hotcakes

Shopify marketplaces app by build'r Inc.·Easily sell your products through shops opened and promoted by athletes and other influencers

Snapshot

#167of 219 inMarketplaces

hotcakes is newly listed on the Shopify App Store. Ongoing.AI is observing daily category rank, search-keyword position, install footprint, and listing changes from launch — first tracked May 28, 2026. The trajectory is being captured before the first reviews accumulate.

CategoriesMarketplaces

Pricing

From $0/mo

freemium

Built for Shopify

No

Years live

2

launched Jun 13, 2024

Last updated

Jun 30, 2026

Shopify listing

Catalog position

Where hotcakes sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Marketplaces category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Marketplaces

#167

of 219 active apps

Review count percentile

0th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

0th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

2

since 2024

Listing change cadence

What hotcakes has changed lately.

Every pricing tweak, tagline refresh, and Shopify-side listing ping. Captured from Ongoing.AI’s per-scrape diff log — the cadence and the content of changes, in one strip.

Listing changes · last 21 days+11shopify_lastmod: 2026-05-23 → 2026-06-16shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-16 → 2026-06-30Jun 13, 26Jun 23, 26Jul 4, 26

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 1

2026-06-16 → 2026-06-30

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 17

2026-05-23 → 2026-06-16

PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Plans

hotcakes pricing tiers.

Free

Free to install

    FAQ

    hotcakes — frequently asked questions.

    What is hotcakes on Shopify?
    hotcakes is a Shopify app in the Marketplaces category. Get your products in front of influencers and their audiences so that you can sell more of your products. Install the hotcakes for Shopify app to connect your Shopify store to the hotcakes native app. There, athletes and influencers can open shops, through which they can sell and promote your products alongside their own. You can pick which products from your Shopify store you want to sell on hotcakes, and you can pick the influencers whom you want to promote and sell those products.
    How much does hotcakes cost?
    hotcakes is priced at $0/month on the Shopify App Store.
    When was hotcakes launched?
    hotcakes launched on June 13, 2024 — over 2 years on the Shopify App Store.
    Is hotcakes Built for Shopify?
    hotcakes does not currently carry Shopify's Built for Shopify badge. The badge is awarded to apps that meet Shopify's published standards for performance, ease of use, and merchant value — many high-quality apps operate without it.
    What are the best hotcakes alternatives?
    Merchants commonly compare hotcakes with TikTok, Shop, Google & YouTube, and Simprosys Google Shopping Feed. Each alternative covers a similar use case but differs on pricing model, integration depth, and the specific themes merchants praise in reviews — see the alternatives section above for a side-by-side.

    Alternatives

    Apps merchants pick instead.

    TikTok Inc.

    TikTok

    4.80★13,310

    Known for: customer-support

    Shopify

    Shop

    4.80★7,242

    Known for: customer-support

    Google LLC

    Google & YouTube

    4.50★4,849

    Known for: customer-support

    Simprosys InfoMedia

    Simprosys Google Shopping Feed

    4.90★4,434
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    Methodology

    Where the numbers come from.

    Ratings, review counts, pricing tiers, “Built for Shopify”, launch date, and category memberships come from the live Shopify App Store listing — refreshed daily by Ongoing.AI’s crawler. The review-count trajectory is the diff between today’s snapshot and snapshots from 7 and 28 days ago. Topic counts and sentiment come from the review corpus, topic-tagged with Claude. Install footprint is observed via Ongoing.AI’s tech-detection pass against actively-tracked Shopify storefronts. Catalog position is computed at snapshot time against every active app sharing the primary category. Snapshot generated .

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