Transcy is popular — it combines translation, currency conversion, and geolocation in one app, which is genuinely useful. But early 2026 brought a wave of complaints from merchants who had their subscription plans changed without notice, waking up to bills $150–$200 higher than expected.

Even if that gets resolved, it raises a fair question: do you want your store's translations depending on an app subscription you don't fully control?

Here's a workflow where your translations are saved directly into Shopify — no app holding them hostage, no subscription that can change on you.

The workflow

Set up your market

"List my markets and set mystore.de as German by default."

German visitors land on your .de domain automatically. Geo-routing handled by Shopify itself, not a third-party app.

Export and translate

"Export all my translations to a CSV — show me what's missing in German."

"Fill in all MISSING German translations. Keep the tone friendly — we sell home decor."

Claude fills every missing field with brand-aware translations. Review the CSV, tweak anything, then:

Save to Shopify

"Upload these German translations to Shopify."

Translations are saved directly into your Shopify store. They don't disappear if you cancel an app or a plan gets changed under you. They're yours, in Shopify, permanently.

What Transcy does that this doesn't

Transcy's automatic currency conversion and real-time geolocation are genuinely useful, especially for stores selling across many countries simultaneously. If that's a core part of how your store works, Transcy (or an equivalent) might still make sense alongside this workflow. But for the translation part specifically — you don't need a subscription app for that anymore.