New Ways to Build Apps
Built for Shopify
Apps that look and perform like they’re a part of Shopify
Offering the best commerce apps in the world is a mission-critical goal at Shopify. Built for Shopify is a new program that provides the tooling, functionality, and documentation to build an app that looks and performs like it's part of Shopify. With our new app design guidelines and incentives, it’s never been easier or more rewarding to build a high-quality Shopify app.
Shopify Functions
Build the impossible: A new way to extend Shopify
With Shopify Functions, we’re giving you the flexibility to extend or replace native Shopify server-side business logic to meet the unique business needs of our merchants. But flexibility is just part of the story, Functions were purpose-built to be scalable and fast. Built on Shopify infrastructure, Functions can scale up for major sales events and still execute in less than 5ms. Functions are available to all Shopify merchants, deployed with an app, and configured directly in the admin, so merchants never have to touch a line of code.
Checkout Extensibility
Checkout apps: Powerful customizations that work with Shop Pay
Build dynamic apps for the world’s first fully customizable, one-click checkout. Now in Developer Preview, Checkout Extensibility is uniquely designed to be secure, fast, and upgrade-safe, while seamlessly working with Shop Pay, the best converting checkout on the internet. Leverage Checkout UI extensions and Shopify Functions to surface new functionality, Checkout Branding API to customize styling, and Pixels to track events. Deploy exclusively for Plus merchants by custom app or through the Shopify App Store.
Pre-orders and More
Drive conversion with purchase options your buyers love
Shopify now offers more pre-orders, subscriptions, and "try before you buy" apps that are fully integrated into our platform. You can lock in more sales and give your customers the flexible purchase options they want.
B2B on Shopify
Build workflows for the most complex B2B business needs
Reach new businesses with our expanded B2B functionality, built directly into the core of Shopify. Our new APIs provide better ways to connect with wholesale customers, with new primitives like Business Customers, Price Lists, and Assigned Payment Terms.
ShopifyQL
Analyze data and generate insights straight from your app—with minimal effort
Deliver analytical experiences for your clients with minimum effort. The GraphQL Admin API allows you to directly query Shopify’s analytical data so you can generate business insights without dealing with data transformation. No more mismatching between your reports and Shopify data.
Segmentation
Share more comprehensive customer data
You can now fully manage segments in Shopify's customer database through the GraphQL API to power segmentation features in your app. Businesses can segment groupings based on purchasing behavior, location, or marketing preferences to better engage customers.
Return APIs
Get early access to our Return APIs to build simplified returns workflows
We're building highly anticipated Return APIs to improve the return management experience for merchants. These Return APIs will give businesses greater visibility into critical returns data across platforms, helping them manage orders more efficiently.
Pre-orders and More
Shopify now offers more pre-orders, subscriptions, and "try before you buy" apps that are fully integrated into our platform. You can lock in more sales and give your customers the flexible purchase options they want.
B2B on Shopify
Build workflows for the most complex B2B business needs
B2B on Shopify
Reach new businesses with our expanded B2B functionality, built directly into the core of Shopify. Our new APIs provide better ways to connect with wholesale customers, with new primitives like Business Customers, Price Lists, and Assigned Payment Terms.
