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Editor's Note
This is a difficult one to write.
Mantle has announced that it will completely wind down its products over the coming months.
I have personally been a vocal supporter of Mantle and recommended it to numerous Shopify app founders.
Seeing it shut down is genuinely heartbreaking.
For many app teams, this is also much bigger than replacing a billing provider.
Mantle became the place where founders managed billing, revenue analytics, usage, churn, email, affiliates, helpdesk, automations, App Store data, and several other critical workflows.
So today’s issue is focused on what founders need to know right now.
Mantle is shutting down.
What Shopify app founders need to do now, what we noticed in May, and why platform risk can no longer be ignored
Hello Founders,
nside Issue 29
We cover:
The August 14 and September 30 shutdown dates
Which Mantle products and workflows are affected
Why replacing Mantle may require several different tools
What to export before access ends
Which dependencies should be migrated first
Why Flows and Flex Billing may need extra attention
How to test replacements without disrupting merchants
Why app founders need to start reviewing platform risk every quarter
What to watch at Shopify DotDev in July
We also revisit an observation from our May issue on Shopify App Pricing.
At the time, we had started noticing the pressure around Mantle’s position as Shopify made more billing capabilities native.
This is not an “I told you so” moment.
We do not know the full story behind Mantle’s decision, and Shopify App Pricing may only be one part of a much more complicated situation.
But it is a reminder that founders need to watch what Shopify is building, not only what their competitors are building.
Read the full issue here: Mantle is shutting down.
We are building a complete Mantle migration playbook
We are now compiling a detailed migration playbook covering:
Billing and usage-based billing
Flex Billing alternatives
Revenue and subscription analytics
Product usage and entitlements
Email and lifecycle automations
Affiliates and payouts
Helpdesk and customer history
SASI and App Store Analytics
Data exports, migration risks, parallel testing, and rollback plans
We do not want this to become another rushed list of alternative tools.
We want it to reflect what app founders are actually doing.
If your team is using Mantle, reply and tell me:
Which Mantle products are you using?
Which replacements are you testing?
What has worked well so far?
Which workflow has been hardest to replace?
Have you built an internal checklist, spreadsheet, or migration process that could help others?
Tool providers offering a direct replacement for a Mantle workflow can also reply with their migration process, supported imports, setup time, pricing, limitations, and any Shopify app customers already using the product.
We will review all recommendations before including them.
Till next time,
Best- Yuvraj Kewate