AVP, listed as AVP - Age Verification Popup, is a straightforward age-gate app for Shopify stores that sell age-restricted goods or want to put a warning before selected content. It can show a customizable 18+ or 21+ popup, ask for a date of birth, and restrict the whole store or specific pages, collections, and products. That makes it useful for alcohol, vaping, adult products, and other categories where the storefront needs an explicit gate. The important qualification is that an age-gate popup is normally a customer declaration. It does not automatically prove that it meets every age-verification requirement in every market, so treat the app as a storefront control and check the rules that apply to your goods and customers.
Key features
- Age popup and date-of-birth input: AVP can ask a visitor to confirm an age threshold or enter a date of birth, with templates and styling intended to match the storefront.
- Targeted restrictions: The listing says the app can restrict the entire store or selected pages, collections, and products. Basic also includes one country and language-specific popup.
- Customization: Paid tiers add multiple templates, custom text, colours and fonts, animations, checkbox verification, date-of-birth customisation, and custom JavaScript.
- Reports: Basic lists verified and unverified reports, which can be useful for checking how the gate is being used. They are not a legal audit trail unless your own requirements say they are sufficient.
- Checkout and terms controls: Premium lists a checkout age-restriction banner and terms and conditions on product and cart pages. The Shopify Plus tier is the one that specifically lists age verification and terms and conditions at checkout.
Pricing and trial information
The listing shows a Free plan, but its feature card only says it is free for partner development stores and for testing on development stores. I would not assume that it provides a permanent no-cost age gate for a live store without confirming this with the developer. For a live store, Basic is $3.99 a month, or $35.91 a year, and includes one popup, one country and language-specific popup, page, collection and product targeting, reports, templates, and customisation.
Premium costs $8.99 a month, or $80.99 a year, and adds unlimited country and language popups, 20+ animations, checkbox verification, date-of-birth customisation, the checkout banner, terms controls on product and cart pages, and custom JavaScript. The Shopify Plus tier costs $16.99 a month, or $152.99 a year, and lists age verification and terms controls at checkout. Each paid tier has a three-day trial. It is brief, so prepare a test plan before you start it.
Rating and reviews
At the time of review, AVP has a 4.6 out of 5 rating from 138 Shopify App Store reviews and is marked Built for Shopify. Recent positive reviews describe quick setup, a professional look on desktop and mobile, date-of-birth checks, targeted restrictions, and helpful support. The score is solid, though not spotless: the review breakdown includes several one and two-star ratings. Older critical reviews mention JavaScript errors, visitors being unable to pass the gate, support delays, and one dispute over an account deactivation and plan change. Those reports do not prove a current problem, but they are a good reason to test rather than rely on the rating alone.
Pitfalls
- Do not confuse a popup with complete legal compliance. AVP can enforce a storefront step, but it cannot decide whether that step, the wording, the data retained, or the age threshold are enough for every product and market.
- Checkout protection is tiered. A Premium checkout banner is not described in the same way as the Shopify Plus plan's age verification at checkout. Confirm the exact checkout behaviour before you choose a plan.
- Test every route and device. Check the standard cart, express checkout buttons, mobile, private browsing, the visitor's return path, and any app or theme feature that changes the product page. A gate that looks correct on the homepage can fail on the route a customer actually uses.
- The trial is very short. Three days is enough to test configuration, but not to gain confidence from a full sales cycle or a broad mix of countries and devices.
- Permissions and policy need a normal review. The listing says the app can access store-owner data, products, Shopify Functions, the theme, and locales. Its linked privacy policy shows a March 2022 update date, so read it alongside the current App Store permissions before you install.
Conclusion
AVP is a sensible choice when you need a simple, branded age gate with focused targeting and do not need a broader compliance platform. Basic is attractive for one country and language; Premium is the practical tier for multilingual use, richer popup controls, and product or cart terms. Use the Shopify Plus tier only when its specific checkout capabilities match a real requirement and you have confirmed how they work in your store. In every case, run the three-day trial against real buying routes and get legal advice where the relevant market requires more than a self-declared age gate.
