We’ve all created an account (or most of us anyway) with an online shop when we’ve purchased products online, in particularly with stores we regularly buy from.
However, are you aware of the Shopify software that helps run the social log-in functionality?
Well, for stores that use Shopify as a CMS (which is a very good % of them worldwide), and they have an ability for visitors/customers to create an account, they may be using one of these applications below.
Now, when it comes to creating an account, a great way to provide a slick and frictionless UX is by providing customers the option to log in with their social accounts (sort of like 1-click upsell type experiences).
Building this functionality from scratch is quite costly, but luckily, there’s a great range of options, which I’ve put together in this guide below of what I personally suggest you should check out.
EasyAuth provides your customers with 10 popular social media sites signup and login options to improve your signup rate and your profits.
Average Shopify Rating – 4.5/5 stars based on over 15 reviews
You can avail yourself of the pro plan priced at $5/month with a 7-day free trial.
Social Login helps you retain more customers by allowing easy signups and sign-ins with various login service providers.
Average Shopify Rating – 4.7/5 stars based on over 75 reviews
The base and pro plans come with a price tag of $1.49 and $5.45 per month, respectively, and a 15-day free trial.
One Click Social Login provides Shopify businesses with automatic login and signup integration and more than 10 social platforms.
Average Shopify Rating – 4.3/5 stars based on over 315 reviews
This tool offers three paid plans with a 15-day free trial. The basic, standard, and pro plans are priced at $2.99, $4.99, and $9.99 per month, respectively.
Oxi Social Login improves your signup rate by letting your customers log in to your store through widely used social media sites without registration.
Average Shopify Rating – 4.7/5 stars based on over 415 reviews
You can access the essential plan for $1.99/month or pro for $4.49/month with a 15-day free trial.
In addition to one-click social login, Flits transforms your customer account page that benefits you and your customers for increased orders.
Average Shopify Rating – 4.9/5 stars based on over 570 reviews
The basic plan is priced at $4.99/month, business at $19.99/month, and enterprise at $29.99/month. You can also try these plans for 30 days for free.
Social Login Pro simplifies the registration and login process by using more than 32 popular social networks on your store and even payment gateways.
Average Shopify Rating – 3.8/5 stars based on over 3 reviews
Social Login Pro has two plans for you – standard at $4.99/month and premium at $6.99/month.
Quick Social Login lets your customers easily log in to your store via their social networks while providing a seamless experience.
Average Shopify Rating – 4.4/5 stars based on over 45 reviews
Along with a free plan, you can try basic and pro plans priced at $4.99/month and $6.99/month, respectively, with a 7-day free trial.
HIKO Social Login facilitates you in enabling social media login without any hassle, and your customers to log into your store with a click.
Average Shopify Rating – 5/5 stars based on over 45 reviews
You can purchase professional and premium plans for $2.49/month and $4.99/month, respectively.
Concierge Customer Accounts transforms your generic client account page to a multi-functional customer dashboard to help you manage everything like social login, wishlist, and more.
Average Shopify Rating – 4.9/5 stars based on over 135 reviews
This app charges according to customers and also offers a 14-day free trial. For up to 1,000 customers, it’s free to use.
For up to 5,000 customers, you will be charged $5/month. For up to 20,000 customers, you will be charged $15/month. For up to 100,000 customers, you will be charged $25/month.
Social Login by MiniOrange eliminates the need for setting up a new account for your customers by supporting over 40 social networks for increased registrations.
Average Shopify Rating – 4.4/5 stars based on over 20 reviews
This tool has a basic plan priced at $9.99/month and premium at $14.99/month.
As you can see I’ve talked about quite a few login apps which I recommend after conducting reviews and trialling many of them out myself. So, I basically would encourage to check and assess them all out to see which fits your Shopify store needs. Having said that, if I had to get down to two (2) choices that I’ve used and has great ratings (and features), they would have to be ‘Concierge Customer Accounts’ and Flits. Make sure to head to those sections in this guide to see my reasons and list of top features of why they’re great.
When it comes to the capabilities that you should look out for with these Shopify login apps, I would be taking into account - First, user experience and design customisation (especially with the dashboard and login pages). I suggest testing it out first on a draft landing page and then walk through the whole process before you press live. It needs to be slick and provide a good experience for visitors/customers on your store pages. Second, assess what type of logins it provides - can it do social logins as well as email/password? Third, what integrations are available with other Shopify apps, or even other 3rd-party apps? For me personally, these would be the three key areas I’d be looking out for (this is also what I suggest to clients anyway).
In terms of which login apps provide best value for money, Id’ say ‘Quick Social Login’ and ‘Concierge Customer Accounts’. They take into account customer sizes and are pretty reasonable as you scale, so I’d be checking these out.
Pretty much all the login platforms I’ve talked about in this guide has some sort of integration (of course, the very least with Shopify), but you also want to consider whether or not it integrates with email marketing platforms, omni-channel marketing platforms, and even potentially CRMs you may use. From the list I created, I’d say the three top options that have good integrations available are Flits, Easy Auth, and ‘Concierge Customer Accounts’.
The options on this guide that have the best ratings are Oxi Social Login (over 400+ reviews), Flits (over 550+ reviews), and HIKO Social Login (40+ reviews). Each of them are highly praised on the app store and even on their respective sites.
