Progeny Apps / Storefront & catalogue / Signpost
For shopify merchants
Every dead link people followed into the store, the page each one most likely meant and why — and redirects that are checked before they are made.
Signpost lists your store's broken links (404s) most-visited first, with scanner probes set aside so the list is real visitors; search engine visits are kept and marked. For each dead address it suggests the live page it most likely meant, with the reason and how sure it is. One press makes the redirect, refused if it would loop, land on another dead page, or never work. It also checks your existing redirects for chains, loops and dead ends, and imports and exports Shopify's redirect CSV.
On its way to the Shopify App Store. Write to us and we will set your store up first - it is billed through your Shopify bill, like any app.
The problem
Lists the dead links people followed into your store and makes checked redirects to the right page.
Merchants who renamed or deleted products — which is every merchant, sooner or later. Shopify itself logs no 404s and only offers redirects one by one. The incumbent (Redirect Hero, 5.0 stars, 160 reviews) logs 404s at $2.90 with manual redirects; automatic redirects and CSV import are on $4.90. Its listing mentions no similarity matching, no chain or loop checks and no filtering of scanner traffic.
What it does
Inside Signpost
Requests for .php, .env, wp- paths and other probes, and anything from a generic robot, are counted, not listed. Search engine crawlers are kept and marked — a dead link Google still visits is ranking leaking away.
Words shared with the dead address (with "subscribe" matching "subscriptions" by stem), a matching number — v60-dripper-size-02 goes to the 02, not the 01 — and the same kind of page. Strong at 60%, possible at 35%, and below that it says so instead of pretending.
Refused: to a page that is not live, to itself, from a live page (Shopify never follows those), or into a loop. One aimed at an address that is itself redirected goes straight to the end, and older redirects pointing at the new one's start are moved along with it.
checks the redirects the store already has: chains, loops, dead ends and ones that never fire. Chains are fixed in one press; loops and dead ends are left for a person, because which way they should point is a decision.
imports row by row through the same checks, with a line-numbered report of what was refused, and exports back.
Pricing
One flat price
No tiers to decode and no share of your sales.
$2.99 every 30 days
- Broken links most-visited first, scanner noise set aside
- Suggests the page each dead link most likely meant, and why
- Refuses redirects that would loop or land on a dead page
- Checks existing redirects and fixes chains in one press
- Imports and exports Shopify's redirect CSV with every row checked
Billed through Shopify's own app billing. Cancel by uninstalling. Privacy for this app
Questions
The ones merchants actually ask
Which Shopify plans does it work on?
Works on every Shopify plan.
How am I billed?
$2.99 every 30 days through Shopify's own app billing, on your normal Shopify bill. No card is taken here and there is no share of your sales.
What happens to my data if I uninstall?
Shopify tells the app the moment you uninstall, and the app erases what it kept for your store. Customer data requests from Shopify are answered the same way. The full detail is on the app's own privacy page.
Is it on the Shopify App Store?
On its way to the Shopify App Store. Write to us and we will set your store up first - it is billed through your Shopify bill, like any app.
Who do I talk to?
A person, at support@progenyapps.com or (541) 208-6685. FHL Stephens LLC, Roseburg, Oregon.
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Lists the dead links people followed into your store and makes checked redirects to the right page.