Shopify app
LeaderBuilt for ShopifyEssential Announcement Bar
Boost Flash Sales via Scrolling Text Marquee & Carousel Banner
- Rating on Shopify
- 5.0(1,311)
- Reviews
- 1,311
- Developer
- Essential Apps
- Launched
- August 9, 2023
- Pricing
- Free plan available. Free trial available.
- Languages
- English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Czech, Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian (Bokmål), Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
The facts
Every value below is read from the listing or computed by the published formula. Nothing is a verdict.
Bayesian rating
4.98
category median 4.47
Reviews in the last 180 days
3
from the 3 reviews on the listing page
1 and 2 star share
0%
2 of 1,311
Starting price
$6.99/month
band: Under $10 · 7-day trial
Pricing plans as listed on Shopify
All charges are billed in USD. Recurring and usage-based charges are billed every 30 days.
| Plan | Price | Billed yearly | Trial | Usage fee | Included |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | not offered | none | none stated | Up to 2,000 monthly views; Unlimited simple bars; Unlimited rotating bars; Add a link or button; Highly customizable |
| Starter | $6.99/month | $67.08/year | 7 days | none stated | Up to 20,000 monthly views; Everything in Free; Unlimited running line bars; Add icons to the bar; Upload your own icons |
| Essential | $9.99/month | $95.88/year | 7 days | none stated | Up to 50,000 monthly views; Everything in Starter; Unlimited cart page bars; Scheduling; Geolocation targeting; Translations |
| Professional | $29.99/month | $287.88/year | 7 days | none stated | Unlimited views; Everything in Essential; All premium features |
Rating distribution
1,311 ratings on the listing when last refreshed.
- 5 stars1,280(98%)
- 4 stars25(2%)
- 3 stars4(0%)
- 2 stars0(0%)
- 1 star2(0%)
Latest reviews
The 3 most recent of 3 on-page reviews, quoted to at most 25 words each. Full reviews are on the Shopify listing.
5 starsOct 17, 2026NURGANIC, LLCUnited StatesAbout 2 hours using the app
"This app is great for a business to promote a product or offer to their customers. Everything works correctly within the app. We were able ..."
Developer replied. Read on Shopify
5 starsOct 12, 2026UpDown Desk®AustraliaOver 2 years using the app
"Support were very helpful and quick to respond."
Developer replied. Read on Shopify
5 starsSep 28, 2026onlyx.comSlovakiaAlmost 2 years using the app
"We are very satisfied with the app, the customer service is brilliant!"
Features Shopify lists for this app
Feature handles from the listing, grouped as Shopify groups them.
Banner type
- Announcement bar
- Cookie consent
- GDPR compliance
- Multi-announcement
- Notification
- Product page
- Promotional
- Personalized recommendations
Customization
- Banner position
- Sticky display
- Links and buttons
- Backgrounds
- Color and font
- Emojis
- Multi-language
- Mobile responsive
- Scheduling
- Geo-targeting
- Campaign targeting
- Behavior targeting
Analytics and reporting
- Performance tracking
- Real-time analytics
- Customer segments
Works with
Third-party integrations link to their hub when 5 or more apps name them. Shopify's own surfaces are listed separately and never counted as integrations.
Shopify surfaces: Shopify Admin
Data access
As disclosed on the listing. Never scored.
View staff and contributor data
Store owner
- Store owner: Name, email address, phone number, physical address
View and edit store data
Products, Online Store, Shopify admin
- View products: Products, collections
- View Online Store: Theme
- Edit Shopify admin: Files
- View other data: Locales
Developer
Essential Apps
- Apps in the dataset:
- 9
- Address:
- Baltupio g. 45 - 27, Vilnius, 08324, LT
- Website:
- essential-apps.com
- Support email domain:
- essential-apps.com
- English support:
- yes
- Resources:
- Privacy policy, FAQ, Tutorial, App Documentation, demo store
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From the Shopify listingDeveloper claims, shown verbatim and collapsed. 89 words.Show
- Sticky Announcement Bar: Create a fixed position announcement header bar
- Scrolling Announcement Bar: Create moving banner announcement bar (Marquee)
- Rotating Announcement Bar: Create multiple sliding announcement bars
- Animated Announcement Bar: Scrolling banner, sliding & marquee announcement bars
- Create multi announcement discount bars and promote flash sale
Sell more with these announcement bar banner types: carousel, scrolling, sliding, rotating & sticky!
Share flash sale promo bar announcements using the Essential Announcement Bar banner. Choose between a scrolling announcement bar (moving announcement bar / marquee), multiple rotating announcement bars (announcement slider bar / caroussel), or a simple sticky announcement bar banner. All smart bars have a “Call to Action” button to direct all traffic to the desired page & increase sales. Multi announcement bar banner messages can be added as a top bar (hello bar) or section.
Questions and comments
Questions people ask about Essential Announcement Bar, answered from what this page shows. Entries marked Site editor are written by the EcomAppReviews editor. Reader comments appear after a person has read and approved them, usually within a day. E-mail addresses are never published.
Last updated Oct 20, 2026. Ratings and review counts are the values shown on each app's public listing. How the numbers are computed: methodology.
1,311 reviews counted on the listing. Rating and count in the structured data are the values Shopify displayed at crawl time.