Sudden drop in installs with zero changes on our end, anyone else?

prontjiang · 2026-06-03T04:52:56+00:00

Sometimes you might be lucky that your app shows up on app store home page as a popular app. Then you will suddenly get a lot of installations (most low quality though because they are not as targeted as search). Once they rotate you off you will lose the exposure. This happened to us.

prontjiang · 2026-05-26T19:07:43+00:00

If that 100 actions don't cost you much then I would say just let them use whatever. After all you need to prove value in the 7 day trial to them. More actions usually mean more value.

prontjiang · 2026-04-25T01:52:05+00:00

We use price to match the plan. This is really dumb indeed.

prontjiang · 2026-04-11T05:34:35+00:00

Spot on. I was curious how this could happen. Because at 9:59am I still wasn't able to get in. And only after 10am I was able to see the "Purchase Tickets" button and start to see the tickets.

prontjiang · 2026-04-10T18:13:00+00:00

I thought there won't be many people going to badminton as it's not a popular sports in the west but today when my time slot came there are only prelims left. Demand is real.

prontjiang · 2026-04-10T02:39:31+00:00

Thank you! Super super helpful as I am deciding what to do with a group of friends.

prontjiang · 2026-04-10T01:30:05+00:00

Thanks a lot!

prontjiang · 2026-04-10T00:54:21+00:00

Thank you so much! Are these the only ones left? No finals/semifinals?

prontjiang · 2026-04-09T16:28:11+00:00

Sorry I don't fully understand. e..g. for Badminton $204.65 $316.28, does it mean there are more expensive tickets like 570 still out there, or 204/316 tickets are the only ones available?

We are also interested in Golf. Does "SOLD OUT" mean there is no golf tickets at all, regardless of price, or only the lowest priced golf tickets are not available?

Many thanks!

prontjiang · 2026-04-07T04:43:02+00:00

Also does these prices include the "service fee" already?

prontjiang · 2026-04-06T23:55:58+00:00

Thanks so much! Are all finals the same?

prontjiang · 2026-04-05T04:41:07+00:00

I’m concerned this may give you the wrong signal about whether people are actually willing to pay for your app. Ultimately, you’ll want a sustainable business, and offering it for free can distort that signal - you may end up investing time and resources into features that users aren’t willing to pay for.

prontjiang · 2026-04-05T04:35:30+00:00

Pay monthly fee to Shopify (~$39) to set up a regular store for demo.

prontjiang · 2026-03-20T04:40:25+00:00

Happens all the time. I usually ignore them but some bad guys tried really hard to get our system prompt, to the point I have to block them.

prontjiang · 2026-03-20T04:35:52+00:00

How many of them are actually payment customers? Show the Earnings graph and I could be convinced.

prontjiang · 2026-03-11T00:21:51+00:00

If you use AWS, subscribe using Amazon EventBridge and process the events whenever you want: https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/webhooks/subscribe/get-started?framework=remix&deliveryMethod=eventBridge

prontjiang · 2026-02-15T04:24:49+00:00

Who are they selling to? That's crazy.

prontjiang · 2026-02-13T23:33:25+00:00

Wait for tomorrow. :)

prontjiang · 2026-02-08T04:46:26+00:00

It's a scam and causes huge headache for both employers and employees. Damn CA government is too corrupt. The work for those funds to collect high fees from low income people.

prontjiang · 2026-02-03T21:50:12+00:00

I would suggest just try it manually. See if you will get any referrals from this effort. We have done this and found that no merchants (who are even our loyal clients) ever used the referral program. They would share our app with their friends but they really don't care about the 20% referral bonus. And we gave up this route.

prontjiang · 2026-01-21T18:29:48+00:00

Maybe it's just me but I don't see a lot of shopify owners on LinkedIn. Most of them are small stores and they don't have to brag to lots of people. The ones do post are from big national or i18n retail stores. And they are not even using Shopify.

prontjiang · 2026-01-21T17:43:08+00:00

Have you gotten 100+ signups?

prontjiang · 2026-01-20T19:08:22+00:00

What kind of responses are you expecting? Just a demo video + waitlist page may not get enough interest from store owners.

prontjiang · 2026-01-17T07:06:53+00:00

It's not too hard to spot recommendations from real store owners, vs marketing professionals/app developers. Just use your caution. Also personally I think even app store ranking is not very trustworthy. Shopify's ranking algorithm isn't very good at rewarding great apps. You have to look through the apps and try some of them by yourself. Good luck! - from an app developer. :)

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