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5 Reasons Product Research Fails, and What the Data Shows Instead
Store Research
Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti

5 Reasons Product Research Fails, and What the Data Shows Instead

Five ways product research goes wrong, each shown against one live beauty brand: 30 products, 983 live ads, and the 197 stores already selling the same thing.

Sep 13, 20269 min read
5 Things the Brandsearch Chrome Extension Tells You About Any Shopify Store
Store Research
Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti

5 Things the Brandsearch Chrome Extension Tells You About Any Shopify Store

See the five numbers the free Chrome extension puts on any Shopify store, and what each one looks like once you read it properly on a real brand.

Sep 13, 20269 min read
Storeleads Alternative for Product Hunters
Store Research
Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti

Storeleads Alternative for Product Hunters

See what six Shopify stores actually sell the most of, and what they spend to sell it. Bestseller rank, live ad counts and the pages behind them.

Sep 13, 202612 min read
SpySales Alternatives for Shopify Stores
Store Research
Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti

SpySales Alternatives for Shopify Stores

See what a Shopify sales tracker cannot: ten stores with live revenue, the ad spend behind it, worldwide ad rank, and the pages doing the selling.

Sep 13, 202620 min read
20 Email Marketing Examples
Store Research
Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti

20 Email Marketing Examples

See 20 ecommerce email programmes as they actually run. Each example is a real archived send with its date, sender and subject, plus the cadence behind it.

Sep 12, 202623 min read
DTC Brands: The Biggest in 17 Categories
Store Research
Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti

DTC Brands: The Biggest in 17 Categories

See the biggest DTC brand in 17 categories, ranked by live monthly revenue, with the active ad count and the worldwide ad rank behind each one.

Sep 12, 202625 min read
Mushroom Coffee Revenue: What the Top 10 Brands Make a Month
Store Research
Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti

Mushroom Coffee Revenue: What the Top 10 Brands Make a Month

See what mushroom coffee brands actually earn. Ten brands ranked by live monthly revenue, with traffic, active ad counts and 30-day movement.

Sep 12, 202612 min read
25 Fastest-Growing DTC Brands in 2026
Store Research
Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti

25 Fastest-Growing DTC Brands in 2026

The 25 DTC brands growing fastest right now, ranked by 30-day revenue growth from live store data, with traffic and active ads for each. Updated monthly.

Sep 11, 202627 min read
Top 25 Shopify Stores by Revenue in 2026
Store Research
Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti

Top 25 Shopify Stores by Revenue in 2026

See which Shopify stores actually make the most money. 25 brands ranked by live monthly revenue, with traffic and active ad counts, updated monthly.

Sep 11, 202625 min read
How to Find Competitors Actually Scaling Right Now (Not Just Old Winners)
Store Research
Sophia Creative at Brandsearch
Sophia Creative at Brandsearch

How to Find Competitors Actually Scaling Right Now (Not Just Old Winners)

Stop using static lists of past winners. Here’s how to use live ad volume and traffic growth signals to find Shopify stores scaling right now.

Apr 21, 20267 min read
Free Competitor Research: What a Chrome Extension Shows in 10 Seconds
Store Research
Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti

Free Competitor Research: What a Chrome Extension Shows in 10 Seconds

See what a free Chrome extension shows on any Shopify store: traffic, revenue band, active Meta ads and real EU and UK ad spend, on nine live stores.

Apr 20, 202618 min read
Fastest Way to Analyze Multiple Shopify Stores in 5 Minutes
Store Research
Sophia Creative at Brandsearch
Sophia Creative at Brandsearch

Fastest Way to Analyze Multiple Shopify Stores in 5 Minutes

Scan 20 competitor Shopify stores for revenue, growth, AOV, and ads in under 5 minutes using Brand Library filters. Skip single-store manual checks and spot winning patterns fast.

Apr 20, 20265 min read

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