# Owners Source: watchfor.tools, an independent directory for people who build Shopify apps. No paid placement, no affiliate links. Not affiliated with Shopify. Canonical: https://watchfor.tools/owners The companies and people behind the tools, newsletters and events listed here, 52 in all. When two listings share an owner, read them as one source, not two. An owner is listed only where the listing's own site, or the owner's, says who it is. ## Shopify Kind: A company Owner page: https://watchfor.tools/owners/shopify Site: https://www.shopify.com Shopify's own events for developers and partners, and its In Stock newsletter. This directory is not affiliated with Shopify. - In Stock (newsletter): Published by Shopify. https://watchfor.tools/newsletters/instock - DotDev (event): Organized by Shopify. https://watchfor.tools/events/dotdev - Shopify Partner Meetup Warsaw (event): Organized by Shopify. https://watchfor.tools/events/shopify-partner-meetup-warsaw - Shopify Unite (event): Organized by Shopify. https://watchfor.tools/events/shopify-unite ## Marmeto Kind: A company Owner page: https://watchfor.tools/owners/marmeto Site: https://marmeto.com A Shopify Platinum Partner founded in 2017, and the team behind Return Prime and Recurpay. It moved from services to products in 2026 and offers a suite of partner tools. Most of them are free only to approved Marmeto partners. - Elevate (tool): Part of the Marmeto partner suite. https://watchfor.tools/tools/elevate - Marmeto (tool): The suite itself. https://watchfor.tools/tools/marmeto - Orbit (tool): Part of the Marmeto partner suite. https://watchfor.tools/tools/orbit ## ShopExperts Kind: A company Owner page: https://watchfor.tools/owners/shopexperts Site: https://shopexperts.com Formerly HeyCarson. It runs the ShopExperts marketplace and App Store Research, and publishes the ShopOps Weekly newsletter. The research panel and the marketplace do different jobs and do not compete with each other. - App Store Research (tool): By ShopExperts. https://watchfor.tools/tools/appstoreresearch - ShopExperts (tool): ShopExperts' own marketplace. https://watchfor.tools/tools/shopexperts - ShopOps Weekly (newsletter): Published by ShopExperts. https://watchfor.tools/newsletters/shopops ## Shoptalk (Hyve Group) Kind: A company Owner page: https://watchfor.tools/owners/shoptalk Site: https://shoptalk.com Retail conferences in the US and Europe, plus a luxury edition. Owned by Hyve Group. - Shoptalk Europe 2027 (event): Organized by Shoptalk (Hyve Group). https://watchfor.tools/events/shoptalk-europe - Shoptalk Luxe 2027 (event): Organized by Shoptalk (Hyve Group). https://watchfor.tools/events/shoptalk-luxe - Shoptalk Spring 2027 (event): Organized by Shoptalk (Hyve Group). https://watchfor.tools/events/shoptalk-us ## WORLDEF (Incmice) Kind: A company Owner page: https://watchfor.tools/owners/worldef Site: https://worldef.com Runs ecommerce trade events in several cities under the WORLDEF name. - WORLDEF Dubai 2027 (event): Organized by WORLDEF (Incmice). https://watchfor.tools/events/worldef-dubai - WORLDEF Istanbul 2027 (event): Organized by WORLDEF (Incmice). https://watchfor.tools/events/worldef-istanbul - WORLDEF Prime Antalya 2026 (event): Organized by WORLDEF (Incmice). https://watchfor.tools/events/worldef-antalya ## Avex Kind: A company Owner page: https://watchfor.tools/owners/avex Site: https://www.avexdesigns.com A Shopify agency that runs small dining and networking events for ecommerce operators. - EComm Connect Denver (event): Organized by Avex. https://watchfor.tools/events/ecomm-connect-denver - SUITETALKS at Shoptalk (event): Organized by Avex. https://watchfor.tools/events/suitetalks-shoptalk ## Beckett Oliphant Kind: A person Owner page: https://watchfor.tools/owners/beckett-oliphant A solo Shopify app developer. He publishes the Becketto Rank Tracker and Affilitrak, an affiliate app on the Shopify App Store. Anyone in the affiliate category who tracks keywords in his tracker is sharing them with a competitor. - Affilitrak for Apps (tool): By Beckett Oliphant. https://watchfor.tools/tools/affilitrak - Becketto Rank Tracker (tool): By Beckett