Emotive is a Shopify app developer based in the United States that makes Emotive: SMS Marketing, a sms marketing app on the Shopify App Store. It provides SMS marketing software and text messaging services. Among the 15,357 Shopify brands over $5M that dtcmvp tracks, 98 (0.6%) run Emotive: SMS Marketing, #2 of 46 sMS marketing apps by that count. Its share is highest among Food & Beverage (1.2%) and Home & Living (0.8%) brands. It is rated 4 out of 5 from 94 reviews on the Shopify App Store. Emotive: SMS Marketing has 1 plan on the Shopify App Store, at no charge. It bills some charges outside the Shopify invoice.
Emotive runs sms marketing as two-way conversations instead of one-way blasts. Real humans reply to shopper questions about sizing, shipping, and discounts in the moment. Fits Shopify brands with steady checkout volume who want sms to recover carts and drive repeat orders, not just send promos.
What Emotive does for Shopify brands
- Two-way sms conversations recover carts higher than one-way reminders
- Human-led replies answer sizing, shipping & discount objections in the moment
- Campaigns & flows drive $1-3 per subscriber per month
- Pop-ups, two-tap signup & email-to-sms convert traffic into subscribers
- Each new subscriber compounds value through campaigns over the year
Overview
Emotive sells SMS marketing software for ecommerce brands, centered on two-way conversational text messaging, along with attribution and abandoned cart tools. It gives merchants a way to grow a text subscriber list, send campaigns and automated flows, and track which orders come from them. Emotive has been acquired by Privy, per a notice on its website.
For Shopify brands
- Install from the Shopify App Store and connect the store, with Shopify listed as a supported platform for sales tracking and segmentation.
- Customer Success staff write copy, design messages and help build flows, and a dedicated team of ex-agency SMS staff (TextPros) is included.
- Abandoned cart text flows, signup forms and 600+ templates are built to turn store traffic into SMS subscribers and orders.
How it works
A brand starts with a 14-day free trial (30 days on the Shopify App Store listing) and a one-click setup. Emotive's onboarding and customer success team help set up flows, write copy and plan strategy. Signup modals can go live in under 3 minutes, and flows are built in a flow builder.
- Built for
- Ecommerce brands on Shopify, Shopify Plus, Magento, WooCommerce and BigCommerce, with a guarantee that requires a site with at least 10,000 monthly unique visits.
- Pricing
- SMS plans are Starter at $100/mo, Pro at $200/mo, Advanced at $300/mo, and Enterprise on custom pricing, plus per-message fees (for example $0.015 per SMS and $0.025 per MMS on Starter). The Shopify App Store lists a free plan with a 30-day trial.
Products
- SMS Marketing Two-way conversational text campaigns, automated flows, triggers and signup forms for ecommerce stores.
- TextPros™ A dedicated team of ex-agency SMS staff who work on a brand's SMS account, included at no charge.
- CartAI™ First-party identification pixel that identifies anonymous visitors to recover carts and add email and SMS revenue.
- Attribution Multi-touch attribution showing where and how customers purchased, with attribution-powered UTMs.
- RealLink™ Lets a brand send links on its own domain to raise click-through rates.
- Emotive: SMS Marketing The Shopify App Store app for SMS and text marketing, with a free plan.
Integrations
Buyer notes
- Starter is a monthly contract with no minimum spend; Pro has a $200 minimum spend and Advanced a $400 minimum spend.
- Plans are tiered by list size: under 2,000, 2,000 to 5,000, 5,000 to 10,000, and over 10,000 for Enterprise.
- The 5x SMS ROI guarantee carries qualification criteria, including at least 10,000 monthly unique visits.
- Support includes a dedicated Customer Success Manager on Starter, plus a dedicated copywriter and Slack channel on Pro.
From Emotive's own site and Shopify App Store listings, as of 2026-10-30.
Among Shopify brands over $5M
Share of each sector's brands running it, where that beats the overall rate.
On the Shopify App Store
Emotive: SMS Marketing
4.0 · 94 reviewsFree planOn 0.6% of brands over $5MLaunched 2022SMS marketingGrow your revenue faster with SMS/Text Marketing and agency-level services. We offer a 5x ROI or your money back. Get started for free.
Pricing
FreeFree to install30-day free trial then option to graduate to a paid plan with ROI guarantee
30-day free trialSome charges are billed by the developer outside your Shopify invoice.
Ratings, reviews, plans, prices and descriptions as the Shopify App Store lists them. how we count.
Alternatives to Emotive
The most used sms marketing apps among Shopify brands over $5M.
| App | Brands over $5M | App Store |
|---|---|---|
| Postscript SMS Marketing · Postscript | 6.2% | 4.6 · 1,204 |
Often used with Emotive
What its brands run more often than Shopify brands over $5M do overall.
- Wisepops52% of its brands · 22.9x average
- Blotout EdgeTag38.8% of its brands · 9.3x average
- Refersion Affiliate Marketing12.2% of its brands · 4.9x average
- vendor-powr16.3% of its brands · 3.4x average
- EG Auto Add to Cart Free Gift14.3% of its brands · 2.5x average
What Shopify apps does Emotive make?
Emotive has 1 app on the Shopify App Store: Emotive: SMS Marketing.
How many Shopify brands use Emotive?
Among the 15,357 Shopify brands over $5M that dtcmvp tracks, 98 (0.6%) run Emotive: SMS Marketing, #2 of 46 sMS marketing apps by that count. Its share is highest among Food & Beverage (1.2%) and Home & Living (0.8%) brands.
What are the alternatives to Emotive?
The most used sMS marketing apps among Shopify brands over $5M, after Emotive: Postscript SMS Marketing (6.2%).
What do Emotive's brands use alongside it?
Of the brands running Emotive, 52% also run Wisepops, 38.8% also run Blotout EdgeTag, 12.2% also run Refersion Affiliate Marketing, 16.3% also run vendor-powr and 14.3% also run EG Auto Add to Cart Free Gift. Each is at least 2.5 times as common among them as across all brands over $5M.
How is Emotive: SMS Marketing rated?
Emotive: SMS Marketing is rated 4 out of 5 from 94 reviews on the Shopify App Store.
How much does Emotive cost?
Emotive: SMS Marketing has 1 plan on the Shopify App Store, at no charge. It bills some charges outside the Shopify invoice. Emotive: SMS Marketing: Free, Free to install (30-day free trial then option to graduate to a paid plan with ROI guarantee).
