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The true problem I see with these kind of integrations is that a company like Shopify can very easily figure out which third-party extensions are turning around
by heipei 6y ago
The true problem I see with these kind of integrations is that a company like Shopify can very easily figure out which third-party extensions are turning around the most revenue and then re-build those in house, only better since they have direct access to the folks building the platform.
- valuearb 6y agoBeing Sherlocked is a problem you should always consider closely for any App Store product. The benefit of App Stores is getting a access to a mass number of qualified customers anxious to add compelling features to the platform they bought, be it a web store front or iPhone. The negative is the platform has to always keep moving ahead, and sometimes your app is right in its path. We used to call it picking up nickles in front of the SteamRoller back in my Photoshop Plug-ins days. Was very frustrating, but still very lucrative. I have often talked about giving a demo of my next brilliant plugin to the Photoshop team lead and product manager just before the release of Photoshop 3. Three weeks later Photoshop3 was released with their version of my plugin in it.
- pixelbash 6y agoShopify doesn't seem to do this, and actually it's a bit of a problem because some of the apps have the craziest workaround for gaps in the backend. Can't have multiple discounts in the cart? Splution: create custom discount codes on the fly for absolutely everyone in real-time.
- sdf131 6y agoThis would be pretty short-sighted. Shopify benefits from the app store ecosystem (and can generate revenue from it) while allowing developers to invest in the platform in exchange for building their credibility as Shopify partners & developers (which generate more Shopify business for them) Stealing the good ideas and adding them to the core platform would generate more money short term but would destroy the app store