolidates dollars spent in the ecosystem by shop owners, and could create a better functional and technical experience. Either build the app suite yourself or consolidate existing apps by way of acquisition.

Hope this helps to shed some light on an opportunity from a different angle.

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It’s incredible how much opportunity there is in the Shopify ecosystem right now, especially with such clear demand for tools that make merchants' lives easier. Building Shopify apps for these high-demand categories is a smart move for bootstrapped founders, and I love the practical examples of apps like SuperLemon and WiseBundle already achieving success. The variety of JTBD (Jobs To Be Done) across different categories really highlights how diverse the Shopify merchant needs are—especially in areas like SKU management and ERP integration.

It’s also great to see Shopify supporting developers so well, making it easier for bootstrapped founders to thrive. For anyone looking to get started with their own app, these categories are definitely a strong starting point.

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Amazing ideas! I have also created an AI app to do product photography using Flux and LoRA for realism.

I only checked one of these, but there are over a dozen ai product description apps.