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Import orders from other platforms into Shopify with EZ Importer

August 22, 2017

Our third Shopify app, EZ Importer, was actually published on the Shopify App Store a couple of months ago but we decided to stay in beta for a bit to make sure the app is stable and our early users are happy with it. We're finally at a point now that we're ready to get out of beta and have added a bunch of features since the initial release as well.

If you're already …

Getting to 100 Paying Customers for a SaaS product

July 12, 2017

We've recently passed 100 paying customers for one of our Shopify apps, EZ Exporter.

Shopify apps are technically SaaS products. We maintain the app and the servers it runs on and provide it as a service to Shopify store owners. You can set different types of pricing: from one-time fees, usage-based, or recurring monthly subscriptions.

EZ Exporter is our first paid app which got published on the Shopify store last December. It took about …

Forming an LLC in the US using IncFile.com

June 1, 2017

My business partner and I had finally decided to form a Limited Liability Company (LLC) a few months ago for our software company Highview Apps, where we focus on building Shopify apps. We intentionally took our time before forming a company as we weren't sure if we'll actually get anywhere with our app ideas.

We started working on our first app, Slacky (integrates Shopify and Slack), last year to test the Shopify ecosystem and …

Re-designing HighviewApps.com

May 21, 2017

I just finished re-doing our main site for Highview Apps, a software company I started with a friend of mine that makes Shopify apps. We've been thinking of re-doing the site for some time now and I was finally able to allocate a couple of days to work on it.

Initially, we just wanted to have a company site up and running quickly so we just picked a very simple one-page, free Bootstrap 3 …

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