Starting an eCommerce store can be daunting and costly. However, it doesn't need to be. Take advantage of the free apps recommended above in order to jumpstart the success of your Shopify store. But if you’re looking for a more specialized app, get in touch with an eCommerce app development agency.

1. 5 Free Shopify App's for Your eCommerce
Startup
By Lia Bischoff, ​Codal Inc
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You’ve made a couple of important decisions recently.
Order Printer
If you’re in the eCommerce business, you’re going to be sending goods through
the mail. Decrease costs and hassle with ​Order Printer​; a must have for any
eCommerce operation on Shopify.
Caption: ​Order
Printer​ screenshot
Not only is this app
free, it allows users
to customize and
print custom packing
slips, invoices,
labels, or receipts.
It’s worth noting, that
customizations need
to be done in HTML
and Liquid, both of
which one would need experience using.
SEO Site Audit, Benchmark Hero
Startup or not, you should be concerned with SEO. With ​SEO Site Audit,
Benchmark Hero​, bolster the success of your eCommerce site by improving your
SEO.

2. In order to do so, this app runs an audit on your site and answers questions like
“how does Google scan my site?”, “what is the percentage of recurring
customers?”, and “how fast does my site run?”. Answering questions like this will
drive traffic and boost conversion rates!
Integrates with ​StoreYa​.
Kit
You’ve secured your next marketing expert with this app. Vowing to support your
company’s need for sales growth, ​Kit​ will analyze your business and recommend
marketing solutions.
Kit prides itself on helping small businesses overcome the following three
challenges:
1. Lack of time to both learn and execute marketing
2. Not enough capital to hire a marketing professional

3. 3. No experience
in online sales
Caption: ​Kit’s​ interface
Kit integrates with
Facebook, Instagram,
Customer reviews by
Yotpo, SEO Manager by
Venntov, and Kit Karts
by ShopPad.
Improved Contact Form
A well designed and fully functioning contact page and/or pop-up is a must for
any business, especially a start-up! Give users and customers interpersonal
access to your business by enstating ​Improved Contact Form​ to your ​Shopify
store.
This app automatically adds a contact page to your website without any coding,
as well as providing contact pop-ups. Additional functionality includes recieval of
contact form submission directly to your pre-existing mail box, bot spam
protection, customizable contact form fields, and smart contact form, which
provides users information (like city, state, IP address, how they found your site,
and more).

4. Caption: Improved Contact Form’s automated email email notification to your
personal email.
Integrates with ​mailchimp​ and ​Constant Contact​.
Compass
A Shopify store is incomplete without an analytics plugin and with ​Compass​ you’ll
get just that! All you have to do is download the app, create your dashboard, and
get started!
Compass
track over 30
eCommerce
metrics, like
Customer
Lifetime
Value,
Repurchase
Rate,
Refunds,

5. Customer Acquisition Costs, and more.
Types of reports include: Benchmark Report, Insights Report, Acquisition Report,
Revenue Report, and an Executive Report.
There’s no excuse to not ​know​ your eCommerce business, especially given the
analytics​ tools available. Use Compass to understand your business inside and out.
Integrates with Paypal, Stripe, Amazon, Facebook Ads, Google Analytics, and Google
Adwords.
Conclusion
Starting an eCommerce store can be daunting and costly. However, it doesn't
need to be. Take advantage of the free apps recommended above in order to
jumpstart the success of your Shopify store. But if you’re looking for a more
specialized app, get in touch with an eCommerce ​app development agency​.
If you’re looking for more eCommerce solutions, consider ​contacting​ ​Codal​, an
eCommerce web development company​.