In this edition of our monthly product newsletter for Shopify Developers, you’ll find the most important updates you need to know to continue your work with your app users.

Read on for more information. If you’d rather receive these updates via email, please sign up for our monthly What’s New with Shopify email below.

Table of contents

Hello Hydrogen: Developer preview now available
New partner payout methods for more flexibility and control of earnings
Partner Town Hall: Hydrogen takeover
Shopify Marketplace Kit now available
Directly report partner violations and critical issues to Shopify
Coming soon: Unified Admin

Hello Hydrogen: Developer preview now available

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Hydrogen, our new React-based web development framework to build custom storefronts powered by Shopify, is now available in developer preview.

We are building Hydrogen as Shopify’s opinionated solution to bring the best out of the intersection between commerce, UX, and developer experience—leveraging our technology and commerce expertise to make it simple, fast, and fun for developers.

Hydrogen’s building blocks enable a mix of static and dynamic data fetching between client and server for optimized performance. The combination of React Server Components, streaming Server-Side Rendering (SSR) with Suspense, and built-in caching policies enable merchants to achieve a balance between optimal commerce and user experience.

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New partner payout methods for more flexibility and control of earnings

A screengrab of the payout methods that merchants can now select with "add payout," "wire transfer," and paypal options. The background is characterized by line graphs

Starting in November, we began rolling out new payout methods for all Shopify Partners.

Shopify has partnered with Hyperwallet to give you more flexibility in how you can receive payouts, more coverage and support for more regions and countries around the world, and industry-leading fees to give you more control of your earnings.

As the new payout method becomes available to your organization, you will see a notification in your Partner Dashboard and you will also receive an email with instructions.

We’re committed to helping our entire community of partners thrive, so we’re making this update to make it even better to partner with Shopify, and our millions of merchants around the world.

Learn how to take advantage of these new payout methods, plus how this update will help you invest in growing your business, build your team, and create more amazing experiences for Shopify merchants.

Learn more

Partner Town Hall: Hydrogen takeover

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It’s a Hydrogen takeover! Join us at Shopify Partner Town Hall on December 2 at 12 PM ET to learn more about our vision for building custom storefronts with Hydrogen, as well as other exciting product updates.

Hear from the team who built it how Hydrogen is uniquely architected to fuel dynamic commerce, get updates on the product roadmap and ask questions of the live panel.

Hydrogen is a web development framework optimized for commerce by Shopify that lets you jump straight into building your storefront. Hydrogen lets you start fast, build fast, and get customers shopping faster. The Hydrogen developer preview is now available, and we’re sharing even more insights about this new, quick-start environment and framework.

Shopify Partner Town Hall is a virtual event where partners and developers can hear directly from Shopify product teams on the latest releases and updates at Shopify.

Join us at Partner Town Hall to learn more.

RSVP now

Shopify Marketplace Kit now available

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Add commerce to any platform with Shopify’s Marketplace Kit. This collection of APIs and documentation allows you to integrate with Shopify and build selected commerce features or a world-class marketplace on any surface.

Connect your platform and its users to Shopify merchants and their products:

Accelerate development with a set of APIs, components, and pre-written code snippets for merchant setup, product listings, and more
Allow millions of Shopify merchants to sell on your platform in a few clicks
Grow your business by connecting customers and merchants in your marketplace

Marketplace Kit uses Shopify's foundational tech stack and commerce expertise to provide a set of APIs, webhooks, and UI components to accelerate your marketplace development process.

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Directly report partner violations and critical issues to Shopify

Shopify is committed to trust, safety, and quality in our ecosystem. That's why we've made it easier for you to report partner violations and to notify us about issues on our platform. Please ensure you understand the differences between the two forms below so that we can investigate your case as fast as possible.

Report a partner violation

If you notice a violation against our Partner Program Agreement or API Terms of Use, you can now report it through this form, instead of contacting Shopify Partner Support.

Please ensure your report is a partner term violation rather than a support issue or merchant store violation. Learn more about prohibited actions on the Shopify App Store.

