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 "schema_version": "1.0",
 "id": "dropgenius",
 "name": "DropGenius",
 "research_status": "researched",
 "vendor_domain": "dropgenius.com",
 "category": "Growth & Revenue",
 "task": "E-commerce growth",
 "summary": "Generates a Shopify dropshipping store — products, branding and copy — as a starting template, not a finished business. Public buyer reviews cluster on one complaint: charges continuing after cancellation, with no route to a refund.",
 "best_for": "absolute beginners who want a pre-built Shopify dropshipping store scaffold in minutes and understand it's a starting point, not a business",
 "skip_if": "you are uncomfortable with the documented billing complaints, or you expect an AI-generated store to sell by itself",
 "honest_knock": "We have to be blunt here: the dominant theme in DropGenius’s public buyer reviews is unauthorised charges continuing after cancellation with no route to a refund, and some reviewers report never reaching a dashboard to cancel at all, with support emails bouncing back undeliverable. An AI-generated store in 30 seconds is also just a starting template: the product selection, marketing and margins remain entirely your problem. If you proceed: pay attention to cancellation mechanics from day one, screenshot everything, and treat the Renewal Radar as mandatory equipment.",
 "pricing": {
  "status": "public",
  "entry_price": "$24",
  "entry_price_terms": "Pro · per month billed annually at $288 -- cheaper than the $39 monthly Starter, which is not offered annually at all",
  "from_price_usd_month": 24.0,
  "plans": null,
  "plans_source": null,
  "notes": "Re-verified 19 September 2026 on their own pricing page, unchanged since August. Monthly: Starter $39, Pro $59, Empire $99, Unicorn $299, each with a 14-day free trial. Switch to annual billing and Starter disappears from the table; the rest become Pro $24/mo (billed annually at $288), Empire $57/mo ($684) and Unicorn $79/mo ($948). The meter is catalogue size: Starter 25 unique products, Pro 250 unique plus 25 premium, Empire 10,000 and 10,000, Unicorn 25,000 and 25,000. The FAQ on their own homepage, re-read the same day, still quotes an older $39.99-$299.99 range plus a $1.99 one-time store-creation fee, so the marketing copy and the pricing table continue to disagree. Nothing anywhere on the pricing page mentions the Shopify subscription the generated store runs on.",
  "verified_at": "2026-09-19",
  "source_url": null,
  "schema_offer": {
   "price": 24.0,
   "currency": "USD",
   "description": "Pro, per month billed annually at $288 -- cheaper than the $39 monthly Starter, which is not offered annually at all. Read on the vendor's own pricing page on 2026-08-05.",
   "page": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/dropgenius-review.html"
  },
  "source_quotes": [
   {
    "field": "price",
    "plan": "Pro",
    "quote": "$24 /month Billed annually at $288",
    "source_url": "https://www.dropgenius.com/pricing",
    "read_on": "2026-11-05"
   },
   {
    "field": "price",
    "plan": "Empie",
    "quote": "$57 /month Billed annually at $684",
    "source_url": "https://www.dropgenius.com/pricing",
    "read_on": "2026-11-05"
   },
   {
    "field": "price",
    "plan": "Unicorn",
    "quote": "$79 /month Billed annually at $948",
    "source_url": "https://www.dropgenius.com/pricing",
    "read_on": "2026-11-05"
   },
   {
    "field": "free_trial",
    "plan": null,
    "quote": "14-day free trial",
    "source_url": "https://www.dropgenius.com/pricing",
    "read_on": "2026-11-05"
   }
  ],
  "recent_change": null,
  "price_history": {
   "status": "stable",
   "tracked_since": "2026-08-05",
   "last_read": "2026-10-31",
   "read_days": 12,
   "stable": {
    "since": "2026-08-05",
    "until": "2026-10-31",
    "reads": 12,
    "days": 87
   },
   "changes": [],
   "method": "Stable = every amount on the vendor's pricing page identical across >= 3 of our reads over >= 30 days. A change is listed only after we confirmed the new price on the page, with a verbatim quote. Differences in raw readings are never published on their own."
  }
 },
 "free_plan": false,
 "free_plan_evidence": null,
 "cost_traps": [
  {
   "id": "annual_lock",
   "label": "Annual commitment",
   "evidence": "Switch to annual billing and Starter disappears from the table; the rest become Pro $24/mo (billed annually at $288), Empire $57/mo ($684) and Unicorn $79/mo ($948).",
   "verified_at": "2026-09-19",
   "source_url": null
  }
 ],
 "compare_with": {
  "name": "Spocket + your own Shopify setup",
  "why": "building on Spocket directly (same ecosystem) gives you the supplier network without the store-generator layer, and cleaner reviews"
 },
 "links": {
  "record": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/api/v1/products/dropgenius.json",
  "review": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/dropgenius-review.html",
  "marketplace": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/marketplace/dropgenius/",
  "vendor_site": "https://dropgenius.com"
 },
 "purchase": {
  "seller": "the vendor",
  "how": "AIBuilder Marketplace does not sell this software. Sign up, start a trial or buy on the vendor's site.",
  "handoff_url": "https://dropgenius.partnerlinks.io/e38toiu5ul2g",
  "affiliate": false,
  "disclosure": "Where purchase.affiliate is true, purchase.handoff_url is an affiliate link: AIBuilder Marketplace may earn a commission at no extra cost to the buyer. Commission never changes what a record says, and products are not ranked by commission. Where it is false the link is the vendor's plain site."
