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Merchant Genius alternatives: the 4 real options, by use case
Short answer: StoreRadar publishes a free page of new Shopify stores for every day and emails them each morning in its Daily Feed, FisherLeads tracks launches on 30+ platforms, StoreLister adds each new store's products, and Store Leads covers every active store. Merchant Genius was a free directory of Shopify stores by launch date. People look elsewhere because its archived copy of October 11, 2026 ends on July 28, 2026, and on November 10, 2026 the site did not load.
By Jean-Romain Krupa, founder of StoreRadar (yes, one of the 4; it is labeled) · Full dated table: all 15 store databases compared
Merchant Genius
archived Oct 11
- What it was
- A free directory of Shopify stores, sorted by launch date. Its homepage said it dated each store by its domain registration date.
- Archive
- Day pages from July 31, 2020. The copy of October 11, 2026 shows its newest stores from July 28, 2026, and no day between April 10 and July 14, 2026.
- Price
- Free. The homepage offered search and day pages, with no paid plan and no CSV download.
- Status
- On November 10, 2026, merchantgenius.io did not load: Cloudflare returned error 522, which means the server behind it did not answer.
Read on November 10, 2026 in the Internet Archive copy of October 11, 2026, because the Merchant Genius website did not load that day. All figures are the site's own claims.
Why people look for a Merchant Genius alternative
- Old dates: in the copy of October 11, 2026, the newest stores were from July 28, 2026, more than ten weeks earlier.
- Gaps: that copy lists no day between April 10 and July 14, 2026.
- Down: on November 10, 2026, the site returned a Cloudflare 522 error.
- Browse only: the homepage offered no CSV and no paid plan to get one.
Inclusion
rule
Direct store databases only: products that sell a browsable or exportable list of ecommerce stores. Each option below wins on one job where Merchant Genius is weaker, and each one gives something up. All prices and counts are vendor claims read on November 10, 2026. Nothing here is ranked and nobody paid to appear. The full comparison covers 15 products.
The 4 at a glance
| Alternative | Entry price | Size claim | Pick it when |
|---|---|---|---|
| StoreRadarthat's us | free day pages, Daily Feed $19/mo | 31,672 new Shopify stores in the 7 days to November 9, 2026 | You want a free page of new Shopify stores for each day; You want the new stores every morning, with contacts; You want every store, not only new ones |
| FisherLeads | from $50/mo | 833,778 new ecommerce stores tracked, 30+ platforms | You want a free page of new Shopify stores for each day; You want the new stores every morning, with contacts |
| StoreLister | $1.30/day billed monthly | 1M+ store listings, 5,000+ added daily | You browsed new stores for product ideas |
| Store Leads | from $75/mo | 13,990,637 active stores on 421 platforms | You want every store, not only new ones |
Competitor figures are vendor claims as of November 10, 2026. Our row reads the database count on the day it was counted.
You want a free page of new Shopify stores for each day
That was the Merchant Genius job. Two tools still do it for free.
StoreRadar day pages that's us
free to browse31,672 new Shopify stores in the 7 days to November 9, 2026
Why A free page for every day we detect new Shopify stores: the count, and each store's country, theme, apps and dates. The hub shows 20 of today's stores with real domains, 50 if you give an email.
Watch out Shopify only. Domains and contacts are masked on the day pages. The date is our detection date, so a store can be a few days old when it appears.
FisherLeads
from $50/mo833,778 new ecommerce stores tracked, 30+ platforms
Why Browse its feed of new launches on 30+ platforms for free, with no card.
Watch out Exports start at Premium, $50/mo, capped at 5,000 a month.
You want the new stores every morning, with contacts
A day page is good for a look. For outreach you need the rows, with emails, every day.
StoreRadar Daily Feed that's us
$19/mo31,672 new Shopify stores in the 7 days to November 9, 2026
Why Every new Shopify store we detect, sent each morning as a file with emails and tech stack.
Watch out Shopify only. Base columns: the email verification verdicts come with the full file, not the feed.
FisherLeads
from $50/mo833,778 new ecommerce stores tracked, 30+ platforms
Why A daily feed of new launches on 30+ platforms, with founder contacts, revenue band and a running-ads filter.
Watch out A launch feed, not an installed base. MCP and API start at the $150/mo Business plan. Premium caps exports at 5,000 a month.
You browsed new stores for product ideas
Some people used Merchant Genius to spot new products and niches. A product research tool is built for that job.
StoreLister
$1.30/day billed monthly1M+ store listings, 5,000+ added daily
Why New store listings every day with their product catalogs, filters by niche, price range and product count, and a year of history.
Watch out Built for product research, not outreach: its pricing page lists no CSV export, and contacts come "when available".
You want every store, not only new ones
A launch directory misses every store that opened before it started watching.
StoreRadar that's us
$149 one-time3,286,235 Shopify stores (November 12, 2026)
Why The whole Shopify database as a CSV with 77 fields, and every email ships with a verification verdict. 60 days of fresh re-downloads, then the file stays yours.
Watch out Shopify only. A snapshot: stores that launch after your last download are in the Daily Feed, not in the file.
Store Leads
from $75/mo13,990,637 active stores on 421 platforms
Why Every active store on 421 platforms, with installed apps and change history. CSV, API and MCP from the $250/mo Pro plan.
Watch out The $75/mo Premium plan has no CSV and covers 2 platforms. All platforms need Elite at $450/mo.
Prices change, and we re-verify quarterly. The full comparison table carries per-claim sources. Leaving another tool? See the Store Leads alternatives, StoreInspect alternatives, StoreCensus alternatives, FisherLeads alternatives, and the BuiltWith alternatives.
Several of these vendors ship their own MCP server for AI assistants, and they are different products. StoreRadar's is documented here.
A real person built this, not a faceless data vendor
Hi, I'm Jean-Romain Krupa, Jean-Ro to most. I live in France with my wife and our two kids, and I build products that help other builders find their customers.
I've spent years in go-to-market and B2B data. Finding the right people with clean data is literally my job. StoreRadar is the tool I wished existed: the whole Shopify map, in one file you can own.
No support black hole. If something's off with your file, you're emailing me, and I answer.
Everything you need to know
The short answers people want before picking a Merchant Genius alternative.
Is Merchant Genius down?
On November 10, 2026, merchantgenius.io did not load for us: Cloudflare returned error 522, which means the server behind it did not answer. It can come back. Its last archived copy, from October 11, 2026, lists new stores up to July 28, 2026.
Is there a free Merchant Genius alternative?
Yes. StoreRadar publishes a free page of new Shopify stores for each day, and FisherLeads lets you browse its launch feed with no card. Both keep contacts and downloads for paid plans: the StoreRadar Daily Feed costs $19/mo, FisherLeads Premium $50/mo.
How do I find new Shopify stores by launch date?
Use a directory that dates each store. Merchant Genius used the domain registration date. StoreRadar uses the day it first detects the store in certificate logs and DNS, and each row also carries the domain creation date. FisherLeads dates launches on 30+ platforms.
Is any alternative strictly better than Merchant Genius?
For a free page of new stores by day, StoreRadar and FisherLeads do the same job, and each masks or caps part of it. The paid options add what the Merchant Genius homepage did not offer: contacts every morning (StoreRadar Daily Feed), exports across 30+ platforms (FisherLeads), product catalogs (StoreLister) or every active store (Store Leads, the StoreRadar CSV).
Want the full dated table?
All 15 products, each price and count with its source and date.