Report a partner violation

Notify Shopify about an issue

Reporting a critical issue is now easier than ever. If you notice an actual or suspected breach or compromise of Merchant Data or any bugs or issues with Shopify APIs or developer documentation, use this form on the Partners Help Centre to notify Shopify.

Report an issue

Coming soon: Unified Admin

In Q1 2022, we will be migrating the merchant store admin from the myshopify storefront domain to admin.shopify.com. We call this Unified Admin. This change will improve the page load speed across the admin, reduce the number of times that merchants have to reauthenticate, and will improve the experience of working across multiple stores.

Apps will continue to work without any changes required.

However, to ensure you’re supporting the best merchant experience on the new Unified Admin, embedded apps should upgrade to App Bridge 2.0 in order to use the new host parameter. This will allow the embedded app to work within the new admin domain.

Otherwise, the merchant will be redirected to the old myshopify.com domain while using the app. This will be a disruptive experience for the merchant.

Upgrade to App Bridge 2.0

Previous months

Read previous editions of our monthly product updates to stay in the know with everything happening at Shopify.

November 2021

In this edition of our monthly product newsletter for Shopify Developers, you’ll find the most important updates you need to know to continue your work with your app users.

Read on for more information. If you’d rather receive these updates via email, please sign up for our monthly What’s New with Shopify email below.

Partner Town Hall: Hydrogen takeover

Shopify Partner Town Hall is where partners and developers can hear directly from Shopify product teams on the latest releases and updates at Shopify. And this time, it’s a Hydrogen takeover!

Join us on December 2 at 12 PM ET to learn more about our vision for building custom storefronts with Hydrogen, as well as other exciting product updates. In the meantime, sign up for updates to be one of the first to learn more about Hydrogen’s developer preview.

Hydrogen is a web development framework optimized for commerce by Shopify that lets you jump straight into building your storefront. Hydrogen lets you start fast, build fast, and get customers shopping faster.

Skip the setup and focus on creating custom storefronts faster with this framework optimized for dynamic, modern commerce. Start quickly with the starter template, and build faster with React-based components fully integrated with Shopify’s platform and a seamless developer experience using Vite.

Join us at Partner Town Hall to learn more.

RSVP now

Coming soon: New Payout Methods for Shopify Partners and Developers

Shopify is on a mission to make commerce better for everyone by empowering individuals everywhere to start their own business. Shopify Partners help merchants start, sell, market and manage their business and we are committed to helping our partner community thrive.

We are introducing new payout methods to improve the way we pay Shopify Partners and Developers. Payouts will be subject to less fees, and available in more regions and currencies. This is a staggered rollout, starting in November 2021.

We will contact all partners by email with updates and instructions in November and December. We’ll also share updates in the What’s New for Developers at Shopify newsletter, and on the Web Design and Development Blog.

Shopify launches Global ERP Program for Shopify Plus Partners

We are excited to announce the Shopify Global ERP Partner Program with our first five flagship enterprise resource planning (ERP) partners, listed below. This is the first time Shopify has partnered directly with ERPs. The Global ERP Partner Program is an extension of our Plus Certified App Program (PCAP).

This program solves the merchant pain points of timely setup, integration costs, and privacy concerns. With the announcement of this new program, we hope to make it easier for Shopify Plus Partners to pitch Shopify Plus to large enterprise clients with existing ERPs while decreasing time-to-launch for your Plus clients. The Global ERP Program also aims to open up more opportunities to work closer with these global partners as they join the ecosystem as official Plus Certified App partners.

Shopify merchants can now connect their ERP solutions for Oracle NetSuite, Infor, Acumatica, and Brightpearl to their Shopify stores. The new Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central integration will be available in early 2022.

Learn more

New cohort of app partners join the Shopify Plus Certified App Program

We are excited to welcome a new cohort of partners to the Plus Certified App Program (PCAP) in the Checkout Conversion and Upsell category! All PCAP apps are available on the Shopify App Store.

These checkout conversion and upsell apps were hand-selected for their quality and ability to expand your checkout options.

