Koala Inspector Online ShopSpy

The Koala Inspector Online ShopSpy app gives Shopify store owners a peek into the actions of their competitors.

With it, you can analyze and track any Shopify store to identify:

Which Shopify apps and themes they use
New or removed products and variations

You can find it in the Semrush App Center.

How Can Koala Inspector Online ShopSpy Help Me?

Koala Inspector Online ShopSpy can help you improve your Shopify store’s performance by making competitor research quick and easy.

In only a few clicks, you can research and track any Shopify store and uncover key insights, such as:

The best apps your competitors use to succeed—and which ones they’ve recently uninstalled
Which themes your competitors use to stand out and entice customers
New product launches
Product updates, including new variations and name changes
Recently removed products

With these insights, you can equip your Shopify store with the best tools, identify opportunities, and optimize your ecommerce strategy.

Pricing & Limitations

After a 7-day free trial, the app subscription for Koala Inspector Online ShopSpy is $30 per month.

This includes:

Tracking up to 75 Shopify stores simultaneously
Unlimited Shopify app detection
Unlimited Shopify theme detection

How To Use Koala Inspector Online ShopSpy

With Koala Inspector Online ShopSpy, you can uncover key competitor insights in just a few clicks.

Here’s how it works.

You have two options when it comes to analyzing competitors in this app:

Search for a competitor
View Tracked Shops (competitors you’ve already saved)

How To Search for Competitors

You can search for a competitor from the app’s home page. All you have to do is enter their domain into the search bar in the center of the page, and click “Search.”

The Koala Inspector Online ShopSpy home page has a search bar in the center, with a 'search' button to its immediate right. Enter the URL of any Shopify Competitor and click 'Search' to begin analyzing.

If they use Shopify, Koala Inspector will instantly tell you which Shopify theme they’re using, and which Shopify apps they have installed.

After you search for a competitor, you'll see which Shopify Themes and Apps they're using, along with basic details about each.

Here, you’ll also find details about each app they use, including:

App name
Primary functionality
Description
Average star rating and quantity in the Shopify app store
A link to the App page in the Shopify app store

Shopify App tiles include the app name, functionality, description, average star rating, and a link to its app page in the Shopify App store.

This can help you find apps to help improve your own store’s performance or add important functionalities to your shop.

Koala Inspector can also track your competitor’s shop for changes such as new products or variations, removed products, or added or removed Shopify apps and themes.

To see this data, you’ll first need to track the store. Click the “Track shop” button under the search bar.

The ‘track shop link is center aligned, directly under the search bar at the top of the page.

Navigating the Tracked Shops Page

View your tracked shops at any time from the app’s home page by clicking the “View Tracked Shops” link underneath the search bar.

The ‘View Tracked Shops’ link is underneath the search bar on the app's home page.

This will take you to the My Shops page. This includes two sections:

My Shops
Recommendations

The My Shops page includes two sections: My Shops, and Recommendations. Individual shops are displayed on tiles in each section.

The “My Shops” section includes your tracked shop count and every shop you’re currently tracking. Your tracked shop count is indicated in orange next to the “My Shops” header.

The shops you’re tracking are displayed in tiles with a snapshot of their homepage and when the shop was last updated.

The ‘My Shops’ section shows tiles with all the shops you are already tracking. The tracked shops count is displayed in orange beside the 'My Shops' header.

Next, in the “Recommendations” section, you’ll see recommendations for similar shops you may want to add to your tracking list.

The Recommendations section has faded shop tiles. Each tile has a 'track this shop' button.

Click “Track this shop” in any tile to begin following that store.

How To Analyze a Tracked Shop

To analyze any shop you’re already tracking, navigate to its tile under “My Shops” and click its “View Changes” button.

The ‘my shop’ section with an arrow pointing to the ‘view changes’ button on the first tile.

Please note: If you have just begun to track a new store, it may take up to 24 hours for data to populate.

After you click “View Changes,” you’ll be taken to that competitor’s Shop Feed.

The Shop Feed page. The feed is on the left, and the Explore Other Shops section is on the right.

The Shop Feed is a log of all observed changes to that store, including:

Price changes
New or removed products or variants
Added or removed Shopify Apps and Themes

These details are laid out so you can identify the most important information at a glance:

A close up of the shop feed with each element numbered, from left to right: 1 is the icon, 2 is important details in green text, and 3 is a gray link to the relevant shop item.

The icon illustrates the type of change. An up or down arrow indicates a price increase or reduction. For example, a plus or minus sign shows that something (an app, theme, or product) was added or removed.
Important details about the change are indicated with green text.
Outbound links to the relevant product or bundle are indicated in dark gray, underlined text.

To the right of the Shop Feed, the “Explore Other Shops” section recommends additional shops to track. Click “Track this shop” to add it to your list. After that, you’ll be able to find it on your My Shops page.

A close up of the Explore Other Shops item. It looks and functions the same as the ‘Recommended’ section on the ‘My Shops’ page.

How To Untrack Shops

If you track a shop by mistake, or are no longer interested in following it, you can remove it from your list in just a few clicks.

From the Search Bar

If you accidentally track a shop while using the search function in Step 1, click the “Untrack shop” button to remove it from your list. You can find it directly under the search bar, in the same position as the “Track this shop” button.

On the search result page, the ‘Untrack This Shop’ button is directly below the search bar, center-aligned.

From the My Shops Page

If you’re using the My Shops page and would like to remove a shop from your tracked list, you’ll first need to open it by clicking “View Changes.”

The ‘my shops’ section with an arrow pointing to the ‘view changes’ button on the first tile.

Then, scroll to the bottom of your Shop Feed and click the red “Untrack Shop” button.

The bottom of the Shop Feed, with a page count and navigational buttons, followed by an ‘Untrack Shop’ button in red.

This will remove the shop from your list.

If you have any questions about Koala Inspector Online ShopSpy, please email us directly at app-center@semrush.com.