 },
 "provenance": {
  "research": "hand-researched dossier, read on the vendor's own pages",
  "researched_since": "2026-07",
  "method": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/how-we-review/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0. Credit 'AIBuilder Marketplace' with a link to https://aibuildermarketplace.com/atlas/.",
  "note": "A rebuild is not a new measurement: pricing.verified_at is the date that matters."
 },
 "cost": {
  "status": "available",
  "engine": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/agents/#cost",
  "rules": {
   "currency": "USD",
   "unit": "store",
   "axis": "stores",
   "plans": [
    {
     "id": "starter",
     "name": "Starter",
     "model": "per_unit",
     "monthly": 39,
     "annual_status": "not_offered",
     "evidence": "Monthly: Starter $39, Pro $59, Empire $99, Unicorn $299, each with a 14-day free trial. Switch to annual billing and Starter disappears from the table"
    },
    {
     "id": "pro",
     "name": "Pro",
     "model": "per_unit",
     "monthly": 59,
     "annual_month": 24,
     "annual_year": 288,
     "evidence": "Monthly: Starter $39, Pro $59, Empire $99, Unicorn $299, each with a 14-day free trial. Switch to annual billing and Starter disappears from the table; the rest become Pro $24/mo (billed annually at $288), Empire $57/mo ($684) and Unicorn $79/mo ($948)"
    },
    {
     "id": "empire",
     "name": "Empire",
     "model": "per_unit",
     "monthly": 99,
     "annual_month": 57,
     "annual_year": 684,
     "evidence": "Monthly: Starter $39, Pro $59, Empire $99, Unicorn $299, each with a 14-day free trial. Switch to annual billing and Starter disappears from the table; the rest become Pro $24/mo (billed annually at $288), Empire $57/mo ($684) and Unicorn $79/mo ($948)"
    },
    {
     "id": "unicorn",
     "name": "Unicorn",
     "model": "per_unit",
     "monthly": 299,
     "annual_month": 79,
     "annual_year": 948,
     "evidence": "Monthly: Starter $39, Pro $59, Empire $99, Unicorn $299, each with a 14-day free trial. Switch to annual billing and Starter disappears from the table; the rest become Pro $24/mo (billed annually at $288), Empire $57/mo ($684) and Unicorn $79/mo ($948)"
    }
   ],
   "notes": [
    "The meter is catalogue size per plan (unique and premium products), not users."
   ],
   "not_computable": [
    "The pricing page does not mention the Shopify subscription the generated store runs on; that cost comes on top.",
    "The homepage FAQ still quotes an older range plus a one-time store-creation fee, so marketing copy and the pricing table disagree."
   ],
   "rules_verified_at": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "growth": {
   "annual": {
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    "currency": "USD",
    "axis": "stores",
    "unit": "store",
    "billing": "annual",
    "rows": [
     {
      "units": 1,
      "cheapest_plan": "pro",
      "cheapest_plan_name": "Pro",
      "total_month": 24.0,
      "billed": {
       "amount": 288.0,
       "every": "year"
      },
      "ranges": [],
      "per_plan": {
       "starter": "not_offered_on_billing",
       "pro": 24.0,
       "empire": 57.0,
       "unicorn": 79.0
      }
     },
     {
      "units": 2,
      "cheapest_plan": "pro",
      "cheapest_plan_name": "Pro",
      "total_month": 48.0,
      "billed": {
       "amount": 576.0,
       "every": "year"
      },
      "ranges": [],
      "per_plan": {
       "starter": "not_offered_on_billing",
       "pro": 48.0,
       "empire": 114.0,
       "unicorn": 158.0
      }
     },
     {
      "units": 3,
      "cheapest_plan": "pro",
      "cheapest_plan_name": "Pro",
      "total_month": 72.0,
      "billed": {
       "amount": 864.0,
       "every": "year"
      },
      "ranges": [],
      "per_plan": {
       "starter": "not_offered_on_billing",
       "pro": 72.0,
       "empire": 171.0,
       "unicorn": 237.0
      }
     },
     {
      "units": 5,
      "cheapest_plan": "pro",
      "cheapest_plan_name": "Pro",
      "total_month": 120.0,
      "billed": {
       "amount": 1440.0,
       "every": "year"
      },
      "ranges": [],
      "per_plan": {
       "starter": "not_offered_on_billing",
       "pro": 120.0,
       "empire": 285.0,
       "unicorn": 395.0
      }
     },
     {
      "units": 10,
      "cheapest_plan": "pro",
      "cheapest_plan_name": "Pro",
      "total_month": 240.0,
      "billed": {
       "amount": 2880.0,
       "every": "year"
      },
      "ranges": [],
      "per_plan": {
       "starter": "not_offered_on_billing",
       "pro": 240.0,
       "empire": 570.0,
       "unicorn": 790.0
      }
     }
    ],
    "switch_points": [],
    "conflicts": [],
    "unknowns": [
     "The pricing page does not mention the Shopify subscription the generated store runs on; that cost comes on top.",
     "The homepage FAQ still quotes an older range plus a one-time store-creation fee, so marketing copy and the pricing table disagree."
