Top 5 Bold Commerce Apps That Will Supercharge Your Shopify Store
Friday, August 2, 2019Eric Zegarski
Here's How Bold Commerce's Apps Will Supercharge Your Shopify Store
Bold Commerce is one of our Shopify tech partners who just like us, hails from Canada. As fellow Canadians, we thought the nice thing to do was to showcase some of Bold’s apps that can supercharge your Shopify store. So, grab yourself a double-double or a cold Canadian and discover how Bold Commerce can help you sell more on Shopify. Bold makes it easy to offer bundles, upsell, offer multi-currencies, product customizations, and help shoppers locate your physical stores. Bold’s apps will ensure your Shopify store is a well performing sales machine eh!
Offer Bundles
Bundles are a simple way to boost your average order size. Bold’s
bundle app makes offering bundles easy. Beyond just bundling products together, their app allows you to strategically display bundling options. Merchants can display their bundle offers directly on product pages, therefore allowing customers to see potential savings right away if they go with a bundle. Furthermore, merchants can set specific discount rules, enabling them to offer either a fixed bundle price or a percentage discount. Key app features include:
- Multiple bundle types – merchant pre-selected or customer builds Offer bundles based off of
- product collections Flexible discounting – dollar amount vs percentage
- Offer the same product in multiple bundles
- One-click bundling options – offer combinations of products shoppers can purchase with a single click
- Buy one, get one bundles – offer a discount on a second product if they buy one
- Quantity based bundling – use quantity badges so customers know how many of a certain product they need to buy to qualify
Upsell Products
Upselling allows you to increase the dollar value of each transaction. Bold’s
upselling app makes upselling products a breeze. Bold has simplified the process to a point were an upsell is only a click away. Merchants can offer upsells based on the shopper's previous choices, even if they decline the first offer. In addition, merchants can offer upsells on product pages, cart pages, and even after the customer completes the checkout. Key app features include:
- True upselling- if a customer chooses an upsell, their cart is automatically updated to reflect their choice
- Upsell funnels- make a series of funnels to encourage shoppers to add more products to their cart
- Smart product recommendations – enable data driven upsell recommendations
- Set offer triggers – set upsell offer to appear based on products in the shopper's cart, cart dollar value, or time/date of purchase
- Full design support – app has custom CSS support paired with upsell pop-ups that reflect your branding Strategic upselling – choose what offer to show based on the customer’s stage in the sales cycle
- Change prices – choose to either display the total cost of the upsell product or only the extra cost associated with the upsell
- Hide out of stock products – automatically hide any upsell or cross-sell offers that involve an out-of-stock product
Multi-Currency
Sell and bill in any currency with ease. Bold’s
multi-currency app makes it easy to sell your product globally. Their app allows you to utilize over 150 currencies, enabling your store to give shoppers that local feel. Due to always fluctuating exchange rates, you can use rate padding to add a percentage or dollar mount to the sale price in order to prevent yourself from losing money. Key app features include:
- Real-time rates - display accurate pricing in every currency thanks syncing with real-time rates that automatically update every two hours.
- Vanity pricing – ensure all your prices look consistent by enabling rounding rules, eg all pricing to end in .99
- Conversion padding – set protective padding to your conversion rates with either a percentage or dollar amount cushion
- Manual currency selection – give customers the option to manually switch currencies with a drop-down menu
Product Builder
Allow your customers to make their product truly theirs. Bold’s
product builder app is a simple solution that allows for product customization. Essentially this app can allow customers to build their ideal product from scratch. In addition, merchants can set product images that change based on the customer’s selected options. Furthermore, merchants can set conditional options, so shoppers can only choose customization options that work together. Key app features include:
- Charge for options – offer premium customization options that are automatically added to the products total price
- 2D or 3D previews – show customers previews as they customize their product with either 2D or 3D images Customize your builder – ensure that the layout of your builder is reflective of your brand by altering fonts, colours, and more
- Custom forms – use custom forms to gather more information from your customers about their customization specifications
- Unlimited steps – create as many steps as you would like in the customization process
- Set conditional logic - set conditions that dictate what options are available for the next step, eg. choices in step 1 determine what's available in step 2
Store Locator
Have your own retail locations or sell your products at retailers worldwide? Bold’s
store locator app makes it easy to find your products at retail locations. Merchants can enable this app globally, so no matter where your customers are, they can find your retail locations worldwide. In addition, the app is mobile friendly, so your customers can find your retail locations on the go. Key app features include:
- Unlimited locations - add as many stores as you would like, whether your own or a dealer
- Bulk import/export - Use a nifty CSV import feature to import all of your locations at once vs manually one at a time
- Heat mapping – see where there’s demand for your products geographically
- Google Maps –let customers easily get driving directions to any of your locations or dealers via the Google Maps interface
- Adjust locations – manually adjust pre-generated pin drops to reflect your retails outlet’s true location
- Customize your map – use custom icons for your pins, as well as what information is displayed the address listings
Empower Your Shopify Store for Success With Integration
Bold has you covered when it comes to optimizing your Shopify store to meet your customer’s needs. eBridge can make your life easier through integration. Our iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service) enables bi-directional flow of data between Shopify and your ERP of choice. eBridge has a pre-built
Shopify connector, which allows for a speedy implementation process. We support ERPs from leading publishers like Sage, Microsoft, SAP, NetSuite, Epicor, and many more. By integrating your Shopify store and ERP, you eliminate the need for manual data entry. As a result, data will populate almost instantaneously, enabling you to eliminate the risk of human error and fulfill orders faster.
In addition, eBridge is hosted on Microsoft Azure, therefore ensuring an almost 99.9% uptime and industry leading security. With an integration solution from eBridge, you can rest easy knowing that your commerce network is connected and communicating data bi-directionally.