Check out these technologies that work seamlessly with Shopify Plus and have been approved at our highest technology standard:

Rebuy: Personalized recommendations to upsell, cross-sell and buy products again.
Zipify One Click Upsell: Build upsell and cross-selling opportunities with purchase funnels.
Carthook Post Purchase Offers: Boost your AOV with real one-click post-purchase upsells.
Co-op Commerce: Easy cross-promotion, partnerships, upsell, surveys, and more.

We are also welcoming eight new Shopify Plus Certified Apps to the program in a wide range of categories:

Loyalty and Rewards

Referral Candy: Automate referrals and affiliate marketing with word-of-mouth.

Reviews and User-Generated Content

Judge.me: Product reviews with free photos and videos for social proof.

Customer Support

Re:amaze: All-in-one customer service and chatbot engagement platform.

Advertising

AdRoll: Personalized ads on Google, Facebook, Instagram and 500 networks.

Affiliate and Influencer Marketing

Dovetale: Grow a community of influencers. Send gifts and affiliate offers.
AspireIQ: Make community core to your business.

Returns Management

Happy Returns: Put your returns on autopilot.

Business Intelligence and Reporting

Segments by Tresl: Increase repeat revenue with prebuilt segmentation and insights.

Check out these PCAP apps

October 2021

In this edition of our monthly product newsletter for Shopify Developers, you’ll find the most important updates you need to know to continue your work with your app users.

Now Available: Post-purchase support for Subscriptions

Shopify’s post-purchase checkout extension now supports subscriptions offers. Get instant access to start building high-converting experiences for merchants’ most captive buyers through surfacing impactful subscription offerings immediately after checkout.

For more information on getting started, requirements, limitations and more, check out our detailed developer documentation.

Learn more

Commerce+ | A free livestream presented by Shopify

Commerce+ is a free, online event bringing the world’s most talked-about brands together for unfiltered conversations on the future of commerce. Open to anyone in the industry, this event will dive deep into influencing the next wave of consumers.

Don’t miss your chance to hear how industry leaders—including Pharrell Williams, Jimmy Butler, and Melanie Marsden—are pushing the boundaries of commerce. Get to know your merchant clients better and learn how you can leverage the latest Shopify products to power your clients’ journey into the future of commerce.

Tune in on October 13 to learn about upcoming Shopify products and hear what’s happening from the brands that are setting new standards in commerce.

October 13, 2021 | 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT

Register now

Payment Flexibility API

The new Payment Terms API allows developers to build apps that can set due dates on an order and track overdue payments.

Developers can also use the Send_Invoice API, in beta, to trigger payment collection on orders.

Payment terms and overall payment flexibility are important to Shopify merchants, especially those selling B2B, as they allow merchants to improve their buyer experience by offering personalized payment options and reduce the manual effort required to manage and process payments due at a later date.

Learn more about the Payment Terms API and the payment terms object.

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Now available: Gift Card API

In 2020, Shopify made Gift Cards available to all merchants in all plans, lifting all restrictions in place.

Now, we are also opening up access to Gift Card APIs to all Shopify developers and partners, allowing you to create Gift Cards from your apps using both the REST and GraphQL APIs.

Follow this tutorial to get started with the Gift Card API.

Get started

New featured apps collection: Works with Shopify Markets

With the recent launch of Shopify Markets, we are making international selling easier for all merchants, and we believe your work as developers and Shopify Partners can play an important role in that mission.

Applications that support international selling features will be featured in the Shopify App Store, grouping them in an exclusive “Works with Shopify Markets” collection that will be available for merchants in the future.

Want your app to qualify for consideration? Incorporate some of the capabilities related to cross-border selling that are already available in the platform, such as Multicurrency, Duties, and Translations.

