Overview
PPSPY is an ecommerce intelligence platform for researching Shopify stores, products, advertising, and sales trends. Dropshippers and merchants can monitor competitors, explore promising products, inspect store technology, and export research through its dashboard and Chrome extension.
Our take
PPSPY researches Shopify competitors — product discovery, estimated sales, store tracking — with a free extension and paid dashboard. Estimated sales figures are the reason people use it and the part to treat carefully: these are inferred from public signals rather than actual data, and inference error compounds at the store level.
Worth it if
Ecommerce sellers researching what competitors are selling and which products are moving.
Look elsewhere if
Decisions requiring accurate revenue figures — the estimates are directional at best.
✨ Features
Sales Tracking
Monitors selected Shopify stores and their estimated sales activity.
Product Discovery
Finds products and stores using research filters and performance signals.
Ad Intelligence
Tracks competitor advertising and lets subscribers download creatives.
Chrome Extension
Adds store research and technology insights while browsing Shopify websites.
⚖️ Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
💰 Pricing
Free Extension
$0
- Install the Chrome extension
- Basic Shopify store research
- Paid analytics have separate limits
Standard
$39 /mo
- 30 sales and ad trackers
- 10,000 credits monthly
- Data exports and creative downloads
Pro
$99 /mo
- 100 sales and ad trackers
- 100,000 credits monthly
- Unlimited extension access
Business
$299 /mo
- 300 sales and ad trackers
- 500,000 credits monthly
- Annual billing available
Categories
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How accurate are estimated sales figures?
Directional rather than precise. They are inferred from public signals — order numbers, review velocity, inventory changes — none of which map reliably to revenue. Useful for spotting which products are moving relative to each other; unreliable for any absolute figure you would put in a business plan.
Is competitor research like this legitimate?
Observing public storefronts is ordinary commercial research. Where it gets uncomfortable is automated scraping at volume, which sites' terms typically prohibit and which can attract technical countermeasures. The research itself is standard practice; the collection method is where the questions arise.