When social media came along, many people thought it was the death of SMS marketing – but nothing could be further from the truth.

SMS has found its place in the marketing arsenals of leading ecommerce brands – and it’s a channel that many Shopify merchants are using with great success.

Fortunately, there are quite a few apps that make Shopify SMS marketing easy to include in your overall marketing strategy.

Let’s take a look at the basics of what you need to know about SMS marketing for Shopify – and the best apps out there to help you conquer it.

Any successful ecommerce storeowner will tell you that gathering reviews and providing rewards are two of the most important elements of a marketing strategy aimed at growth.

Reviews help get new customers into your store by providing social proof that you really are as good as you say you are.

Loyalty and rewards programs help you retain them as customers, increasing their bond with you and their lifetime value to your business, as well as providing great referral potential.

There’s one platform that can help you do all this: Stamped.io.