Using store spy to research Shopify stores

Store spy (/app/store-spy) shows you what a Shopify store sells and how it advertises. It brings together the store's catalogue and the ads in PixelSpyer that send people to it.

Look up a store

1. Open /app/store-spy.
2. Enter the store's domain, for example examplestore.com.
3. View the results.

What you will see

Section	What it shows
Catalogue	The store's products and their prices
Product count	How many products the store lists
Ads	Ads in PixelSpyer that point to the store

Ways to use store spy

• Check a competitor's range. See which products they sell and at what price points.
• Connect ads to products. Compare the catalogue with the products they advertise to see what they are pushing.
• Sense-check a product idea. If several stores sell a similar product and keep advertising it, that is a useful signal.
• Compare pricing. Look at prices across stores in your niche before you set your own.

What works and what does not

• Store spy is built for public Shopify stores. Stores on other platforms may not return results.
• Some stores block access, so their catalogue cannot be shown.
• The ads section draws on PixelSpyer's ad library, which is mostly EU and UK ads. A store that does not advertise in those markets may show few or no ads.

Go further

• To find ads by landing-page domain across the whole library, use the Domain scope in Discover (Starter and up).
• To follow a store over time, track it. See Tracking stores over time.
• To follow the brand's advertising, add it to your brand tracker.

Related

• Tracking stores over time
• Search scopes and syntax
• Track a brand and get new-ad alerts