Oliphant. https://watchfor.tools/tools/becketto ## Dark Ecommerce Labs Kind: A company Owner page: https://watchfor.tools/owners/dark-ecommerce-labs The company behind AppJubilee and StoreCensus. AppJubilee publishes comparison pages against rival tools, so those pages and StoreCensus come from one vendor, not two independent sources. - AppJubilee (tool): By Dark Ecommerce Labs. https://watchfor.tools/tools/appjubilee - StoreCensus (tool): By Dark Ecommerce Labs. https://watchfor.tools/tools/storecensus ## DTC Media Kind: A company Owner page: https://watchfor.tools/owners/dtc-media Publishes the DTC Newsletter and The DTC Podcast and runs DTC Dines dinners. The newsletter's watch note names Pilothouse, an agency, as the business behind it. - DTC Newsletter (newsletter): Published by DTC Media. https://watchfor.tools/newsletters/dtc - DTC Dines Vancouver (event): Organized by DTC Media. https://watchfor.tools/events/dtc-dines-vancouver ## HANDHUNT HONGKONG LIMITED Kind: A company Owner page: https://watchfor.tools/owners/handhunt Site: https://findniche.com Hong Kong company behind FindNiche, a dropshipping research site, and the tools listed here. - SellerCenter (tool): By HANDHUNT HONGKONG LIMITED. https://watchfor.tools/tools/sellercenter - Shopify Raise (tool): By HANDHUNT HONGKONG LIMITED. https://watchfor.tools/tools/shopifyraise ## Mantle Kind: A company Owner page: https://watchfor.tools/owners/mantle Site: https://heymantle.com An app billing and analytics platform that announced its wind-down in June 2026. It acquired SASI from Union Works, together with a separate product, App Store Analytics, which is not listed here. - SASI (tool): Acquired from Union Works. https://watchfor.tools/tools/sasi - Mantle (tool, winding down): Mantle's own billing and analytics platform, now winding down. https://watchfor.tools/tools/mantle ## Shoplift - Camp Commerce 2026 (event): Organized by Shoplift. https://watchfor.tools/events/camp-commerce - The Holiday A-List (event): Organized by Shoplift. https://watchfor.tools/events/holiday-a-list ## The Retail Bulletin Kind: A company Owner page: https://watchfor.tools/owners/retail-bulletin Site: https://www.theretailbulletin.com Published by Retail Bulletin Events Limited (company 06136675), Bagshot, Surrey, led by managing director Karen Howard. Runs a daily UK retail newsletter and a programme of retail summits, roundtables and the People in Retail Awards. - The Retail Bulletin (newsletter): The Retail Bulletin's own newsletter. https://watchfor.tools/newsletters/retailbulletin - Retail Tech Summit 2026 (event): Organized by The Retail Bulletin. https://watchfor.tools/events/retail-tech-summit ## The Wide Company Kind: A company Owner page: https://watchfor.tools/owners/the-wide-company Mat De Sousa's company, in France. It makes WideBundle, a bundle app on the Shopify App Store, and AppstorePulse. Mat De Sousa also runs The Wide Event in Paris. - AppstorePulse (tool): By The Wide Company. https://watchfor.tools/tools/appstorepulse - The Wide Event (event): Organized by Mat De Sousa, who runs The Wide Company. https://watchfor.tools/events/the-wide-event ## TheSaaSHub Kind: A company Owner page: https://watchfor.tools/owners/thesaashub Builds PartnerDock, an affiliate platform for app vendors, and publishes the Shopify App Founders Edition newsletter. The newsletter has covered tools listed here, so read it as a vendor writing about its own market. - PartnerDock (tool): By TheSaaSHub. https://watchfor.tools/tools/partnerdock - Shopify App Founders Edition (newsletter): Published by TheSaaSHub. https://watchfor.tools/newsletters/shopifyappfounders ## Andrew Rogers and Gary Brewer Kind: A person - BuiltWith (tool): By Andrew Rogers and Gary Brewer. https://watchfor.tools/tools/builtwith ## APG Media - EcomExpo 2027 (event): Organized by APG Media. https://watchfor.tools/events/ecomexpo-vilnius ## AppDirect Kind: A company - PartnerStack (tool): By AppDirect. https://watchfor.tools/tools/partnerstack ## Arthur Renard Kind: A person Publisher of luseri.com, a private individual per its legal notice. Also makes the Shopify app OptiDress (luseri.com/en/about). - Luseri (tool): By Arthur