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Trustpilot is known to hold brand reputations hostage and railroad them into paying for their service in order to remove negative reviews. Just read the reviews of their own product on their site and you will immediately see through the business model they are running to hurt brands. We feel that it is only right to use their profile as a tool to call them out as a bad actor in the space. We highly recommend you avoid paying them at all costs.

Shopify is a commerce platform that allows anyone to set up an online store and sell their products. It's the go-to eCommerce platform for young direct-to-consumer brands. Its ease of use and setup is what's most attractive to merchants, but also the incredibly vast Shopify app store.

Klaviyo is the best in class email marketing solution for eCommerce. It's powerful because it connects to your store, and you can create awesome customer segments based on past purchasing behaviors, customer preferences, and even future predictions of spending.

One of the biggest affiliate networks in the world. Awin connects retailers to over 211,000 active affiliate partners such as content creators, influencers, website owners and technology partners.

Create a destination for influencers, customers and fans to learn about your perks and apply to your affiliate and brand ambassador programs with Shopify Collabs.

Gorgias is one of the most popular helpdesks for D2C brands. It centralizes all your support tickets in one place and enriches them with lots of extra context about a buyer's profile. Through Gorgias, you can connect directly to your eCommerce store and edit orders, modify subscriptions, and refund payments without leaving your helpdesk.

Next.js is an open-source React based JavaScript framework created by Vercel. Next.js boasts many features that align with the specs required for eCommerce projects, including; Live collaboration tooling, image optimization for seamless product discovery, built-in internationalization, and built-in analytics.

Lucky Orange is an analytics tool for eCommerce. The most popular features include automated recordings, heatmaps and conversion funnels. Lucky Orange will automatically create a recording of every visitor and segment recordings so you can see exactly why visitors are not converting.

Hotjar is a behavior analytics and user feedback service that helps you understand the behavior of your website users and get their feedback through tools such as heatmaps, session recordings, and surveys.