Essential Announcement Bar
by Essential Apps
5.0
(1,238 reviews)
Best suited for stores willing to start free and move to $6/mo.
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. 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. more 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
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conversion rate
From $6.99/mo
free plan available · 4 tiers
70/100
Solid · from 1,229 reviews
What it does
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
What each step up actually buys you
This developer's plans are separated by features, not by how big your store is — so there is no volume that picks a tier for you. Here is what each one adds over the one below it.
Free
Free
Up to 2,000 monthly views
Unlimited simple bars
Unlimited rotating bars
Add a link or button
Highly customizable
Starter
$6.99/month
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
Up to 50,000 monthly views
Everything in Starter
Unlimited cart page bars
Scheduling
Geolocation targeting
Translations
Professional
$29.99/month
Unlimited views
Everything in Essential
All premium features
Pricing
Free
$6.99/month
$9.99/month
$29.99/month
70
/ 100Solid
Scored on 1,229 merchant reviews we hold for Essential Announcement Bar, across five checks. Every figure is computed from those reviews — expand any row to see the counts behind it.
Review history
2023–2026 · 1,229 reviews read| 2023 | 55 reviews |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 537 reviews |
| 2025 | 435 reviews |
| 2026 | 202 reviews |
What merchants say
5.0
44%
of reviews get an answer11%
had used it a year when they wroteRecent merchant reviews
The newest 8 of 1,238. Open one to read it in full, with the developer's reply where there is one.
Simple and effective
Easy to install, great features and really fast and helpful support when you have questions!
5 star thank you
Essential Announcement Bar FAQ
Answered from this app's own listing and its full review record.
Best suited for stores willing to start free and move to $6/mo.
There is a free plan, paid plans start at $6.99/month, and run to $29.99/month across 4 published tiers. Prices are as listed on the Shopify App Store and can change — confirm before installing.
Essential Announcement Bar's plans are separated by features rather than by store size — none of the tiers is capped on a volume you could state up front. Compare what each step adds over the one below it rather than trying to size yourself into a tier.
On our scorecard Essential Announcement Bar rates 70 out of 100 — solid — read from 1,229 merchant reviews. The developer has published replies to 543 of 1,229 reviews. The score reflects what the review record shows, nothing more.
1,238 merchants have reviewed Essential Announcement Bar, averaging 5.0 out of 5. We hold the review history from 2023 to 2026, which is what the year-by-year chart on this page is built from.
At a glance
5.0 / 5 · 1,238 reviews
4.96 from 428 reviews
428 (was 459)
543 of 1,229 reviews
3 months
Free plan available. Free trial available.
August 9, 2023
2023 – 2026
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