Please see below the list of features that would help your app qualify for this collection, and some guidance on how to get started:

Multicurrency Apps

Uses presentment currency fields
Uses Shopify Payments countries if providing currency switcher capabilities

Shipping and Delivery/Fulfillment Apps

Pulls and consumes duties amounts on the Order API (REST and GraphQL)
Pulls and consumes incoterms (DDP/DDU) in fulfillment orders API
Uses Shopify product prices, HS codes and Country of origin data in commercial invoices

Translation Apps

Creates translations using the Translations API

Store Design Apps

Creates translated resources by market or enable merchants to create translations within your app

Navigation and Search

Support translations and multicurrency in product and collections webhooks

Developer documentation redesign and new PHP library

Our developer documentation for the Admin API (both GraphQL and REST) have been redesigned to make it easier to consume and navigate. You can be more productive with side-by-side content and code snippets in all supported languages, so you can code faster.

Both the Admin API GraphQL and the Admin API REST documentation are now easier to use and navigate, with examples and code snippets ready to use for Curl, Node, and PHP that you can quickly add to your code with one-click copy-and-paste. This is just the beginning of a series of improvements to ensure a top quality GraphQL experience on shopify.dev.

We’ve also added more specific examples with some of the common use cases for some inspiration, as well as specific response codes and error messaging to help you troubleshoot and get started quickly.

Lastly, a brand new PHP library is now available. It doesn’t have any framework dependencies, so you can use it from any PHP app.

Learn more

September 2021

In this edition of our monthly product newsletter for Shopify Developers, you’ll find the most important updates you need to know to continue your work with your app users.

Zero percent revenue share annually on your first million dollars in the Shopify Theme Store

We announced at Unite 2021 that we’re changing our revenue share model for our Partner Ecosystem.

As of September 15th at 1PM ET, we’re offering zero percent revenue share on the first million dollars you make annually on the Shopify Theme Store.

That means that if you make less than $1 million USD in the Shopify Theme Store, you will pay zero percent revenue share—and those numbers reset every year. When you make more than $1 million USD, you’ll only pay a 15 percent revenue share on the incremental earnings, reduced from the previous 20 percent. Theme developers who successfully submit a theme to the Shopify Theme Store are automatically enrolled, and there is no registration fee.

The Shopify Theme Store reopened this summer to allow new theme submissions, and new themes compatible with the Online Store 2.0 requirements have begun publishing to the theme store!

The Shopify Theme Store, combined with Online Store 2.0, offers developers the opportunity to make an impact in a relatively untapped marketplace, creating powerful, high-performing themes that help millions of Shopify merchants all over the world express their brand and market their products.

There has never been a better time to build themes for Shopify!

Theme developers new to Shopify can join the Shopify Partner Program and get started building beautiful new OS 2.0 themes for merchants.

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Checkout links now powered by Shop Pay

We have updated checkout links with Shop Pay to let your merchants easily share their products with customers and send them directly to the Shop Pay checkout—the fastest, highest converting checkout experience online.

Checkout links can be added to email marketing campaigns, social posts, direct messages, SMS, and more. This also opens the door for merchants with headless commerce sites to take advantage of Shop Pay, for the first time!

Shop Pay’s one-tap checkout securely uses customers’ existing billing and shipping info, so they spend more time filling carts, not forms. Customers without Shop Pay can check out as guests.

To take advantage of this feature, merchants must have Shopify Payments activated as their primary payment gateway and enable Shop Pay in their payment settings.

Learn more

Creating a better fulfillment experience with the Shopify Fulfillment Orders API

Shopify's Fulfillment Orders API can be used to create a better fulfilment experience for your merchant clients (and their customers), no matter how or where they fulfill orders.

Check out our latest article on the Partner Blog to learn how this API can allow you to build flexible and secure fulfillment apps.

Learn more

Stay in the know

That’s all for this month. To stay up to date with changes that impact the Shopify platform and app development, subscribe to the Shopify developer changelog for updates as they happen. Or, sign up for our What’s New with Shopify email below.

August 2021

In this edition of our monthly product newsletter for Shopify Developers, you’ll find the most important updates you need to know to continue your work with your app users.

