What is the $100/month problem that no app has solved yet?

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Topic summary

An app developer asks merchants to identify high-value, unsolved Shopify pain points worth $100/month. They target four areas: complex pricing/shipping/fulfillment logic; fragmented daily workflows across tools; Shopify POS (point of sale) gaps like modifiers/staff tracking/custom reports; and performance slowdowns needing audits/clean-up.

One reply argues the biggest frustration is Shopify’s own support and review processes not doing their jobs. They suggest an app that effectively addresses or mitigates these support shortcomings could be highly lucrative.

Another reply doubts a forum will surface strong ideas. They recommend conducting direct merchant interviews to uncover real problems and then synthesizing a product vision with those needs.

No concrete feature set or app direction is agreed upon. No action items beyond the advice to do merchant discovery. The discussion remains open with unresolved questions about which specific problem to solve.

Summarized with AI on December 11. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hey merchants,

I’m an app developer dedicated to solving high-value, high-frustration problems in the Shopify ecosystem. I’m looking past the common, saturated solutions (like simple review or inventory apps) and want to target a genuine, unaddressed pain point.

I want to hear about the systems or processes that currently waste your time or cost you money because there’s no good app for it.

Tell me your biggest, most frustrating gap in the Shopify platform:

  1. Complexity: Do you have complex pricing, shipping, or fulfillment logic that existing apps simply cannot handle? (e.g., specific variant/volume discounts, unique international logistics).

  2. Workflow Hell: Which part of your daily store management (e.g., exchanges, commissions, customer support using channels like WhatsApp/SMS) forces you to jump between multiple tabs and tools?

  3. POS Pain: If you use Shopify POS, what specific retail feature (like advanced modifiers, staff sales tracking, or custom reports) is missing or painfully slow?

  4. Performance: Which necessary app do you suspect is critically slowing down your store, and what kind of technical audit/clean-up tool would you pay for?

Looking forward to your honest, critical feedback!

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Sounds like the biggest pain the the arse for most merchants is Shopify support and review staff not doing their jobs. Develop an app to fix that and you might just make yourself a millionaire.

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People will likely not give you great ideas under a forum post. I’d much rather recommend you to go and talk to merchants (like humans) and understand their problems. Entrepreneurship isn’t just listening to your customers, you must synthesize your vision with their needs.