Renard. https://watchfor.tools/tools/luseri ## Ask Phill - NXT:Commerce Summit 2026 (event): Organized by Ask Phill. https://watchfor.tools/events/nxt-commerce-summit ## Charle - A New Era '26 (event): Organized by Charle. https://watchfor.tools/events/a-new-era ## CloserStill Media - eCommerce Expo 2027 (event): Organized by CloserStill Media. https://watchfor.tools/events/ecommerce-expo-london ## Commerce Catalyst - Ecom Elevated, Fall 2026 (event): Organized by Commerce Catalyst. https://watchfor.tools/events/ecom-elevated ## Convert2x Kind: A company Shopify app growth agency founded by Boaz Lantsman in 2018. Prys grew out of it. - Prys (tool): Built by Convert2x. https://watchfor.tools/tools/prys ## De Nieuwe Zaak - Ongefilterd: De feed die je webshop opvreet (event): Organized by De Nieuwe Zaak. https://watchfor.tools/events/ongefilterd ## Dotdigital - Dotdigital Summit (event): Organized by Dotdigital. https://watchfor.tools/events/dotdigital-summit ## ECDB (ecommerceDB) - ECDB (newsletter): Published by ECDB (ecommerceDB). https://watchfor.tools/newsletters/ecdb ## EFOLI, LLC Kind: A company - KivoSupport (tool): By EFOLI, LLC. https://watchfor.tools/tools/kivosupport ## Emerce - E-commerce Live! 2027 (event): Organized by Emerce. https://watchfor.tools/events/ecommerce-live ## Farid Movsumov - Rankbase (tool): By Farid Movsumov. https://watchfor.tools/tools/rankbase ## FoxSell - Shop Quest (event): Organized by FoxSell. https://watchfor.tools/events/shop-quest ## Garner Labs LLC Kind: A company - dtcmvp (tool): By Garner Labs LLC. https://watchfor.tools/tools/dtcmvp ## GemCommerce - ShopX (event): Organized by GemCommerce. https://watchfor.tools/events/shopx ## Infoguru - E-commerce Warsaw Expo 2026 (event): Organized by Infoguru. https://watchfor.tools/events/ecommerce-warsaw-expo ## Jan Thér Kind: A person - AppVitals (tool): By Jan Thér. https://watchfor.tools/tools/appvitals ## Koelnmesse - DMEXCO 2027 (event): Organized by Koelnmesse. https://watchfor.tools/events/dmexco ## Mehboob Shaikh Kind: A person Named as founder on techleads.fyi/about. - TechLeads (tool): By Mehboob Shaikh. https://watchfor.tools/tools/techleads ## Merchant Inspiration UG - Merchant Inspiration Talks (event): Organized by Merchant Inspiration UG. https://watchfor.tools/events/merchant-inspiration-talks ## Nexfal - Shopify Freelancers Meetup by Nexfal (event): Organized by Nexfal. https://watchfor.tools/events/nexfal-freelancers-meetup ## OK Digital LTD Kind: A company Operator of shopthemedetector.com, per its privacy policy. - Shopify Theme Detector (tool): By OK Digital LTD. https://watchfor.tools/tools/shopthemedetector ## OmegaTheme Kind: A company - LetsMetrix (tool): By OmegaTheme. https://watchfor.tools/tools/letsmetrix ## Organisatie Groep Zuid - Webwinkel Vakdagen 2027 (event): Organized by Organisatie Groep Zuid. https://watchfor.tools/events/webwinkel-vakdagen ## Pattern - Accelerate 27 (event): Organized by Pattern. https://watchfor.tools/events/accelerate ## Pixel Kicks - Successify (event): Organized by Pixel Kicks. https://watchfor.tools/events/successify ## Ready Innovations Inc. Kind: A company - CartInsight (tool): By Ready Innovations Inc.. https://watchfor.tools/tools/cartinsight ## ReConvert Ltd Kind: A company Site: https://upsell.com - Shoper Spy (tool): By ReConvert Ltd. https://watchfor.tools/tools/shoperspy ## Retail Insider Media Ltd. - Retail Insider (newsletter): Published by Retail Insider Media Ltd.. https://watchfor.tools/newsletters/retailinsider ## The Fortia Group - The Acquiror Conference (event): Organized by The Fortia Group. https://watchfor.tools/events/acquiror-conference ## Trellis - Digital Commerce Today Live, Boston Spring Summit 2023 (event): Organized by Trellis. https://watchfor.tools/events/digital-commerce-today-boston ## Vevol Media - Shopify Meetup Dublin 2026 (event): Organized by Vevol Media. https://watchfor.tools/events/shopify-meetup-dublin ## wecanfly - Flight Club: E-commerce Retention Meetup (event): Organized by wecanfly. https://watchfor.tools/events/wecanfly-flight-club ## Zipchat - The DTC Aperitivo (event): Organized by Zipchat. https://watchfor.tools/events/dtc-aperitivo