Upgrade to the Fulfillment Orders API

In January 2020, we launched the Fulfillment Orders API. This API models the end-to-end fulfillment process into its sub-pieces, so fulfillment data can sync more accurately between Shopify and an order management app or a fulfillment service (3PL). This API represents the future of fulfilment with Shopify.

Visit the developer documentation to learn how to migrate to the Fulfillment Orders API.

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Shop Pay Installments launched for general availability in the US

On June 10, 2021, Shop Pay Installments launched for general availability to merchants in the US. We will be activating Shop Pay Installments for all eligible US merchants unless they have chosen to opt out starting on August 27, 2021, and are running a promotional rate until October 15, 2021.

Shop Pay Installments is a buy now, pay later solution designed specifically for the needs of Shopify merchants. Exclusively powered by Affirm in the US, it allows merchants to give their consumers the flexibility to split their purchases into four equal installments payments, interest-free and with no additional fees.

Shop Pay Installments is fully integrated into Shop Pay, the fastest and best-converting checkout option for merchants. Shop Pay Installments has been proven to boost sales: one in four merchants using it saw 50 percent higher average order value compared to other payment methods. In addition, merchants saw 28 percent fewer abandoned carts through Shop Pay Installments after switching from a third-party buy now, pay later solution.

Learn more about Shop Pay Installments, and learn how to add a Shop Pay Installments banner to a merchant’s product page at the link below.

Learn more

Stay in the know

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July 2021

In this edition of our monthly product newsletter for Shopify Developers, you’ll find the most important updates you need to know to continue your work with your app users.

Shopify Partner Town Hall—Unite edition

Join us Thursday, July 15 at 12 pm EDT for a one-hour special Shopify Unite Edition broadcast of Shopify Partner Town Hall, that will go in-depth on some of the product releases mentioned on mainstage, followed by a 30-minute live AMA session with Glen Coates, Vanessa Lee, and Fatima Yusuf to answer any Shopify Unite questions you may have.

As a Shopify developer or partner, you’ll get exclusive deep dives into the product releases and updates announced at Shopify Unite, including more on app store discoverability, Developer Console, themes, and more.

Submit your questions to the AMA, and reserve your spot below!

Register now

Catch up on everything you missed at Shopify Unite

At Shopify Unite, we discussed the infrastructure, tooling, and technologies that make the future of commerce possible. There were some big announcements, including changes to revenue share for theme and app store developers, Shopify Checkout, app development, Storefront API, and much more.

You’re not going to want to miss any of it. Get caught up in our article rounding up everything from Shopify Unite.

Read now

Zero percent revenue share annually on your first million dollars in the Shopify App Store

As of August 1, 2021, we’re offering zero percent revenue share on the first million dollars you make annually on the Shopify App Store.

That means that if you make less than $1 million USD per year in the Shopify App Store, you can register to no longer pay revenue share. And every year, those numbers reset. When you earn more than $1 million USD, you’ll pay a 15 percent revenue share, which is lower than the previous 20 percent revenue share.

This change means more money in your pocket: money to invest in your business, grow your resources, and build more solutions for Shopify merchants. It’s our way of showing how serious we are about supporting developers.

We’ll also be introducing a one-time registration fee for all developers who sign up after August 1, which will be paid when they submit their first app to be reviewed. All the more reason to sign up and start building your app today!

Starting August 1 at 1pm EST, you’ll be able to register directly in your Partner Dashboard for this new revenue share. Learn more in our documentation.

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Announcing Online Store 2.0

At Shopify Unite, we announced an end-to-end overhaul of how themes are built at Shopify, with the release of Online Store 2.0. With sections on every page, moveable and app-powered blocks, better metafields, and a suite of new developer tools, Online Store 2.0 marks a new world for developers and a complete rebuild of how merchants interact with the online store.

Online Store 2.0 is designed to accelerate and improve theme development at Shopify. Not only is it easier for merchants to add customizations without touching code, but apps can be injected without editing theme code and metafields are no longer only accessed via APIs or hard-coded into themes.

Learn more via the link below, including how to migrate your themes and apps, and how to submit themes to the soon-to-reopen Shopify Theme Store.

