One influencer post isn't the result. It's one moment. And one moment rarely influences anyone.
Influence works on repetition.
A new ambassador does very little for the first couple of months. The momentum lands around the fifth to seventh time.
So the brands quitting after two months? They bail right before it works.
Frequency, not a one-off.

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"I thought you're successful when you raise money. I now do not believe that at all."
Rohan McCloskey, founder of Generosity, on his biggest lesson.
He doesn't regret raising. He regrets raising too early, before he understood tech or SaaS.
Because he thought raising WAS the win.
It's not. Capital is fuel on a fire that's already lit.

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Martin Cox reckons the Shopify app store isn't dead, it's just that the apps that win from here look nothing like the ones that won the last decade.

Two months ago he walked away from agency life. No business plan, four apps with animal mascots, and a very clear view of where the ecosystem is heading. If you've spent any time in the Australian Shopify scene, you know Martin. He's the person people mean when they say "we should just ask Martin."

In this episode, Martin Cox, co-founder of Native App Co, sits down with Nathan Bush to unpack what's actually changing for merchants in the AI era. We get into why an app's real job now is to put guardrails around what AI can already do to your store, why store credit is the promotional lever most operators are sleeping on, why good product data has become the new SEO, and what the global Shopify catalogue means for how stores get found from here. Plus his easy in, easy out framework for choosing apps that won't burn you.

🎁 ATC listeners get three months free on any Native App Co app with the code ADDTOCART → https://nativeappco.com/addtocart

Brands and tools mentioned: Native App Co, Fish Wishlist, Stork Credit, Omnibus Owl, Product Pelican, The Shopify App Show, Shopify, Shopify Flow, Shopify Markets, Claude, Google

This episode is brought to you with thanks to our partners:
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Is it crazy to start a Shopify app business right now? With 700 apps being approved every week and AI that can theoretically rewrite your entire product catalogue tonight, the question is fair.

Martin Cox, co-founder of Native App Co, has a clear answer and it changes how you think about what a Shopify app is actually for.

He thinks the job of an app in 2026 isn't to add features. It's to put guardrails around what AI can already do directly inside your store. Anyone can point Claude at their Shopify instance and tell it to update everything. But nobody's handing a mid-level ecommerce coordinator that kind of access without a safety net.

This is a clip from Episode 645 of the Add To Cart podcast. Watch or listen to the full episode at https://addtocart.com.au.

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