Shop

Offers up real time insights and strengthens the process for sellers.

You can no longer hide SKUs which makes this unusable as a business with any complexity.

I like the ease of set up and the simple interface. The only problem I faced was creating a cover photo. The recommended size works very differently for app and desktop. In desktop it gets completely cutoff and looks really blurry. While uploading it doesn't give a preview of how it'll show up in the app either. A better preview and option to upload different images for desktop and app will be helpful.

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My experience with Shop.app has been extremely disappointing. Their current policies create an environment where fraud and abuse against merchants can happen far too easily. The biggest issue is how the platform handles chargebacks. Customers can place an order, receive the product, keep it, and then file a chargeback with their bank claiming they “never received the item.” In most cases, banks side with the customer, leaving the merchant with a total loss — the product is gone and the money is taken back. Instead of supporting merchants during these fraudulent situations, Shop.app makes things worse. After chargebacks occur — even when the merchant fulfilled orders correctly — Shop.app immediately deactivates the store for six months. This punishment comes on top of the financial loss caused by fraudulent buyers. In practice, it feels like the policies protect scammers more than the merchants who actually keep the platform running. Another major issue is their product rating policy. Even if a merchant’s rating drops slightly, for example from 4 to 3, Shop.app disapproves our products for advertising. There’s no clear explanation or logical business reasoning behind this. The system reacts harshly and automatically, without considering real-life context or merchant history. These decisions directly harm honest sellers. I personally have had inventory sitting for over a year, generating zero sales, because my store was deactivated. The financial impact has been significant, and there is no real support from the platform to resolve the root problem — the fraud. It’s no surprise that Shop.app has many negative reviews on Shopify’s own app store. The merchant community has been raising similar concerns for a long time, but nothing seems to change. Shopify should seriously reconsider allowing a product with policies like these to operate, because the current system pushes merchants away instead of empowering them. My message to fellow merchants: be cautious before listing your products on Shop.app. Until they update their policies to genuinely protect sellers, the risk is simply too high. When enough merchants stop listing, perhaps the platform will finally understand that their policy choices need to change.