PPSPY

What is PPSPY?

PPSPY is a Shopify-focused spy and research tool for dropshipping and store performance analysis. It helps you discover bestselling and trending products, inspect Shopify stores, and track competitor sales by generating sales reports.

The core purpose of PPSPY is to support data- and AI-assisted decision-making for Shopify and dropshipping workflows—specifically product research, competitor tracking, and store/landing page inspiration.

Key Features

• AI-assisted bestseller and trending product discovery: Uses AI to identify bestselling products and help you find product opportunities.
• Competitor sales tracking with sales reports: Provides a 15-day sales report and uses an AI-powered algorithm to predict order data for a view of competitor performance.
• Shopify store market research filters: Filter stores using attributes such as revenue and search volume, plus keywords; also includes filtering by additional store attributes.
• Shop Explorer / store inspection: Enables discovery of stores and products, along with visibility into aspects like installed themes and installed apps/pixels (as described by available filter attributes).
• Shopify product research filters: Find Shopify dropshipping items based on monthly sales and monthly revenue, and filter by keyword, price range, and product category.
• Theme and design idea research: Analyze Shopify themes and design patterns by theme and other dimensions such as monthly traffic and language.
• Traffic research: Analyze stores by website traffic and traffic sources (including categories like SEO, social media, email, and paid display), and identify stores with high traffic growth.

How to Use PPSPY

1. Start a free trial (the site indicates “Start Free Trial” / “Start my free trial”).
2. Choose a workflow such as product research, store/competitor inspection, sales tracking, theme design ideas, or traffic research.
3. Use the provided filters and libraries (e.g., product and sales tracking libraries, store explorer, and traffic research views) to narrow results.
4. Review generated outputs such as the competitor sales report to inform product and store decisions.

Use Cases

• Find a dropshipping product based on demand: Use Shopify product research to look for products using monthly sales and monthly revenue, then narrow by keyword, price range, and category.
• Track competitor performance over a short window: Use the competitor sales tracking feature to generate a sales report (15-day report) and review predicted order data for competitor comparison.
• Build a competitor list for market research: Use market research tools to filter Shopify stores by revenue, search volume, and keywords, then further refine by store attributes such as installed pixel or installed theme.
• Source landing page and product page design ideas: Use theme design and store inspection to study common theme design approaches and learn design patterns from stores operating similar products.
• Identify stores with growth in traffic sources: Use traffic research to analyze traffic and traffic source patterns (e.g., SEO, social, email, paid display) and focus on stores showing higher traffic growth.

FAQ

• Do I need to enable JavaScript to use PPSPY? The page notes that PPSPY doesn’t work properly without JavaScript enabled.

• What kind of competitor information does PPSPY provide? The site describes competitor sales tracking that produces a 15-day sales report using an AI-powered algorithm to predict order data.

• What can I do with PPSPY besides sales tracking? The page describes several related workflows: product research, store exploration, theme/design idea research, and traffic research.

• Can I filter results by store or product attributes? Yes. The site mentions filtering by attributes such as revenue, search volume, keywords, product tags, installed pixel, installed theme, and installed app.

• How do I start using the tool? The page indicates starting with a free trial (“Start Free Trial” / “Start my free trial”).

Alternatives

• Shopify analytics platforms: If your main goal is performance monitoring inside your own Shopify store (rather than spying on competitors), use store analytics and attribution tools designed for merchant operations.
• General ecommerce market research tools: For broader product and demand research across multiple channels, consider market research platforms that focus on product discovery without Shopify-specific store inspection.
• AI product research tools focused on discovery: If you primarily want product ideation and trend discovery, choose tools that emphasize AI-based product discovery rather than detailed competitor sales tracking and store/traffic inspection.
• Theme and landing page inspiration tools: If your main need is design reference (themes, page layouts, and patterns), use tools categorized around creative/design inspiration rather than sales and competitor tracking.