Public signals
- Theme and performance clues.
- Wholesale or dealer language.
- Checkout and app-stack friction visible from the storefront.
Answer
How should Shopify agencies find technical debt?
Shopify agencies should find technical debt by combining public storefront signals, structured intake, and human review before turning a finding into outreach or scope.
Human review
- Confirm the signal before outreach.
- Keep claims humble.
- Use fit checks to validate internal complexity.
Thermal license
- Turns repeatable public review into a faster pre-sales workflow without bulk sending.
What happens next
Email, short fit call, fixed-price scope.
Send your store URL to hello@thermal.tools. The architect doing the work replies, you get a short fit call and a fixed-price scope, and the first milestone lands 48–72 hours after access is granted.