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From 0 to 0.1: the Journey of Bootstrapping a Small E-commerce Plugin to a Scalable Business (Part 3)

Fierce Competition & Commodization

Well, it’s been 3 and a half years after I published part 2 of the series. Since I was busy working on different projects, I didn’t have the time to update the series for a while. Time flies. My app has changed a lot and the Shopify ecosystem is very different from the early days.

For my Shopify app, SEO Product Optimizer (SPO) is slowly growing with more than 1,000 merchants joining on board. The first version of SPO was published in Dec 2016. After 4 years of bootstrapping, I don’t make a big-money but I feel very proud of myself to keep everything going.

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Shopify App Marketing: The Ultimate Playbook By An Independent Shopify Partner (Updated in April 2020)

In the last 6 months, I have been looking for different ways to market my new Shopify App – SPO. If you are also a newbie in Shopify App business, I am sure you feel headache about how to let other people know your new baby.

Note: According to the FTC disclosure requirement, there are affiliate links included in the post. By clicking the links, I will earn commissions at no cost to you. Also, the links are essential to start a successful project.

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Bug Fixes Update v1.4.1: Bugs Appeared with More Products

Dear SPO users,

Thanks for your support to SPO. We have noticed some bugs where there are around 1,000 products in your store.

The bug fixes are listed as below:

  1. The search button is not working when there are around 1,000 products
  2. The next page button of paging is not working when there are around 1,000 products
  3. A hint pop up will be shown in the onboarding process. Users should turn off Adblockers to read the configuration instructions & edit the theme.liquid file.

If you like our App, please leave us a review on our Shopify App Store listing page! We’ll need your support in order to continuously improve the app.

Please let us know your opinions about SPO. We would be happy to hear from you!

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New Feature Update v1.4: Optimize your blog for better SEO

Dear SPO users,

Thanks for your support to SPO. We have noticed more users are using blogs to drive SEO for their stores. Therefore blog section will be included in SPO now.

Here are some latest features update or enhancement:

  • New features:
    • You can optimize your blog posts just like your products now
      • keyword research for your posts (boost post rank for niche keywords)
      • set Facebook and Twitter share image
      • show related posts for reference
  • Fixed:
    • Optimize installation process
  • Enhancement
    • Content editor can support link and image editing
    • Store display URL will change from myshopify.com URL to user’s domain

And more are coming!

If you like our App, please leave us a review on our Shopify App Store listing page! We’ll need your support in order to continuously improve the app.

Please let us know your opinions regarding the update. We would be happy to hear from you!