    ]
   },
   "monthly": {
    "product_id": "dropgenius",
    "currency": "USD",
    "axis": "stores",
    "unit": "store",
    "billing": "monthly",
    "rows": [
     {
      "units": 1,
      "cheapest_plan": "starter",
      "cheapest_plan_name": "Starter",
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      "billed": {
       "amount": 39.0,
       "every": "month"
      },
      "ranges": [],
      "per_plan": {
       "starter": 39.0,
       "pro": 59.0,
       "empire": 99.0,
       "unicorn": 299.0
      }
     },
     {
      "units": 2,
      "cheapest_plan": "starter",
      "cheapest_plan_name": "Starter",
      "total_month": 78.0,
      "billed": {
       "amount": 78.0,
       "every": "month"
      },
      "ranges": [],
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       "starter": 78.0,
       "pro": 118.0,
       "empire": 198.0,
       "unicorn": 598.0
      }
     },
     {
      "units": 3,
      "cheapest_plan": "starter",
      "cheapest_plan_name": "Starter",
      "total_month": 117.0,
      "billed": {
       "amount": 117.0,
       "every": "month"
      },
      "ranges": [],
      "per_plan": {
       "starter": 117.0,
       "pro": 177.0,
       "empire": 297.0,
       "unicorn": 897.0
      }
     },
     {
      "units": 5,
      "cheapest_plan": "starter",
      "cheapest_plan_name": "Starter",
      "total_month": 195.0,
      "billed": {
       "amount": 195.0,
       "every": "month"
      },
      "ranges": [],
      "per_plan": {
       "starter": 195.0,
       "pro": 295.0,
       "empire": 495.0,
       "unicorn": 1495.0
      }
     },
     {
      "units": 10,
      "cheapest_plan": "starter",
      "cheapest_plan_name": "Starter",
      "total_month": 390.0,
      "billed": {
       "amount": 390.0,
       "every": "month"
      },
      "ranges": [],
      "per_plan": {
       "starter": 390.0,
       "pro": 590.0,
       "empire": 990.0,
       "unicorn": 2990.0
      }
     }
    ],
    "switch_points": [],
    "conflicts": [],
    "unknowns": [
     "The pricing page does not mention the Shopify subscription the generated store runs on; that cost comes on top.",
     "The homepage FAQ still quotes an older range plus a one-time store-creation fee, so marketing copy and the pricing table disagree."
    ]
   }
  }
 },
 "unknowns": [
  "Plan-by-plan prices are not structured in this record yet; pricing.notes has the full text.",
  "Contract terms (cancellation, data export, data location, minimum seats) are not researched as separate fields; pricing.notes mentions them only where the vendor's pricing page does.",
  "Being verified: refund terms are not yet matched to a verbatim line on the vendor's own pages. Not matched does not mean there is none.",
  "Not tested hands-on by us: what the product does comes from the vendor's pages and our reading of them."
 ],
 "verification": {
  "price": "quoted",
  "free_trial": "quoted",
  "refund": "being_verified"
 },
 "status_page": null,
 "task_evidence": null,
 "open_questions": [
  {
   "question_id": "dropgenius:cancellation_terms",
   "key": "cancellation_terms",
   "question": "Can a customer cancel at any time, and what happens to an annual plan that is cancelled mid-term?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "dropgenius:data_export",
   "key": "data_export",
   "question": "Which data can a customer export, in which formats, on which plans?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "dropgenius:data_location",
   "key": "data_location",
   "question": "Where is customer data stored, and can a customer choose the region?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "dropgenius:pricing_gap_1",
   "key": "pricing_gap_1",
   "question": "Our price check could not put a number on this part of the cost: The pricing page does not mention the Shopify subscription the generated store runs on; that cost comes on top. Can you publish the price or the rule?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "dropgenius:pricing_gap_2",
   "key": "pricing_gap_2",
   "question": "Our price check could not put a number on this part of the cost: The homepage FAQ still quotes an older range plus a one-time store-creation fee, so marketing copy and the pricing table disagree. Can you publish the price or the rule?",
   "status": "open"
  }
 ],
 "vendor_answers": [],
 "agent_channels": {
  "vendor_mcp": null,
  "agent_checkout": {
   "status": "not_found",
   "detail": "No explicit support for purchases by AI agents on the vendor's own pages.",
   "checked_at": "2026-10-07",
   "method": "homepage, /pricing and the pricing page we cite, read as plain HTML (no JavaScript) and searched for explicit support of purchases by AI agents: Agentic Commerce Protocol, Instant Checkout, Agent Payments Protocol, buy in ChatGPT, agentic checkout"
  }
 }
}