Shopify app
NewHowzit ‑ SMS Marketing
SMS campaigns and order alerts built for South Africa
- Rating on Shopify
- 5.0(1)
- Reviews
- 1
- Developer
- AskMario
- Launched
- August 13, 2026
- Pricing
- Free to install. Usage charges apply.
- Languages
- English
The facts
Every value below is read from the listing or computed by the published formula. Nothing is a verdict.
Bayesian rating
4.48
category median 4.51
Reviews in the last 180 days
1
from the 1 reviews on the listing page
1 and 2 star share
0%
0 of 1
Starting price
Free to install
band: Free
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 | Estimated monthly cost | not offered | none | none stated | SMS campaigns for sales and launches; Abandoned checkout recovery texts; Order and shipping update texts; Automated welcome and winback flows; Sign-up block and checkout opt-in; Personalised texts with discount codes; Target with your Shopify segments; See the revenue every campaign made |
| Pro | Estimated monthly cost | not offered | none | none stated | Two-way SMS inbox — reply to customers; Send SMS from any order or customer; Build your own flows in Shopify Flow; Best-selling products from SMS; Automation performance breakdown; Priority Support |
Rating distribution
1 ratings on the listing when last refreshed.
- 5 stars1(100%)
- 4 stars0(0%)
- 3 stars0(0%)
- 2 stars0(0%)
- 1 star0(0%)
Latest reviews
The 1 most recent of 1 on-page reviews, quoted to at most 25 words each. Full reviews are on the Shopify listing.
5 starsAug 14, 2026SolèneSouth AfricaAbout 4 hours using the app
"Great app! Super helpful in reaching customers with all kinds of updates. Really love how affordable the SMS's are and how easy it is to ..."
Developer replied. Read on Shopify
Features Shopify lists for this app
Feature handles from the listing, grouped as Shopify groups them.
Managing campaigns
- Bulk messaging
- Compliance
- Scheduled messages
- Segmentation
Workflow automation
- Cart recovery
- Order confirmations
- Welcome messages
- Win-back campaigns
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 Flow, Shopify Admin
Data access
As disclosed on the listing. Never scored.
View customer data
Sensitive data, device and activity data
- Sensitive data: Name, phone number
- Device and activity data: Geolocation, IP address, browser and operating system
View staff and contributor data
Store owner
- Store owner: Name, email address, phone number, physical address
View and edit store data
Customers, products, orders, discounts, marketing
- Edit customers: Customer data
- View products: Products, collections
- View orders: Order fulfillments, all order history for the last 60 days
- Edit discounts: Discount codes and promotions
- Edit marketing: Marketing events
Developer
AskMario
- Apps in the dataset:
- 2
- Address:
- Suite C110, Block C The Park Shopping Centre, Elardus Park, Pretoria, GP, 0181, ZA
- Website:
- not stated
- Support email domain:
- askmario.co.za
- English support:
- yes
- Resources:
- Privacy policy
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From the Shopify listingDeveloper claims, shown verbatim and collapsed. 88 words.Show
- Send campaigns inside South African quiet hours, Sundays and public holidays
- Order confirmations and shipping updates that reach buyers who skipped marketing
- Opt-outs write back to Shopify, so your customer records stay accurate
- See the revenue each campaign earned, attributed within 72 hours of a click
- Answer customer replies in a two-way SMS inbox inside your Shopify admin
SMS marketing and order notifications for South African stores, built around POPIA and WASPA.
Howzit sends SMS campaigns and order updates for South African stores. Marketing goes out only inside South Africa's legal sending hours, never on Sundays or public holidays, and every message carries an opt-out that writes straight back to your Shopify customer records. Automations cover welcome messages, abandoned checkout, order confirmations, shipping updates and win-backs. Expand your list with a storefront sign-up block and double opt-in, and answer customer replies in a two-way SMS inbox.
Questions and comments
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Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Ratings and review counts are the values shown on each app's public listing. How the numbers are computed: methodology.
1 review counted on the listing. Rating and count in the structured data are the values Shopify displayed at crawl time.