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Chicago Music Exchange

Musical instruments, including guitars, for musicians, collectors, and friends. Chicago, Illinois. Runs on Shopify Plus.

Chicago Music Exchange is a Chicago, Illinois brand selling musical instruments, including guitars, for musicians, collectors, and friends on Shopify Plus. Its store lists 5,000+ products, mostly electric guitars, acoustic guitars and effect pedals, priced from $80 to $7K. It sells direct and through retail and sells on Amazon. It employs 51 to 200 people and runs 20 apps from the Shopify App Store across 7 categories. It spends about $10K to $12.5K a month on those apps and added none in the last year.

The store

Products listed
5,000+
Counted on the storefront
Typical price
$80 to $6995
Most products fall in this range
Electric Guitars2,277Acoustic Guitars727Effect Pedals707Amplifiers525Bass Guitars335Pickups & Preamps69

Product types as Chicago Music Exchange files them in its own catalogue.

What Chicago Music Exchange runs on Shopify

20 apps from the Shopify App Store, across 7 categories.

Other11Loyalty, store credit & gift cards2Email & SMS marketing2Product reviews2Helpdesk1Advertising & analytics1Page building1

Estimated app spend: about $10K to $12.5K a month. No apps added in the last year.

Seen running on the storefront:GGorgiasKlaviyoLucky Orange Heatmaps & ReplayPageFly ✦ AI Page Builder
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Counted from the Shopify App Store. A name shows only for an app our own visit to the storefront saw running, or to signed-in members. how we count.

Where Chicago Music Exchange sells

Direct, chicagomusicexchange.comRetailAmazon

Competitors

  1. high-end new/vintage guitar retailer

  2. vintage and new guitars at premium

  3. guitars, amps, vintage gear reseller

  4. Main Drag Music

    vintage guitars, pedals, synths

  5. vintage guitars and amps retailer

  6. new/used/vintage guitars reseller

  7. guitars, amps, vintage reseller

  8. guitars and pedals premium reseller

  9. new and used guitars shop

  10. guitar reseller for players

how we pick competitors

What apps does Chicago Music Exchange use on Shopify?

Chicago Music Exchange runs 20 apps from the Shopify App Store across 7 categories: Loyalty, store credit & gift cards, Other, Helpdesk, Email & SMS marketing, Advertising & analytics, Page building, Product reviews. Seen running on its storefront: Gorgias, Klaviyo, Lucky Orange Heatmaps & Replay, PageFly ✦ AI Page Builder.

Who are Chicago Music Exchange's competitors?

The Shopify brands closest to Chicago Music Exchange are Wildwood Guitars, The Music Zoo, Rudy's Music, Main Drag Music and Walt Grace Vintage.

Updated 2026-10-22. Method notes and every source: how we count →