Shopify's app ecosystem earned $1.3B last year on boring fixes merchants pay monthly for
thisdudelikesAI · x · 2026-10-26
- The core argument: merchants pay monthly for boring fixes — a store owner will never build their own size chart tool or back-in-stock alert, but will pay $9/month for someone else to do it.
- Shopify's app ecosystem earned $1.3 billion last year, proving the scale of this boring-subscription model.
Related event: Shopify charges 0% on first $1M, far better than Apple's cut(2 posts)→
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