An alternative to Hextom Free Shipping Bar: a progress bar in the cart.
Hextom’s bar is an announcement bar at the top of the page. Yaco Progress Bar lives where the decision is made: the cart, the cart drawer, the product page and the Shopify Plus checkout.
Where Hextom stands
On September 24, 2026, the Shopify App Store listing of Hextom Free Shipping Bar shows: “This app is not currently available on the Shopify App Store.” It no longer shows a rating, reviews or pricing. Merchants who relied on a top bar with a countdown to free shipping are looking for a replacement.
A top bar versus a cart bar
A top bar tells every visitor the same thing, above the header. A cart progress bar sits next to the subtotal and updates as items go in: the shopper sees exactly what is left, at the moment they decide. Both can show a free shipping message; only the cart bar can add a gift, apply a discount, or carry several tiers.
What Yaco does differently
Several tiers on one bar: free shipping, a free gift with a variant chooser, a percentage or an amount off, VIP tiers on customer history. A threshold and prices per market rather than a currency conversion. Checkout blocks on Shopify Plus, in every plan. And the same bar, on any Online Store 2.0 theme.
When a theme bar is enough, when to choose Yaco
- Hextom Free Shipping Bar can no longer be installed: its Shopify App Store listing shows no install button, rating or pricing.
- If you still use it, the listing says to contact Hextom directly for support questions.
- If you only need one free shipping message at the top of every page, your theme’s announcement bar can show it without an app.
- Choose Yaco if you want the countdown in the cart drawer, the cart page and the product page, next to the subtotal.
- Choose Yaco if you want more than free shipping: a gift added at zero with a variant chooser, a percentage or amount off, VIP tiers.
- Yaco has no announcement bar at the top of the page: keep your theme’s for that.
Side by side
| Yaco Progress Bar | Hextom Free Shipping Bar | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it shows | Cart, cart drawer, product page, Plus checkout | Announcement bar at the top of the page |
| Rewards | Free shipping, free gift with chooser, percentage or amount off, VIP tiers | Free shipping message |
| Markets | A threshold and prices per market, country or region | Geo-targeted messages and currency detection |
| Gift added to the cart | Yes, at zero, removed if the cart drops | No |
| Checkout | Blocks in the Shopify Plus checkout, every plan | No |
| AI assistant | Reads and edits your tiers, on every plan | No |
| Listing | On the Shopify App Store | Not available on September 24, 2026 |
Questions merchants ask
Can I keep a message at the top of the page?
The bar is made for the cart. If you want an announcement at the top too, your theme’s announcement bar does it without an app.
How long does the switch take?
Install, switch the app embed on, enter your threshold: the bar shows in the cart drawer in minutes. The demo on this site is the real bar.
Is Yaco Progress Bar free?
Yes: the free plan includes the whole bar with one active tier. Premium unlocks every tier; the pricing page shows the plans and the free trial.