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Post-purchase checkout extension beta now available to all developers

The post-purchase checkout extension is now available to all developers in beta. This extension renders on an interstitial page after the buyer checks out but before the thank-you page, allowing you to build unique experiences for merchants to interact with a highly engaged audience.

Learn more about the post-purchase checkout extension and the different solutions you can build on the blog.

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API version 2021-07 released

The 2021-07 API release is here, and includes many of the features announced at Shopify Unite. In addition, this version includes the Bulk Mutations API, a new API that provides enormous improvements to pushing large amounts of data into Shopify. Also released as a part of 2021-07: Product Variant Bulk APIs, the Files API, expanded support for metafields on the Storefront API, and improvements to international pricing.

Learn more on the blog.

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Resources for getting started as a Shopify theme developer

The Shopify Theme Store is reopening to partners on July 15, 2021 after being closed since 2018, so this is an opportunity to get in early and establish yourself as a trusted theme developer. To help you, we’re releasing a series of theme building resources over the coming months:

Join us at Partner Town Hall Thursday, July 15 to hear from Shopify Themes Partnership Lead Michaell Beddall, who will share resources on getting started building Shopify themes, and additional details about our new theme revenue share model that puts more money in your pocket as a theme developer.
On July 15, dive into our newly updated Shopify Partner Academy Themes Fundamentals course to understand how to build Shopify themes, and best practices to set yourself up for success.
Join our upcoming webinars, Introduction to the Theme Store: Getting Started on July 29 and How to Build a Successful Theme Business with Shopify on August 5 for deep dives on setting your business up for success.

Watch our events page for more information on upcoming theme building events.

Visit events page

Shopify Subscriptions APIs now support Authorize.net

In addition to Shopify Payments and PayPal Express, Shopify Subscription APIs now support Authorize.net. This update will enable developers to build Shopify Checkout-integrated subscriptions apps for merchants that use the Authorize.net payment gateway.

Learn more about building subscriptions apps in our documentation.

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Stay in the know

That’s all for this month. To stay up to date with changes that impact the Shopify platform and app development, subscribe to the Shopify developer changelog for updates as they happen. Or, sign up for our What’s New with Shopify email below.

May 2021

In this edition of our monthly product newsletter for Shopify Developers, you’ll find the most important updates you need to know to continue your work with your app users.

Registration for Shopify Unite 2021 is now open

We’re excited to announce that registration for Shopify Unite, our annual conference, is now open. We’ve tailored this year’s livestream event to developers, giving a technical look behind the curtain at the infrastructure, tooling, and technologies that will unlock the future of commerce.

You’ll get a look into the inner workings of the products and APIs we’re launching from some of Shopify’s top technical leaders, so you can build for the future with cutting-edge technologies.

Join us on Tuesday, June 29 at 1:00PM EDT for some very exciting announcements about how we’re building the future of commerce, together.

Register now

Subscriptions support for PayPal Express

We’re launching subscriptions support for PayPal Express. This launch is the first in additional payment gateway support after Shopify Payments, and represents an exciting opportunity to support more merchants around the world.

Merchants using subscriptions apps integrated with Shopify Checkout in countries where Shopify Payments is not currently supported, can now use this payment method, opening up subscriptions to more than 200 countries.

Find out more about building subscription apps with the Shopify Subscription APIs, including requirements, roadmap, and tutorials in our docs.

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Introducing partner-initiated app refunds

Partners can now issue refunds to merchants directly through the Partner Dashboard, instead of contacting Shopify support. This update means you can quickly resolve customer service challenges, providing a better experience for merchants.

We’ve also introduced granular user permissions for this feature to ensure only the appropriate staff users have the ability to issue refunds.

Learn more about how to trigger refunds in our docs.

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VAT changes for ecommerce purchases made within the EU

As of July 1, 2021, the European Union (EU) is making changes to tax regulations for ecommerce purchases made within the EU. These changes include the elimination of minimum sales thresholds, updated value-added tax (VAT) rates, and a choice of how to remit taxes. To help merchants comply with these changes, we’ve added options to the tax settings in Shopify.

