Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Shop Insights tools and features
General Questions
Shop Insights is a specialized suite of Shopify analysis tools built exclusively for the Shopify ecosystem. Our platform helps Shopify store owners and marketers understand their competition through Shopify-specific collection analysis, product research, theme detection, and store structure insights.
Shop Insights is created by e-commerce.studio, a leading Shopify Expert agency specializing in Shopify design, development, and conversion rate optimization (CRO). We're also the creators of Carbon, a popular premium Shopify theme trusted by merchants worldwide (available on the Shopify Theme Store). Our deep expertise in Shopify development and optimization gives us unique insights into what makes Shopify stores successful, which we've channeled into creating powerful analysis tools for the Shopify community.
Our tools are specifically designed for Shopify store owners, Shopify developers, e-commerce managers, marketers, and researchers focused on the Shopify platform. Whether you're launching a new Shopify store, optimizing your existing one, or conducting Shopify market research, our insights help you make informed decisions.
Yes! We provide real-time data directly from Shopify stores through official Shopify APIs. Our system captures live updates to products, collections, and pricing from any Shopify store, ensuring you always have the most current information for your analysis and decision-making.
We exclusively support Shopify store analysis. Our tools are specifically built for and optimized to work with Shopify's unique architecture, APIs, and features. We've chosen to focus solely on Shopify to provide the deepest, most accurate insights possible for Shopify store owners and marketers. If you're using other platforms like WooCommerce, Magento, or BigCommerce, our tools won't be able to analyze those stores.
As a Shopify Expert agency, we've seen firsthand that Shopify is the world's leading e-commerce platform, known for its robust features, scalability, and innovative approach to online retail. Our years of experience in Shopify development, theme creation, and CRO have given us deep insights into the platform's unique capabilities and challenges. This expertise allows us to create specialized tools that leverage Shopify's best features while addressing real merchant needs. Having built successful Shopify stores and themes ourselves, we understand exactly what merchants need to analyze and optimize their stores.
Theme Detection
Our Shopify Theme Detector is a specialized tool that instantly identifies any Shopify store's theme. It works with both free themes from the Shopify Theme Store and premium Shopify themes, including popular ones like Ella, Broadcast, Pipeline, Impulse, and Shrine Pro. Available both as a web tool and browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.
The Theme Detector reveals comprehensive Shopify theme details including: theme name, version number, whether it's a premium or free Shopify theme, theme developer/company, estimated price range, and additional Shopify-specific customizations. This helps you understand how competitors have built their Shopify stores.
You can use our Shopify Theme Detector in two ways: through our website by entering any Shopify store URL, or with our free browser extension that automatically detects Shopify themes as you browse. The extension is available for Chrome and Firefox, making Shopify theme detection seamless while you research competitors.
Yes! Both our web-based Shopify Theme Detector and browser extension are completely free to use. We believe in providing value to the Shopify community. The extension is privacy-focused and doesn't collect any personal data while you browse Shopify stores.
Collection Analysis
Our Shopify collection analysis tools reveal detailed insights about how Shopify stores organize their products, including collection structures, pricing strategies, product relationships, seasonal patterns, and category management approaches specific to the Shopify platform.
Shopify collection-level analysis provides deeper, granular insights focused on specific product groupings and categories within Shopify stores. You can examine pricing patterns, merchandising strategies, and product relationships within focused segments, offering more detailed insights than broad store-level analysis.
We track comprehensive Shopify collection metrics including: total products per collection, pricing distribution, discount strategies, product hierarchy, cross-collection relationships, inventory levels, variant distribution, collection-specific SEO strategies, and Shopify-specific collection organization patterns.
Product Research
Our Shopify product analysis tools provide detailed insights into pricing strategies, inventory management, variant structures, product relationships, Shopify-specific tagging systems, and product performance metrics. You can analyze individual products or compare across Shopify collections.
Our Shopify product insights help you optimize pricing, improve product organization, identify market gaps, understand competitor positioning, and make informed decisions about your Shopify product catalog. Track how competitors price similar products and structure their offerings within the Shopify ecosystem.
Yes! Our tools allow you to focus on specific Shopify product categories or types, helping you understand market positioning, pricing strategies, and competitive dynamics within your particular niche or product category in the Shopify marketplace.
Technical Questions
Getting started is easy - simply enter any Shopify store URL into our analysis tools. No complex setup or technical knowledge required. Our intuitive interface guides you through analyzing any Shopify store.
Our default analysis is limited to 250 products or collections per Shopify store query to ensure fast performance. For larger Shopify store analyses, you can disable this limit, though processing may take longer.
We're currently developing export capabilities for CSV and JSON formats. This feature will be available soon, allowing you to perform more detailed analysis of the data in your preferred tools. Subscribe to our updates to be notified when this feature launches.
Pricing & Updates
Yes! All our current tools are completely free to use. We believe in providing value to the Shopify community and helping merchants succeed. We are developing premium features that will be available soon - subscribe to our updates to be notified when these launch.
We're developing exciting premium features including advanced analytics, data exports, API access, and enhanced insights. While our current tools will remain free, these new premium capabilities will help power users get even more value from our platform. Subscribe to stay updated on our upcoming features.
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Carbon Shopify Theme
Carbon is a modern, clean and minimalistic Shopify theme. Perfect for showcasing your products with its elegant and professional design.
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