It’s important that you take the time to understand how these changes can impact merchants. You can find more information on the EU’s One Stop Shop VAT site and in our recent blog article on the topic. Visit our Help Center for more information about EU taxes and Shopify.

Learn more

Stay in the know

That’s all for this month. To stay up to date with changes that impact the Shopify platform and app development, subscribe to the Shopify developer changelog for updates as they happen. Or, sign up for our What’s New with Shopify email below.

April 2021

In this edition of our monthly product newsletter for Shopify Developers, you’ll find the most important updates you need to know to continue your work with your app users.

Announcing the winners of the 2020 Shopify Commerce Awards

In late 2020, we asked the Shopify Partner and Developer community to submit their most impactful web design and development work to the 2020 Shopify Commerce Awards competition.

The results are in, and we’re thrilled to announce the winners! These partners and developers made a huge difference for some of the millions of merchants using Shopify’s platform, and we’re excited to share their stories.

Without further ado, check out the best in the business!

See winners

Introducing Beyond the Build with Fatima Yusuf

We’re excited to announce Beyond the Build, a brand new founder interview series with host Fatima Yusuf.

Millions of merchants globally turn to the Shopify App Ecosystem to discover the world’s best commerce technologies. Beyond the Build explores the stories behind some of the largest technology companies built on Shopify, many of which have scaled to billion dollar valuations. Audiences will learn from the founders and innovators building for the future of commerce about what it takes to scale a SaaS business from the ground up.

Beyond the Build is now live! We will be launching a brand new episode each week. Get caught up on our YouTube channel, and find full show notes and transcripts exclusively on the Shopify Partner Blog.

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The Price List Admin API

Launched as part of our 2021-04 API release, the Price List API allows you to easily configure international pricing by creating percentage price adjustments and fixed variant prices that are applied in the online store and checkout.

With this API, you can help your users build automated merchandising and pricing management workflows for complex international pricing needs, so they can reach more customers around the world.

Learn more about the Price List API in our docs.

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Store Access Controls in the Partner Dashboard

Now you can restrict and manage your team members’ access to specific development, managed, and Plus Sandbox stores with Store Access Controls. Use Store Access Controls to work more securely with your team and contractors.

Owners and staff members with Manage members permission are now able to:

Specify a level of access for each type of store (development stores, managed stores, and Plus Sandbox stores) for a staff member. Select between No access, Access to all stores, or Access to specific stores. A staff member can log in to a store only when they’ve been allowed access.
Allow select staff members to add, archive or transfer ownership of stores.
Provide access to a specific store for a staff member from the Team or Stores section of the Partner Dashboard.

Learn more about store access controls in our help docs.

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Determining your return on ad spend in the Shopify App Store

New metrics are now available in your ads reporting dashboard, to help you measure your return on ad spend, customers gained through ads, and customer acquisition costs in the Shopify App Store.

With this information, you can identify which keywords are driving performance, your actual customer conversation rate, and the revenue you’re gaining from your ads, allowing you to make more informed optimizations and get a better return on your investment.

Learn more about how to read these new metrics on the blog.

New partners added to the Shopify Plus Certified App Program

We’re excited to launch another new cohort of apps to the Shopify Plus Certified App Program! This group comprises inventory management solutions, and third party logistic providers, with additions to our shipping solutions and fraud management categories.

The new members are:

The Shopify Plus Certified App Program supports the largest Shopify merchants by helping them find the apps and solutions they need to build and scale their business. The program is available specifically for Shopify app partners who provide a level of product quality, service, performance, privacy, and support that meets the advanced requirements of Shopify Plus merchants. Once certified by Shopify, a partner app is made available to merchants globally using the Shopify Plus Certified App Directory and the Shopify App Store.

Applications are now open to join the Shopify Plus Certified App Program. Demonstrate your dedication to performance, security, privacy, and support to be included in our exclusive Shopify Plus directories. Apply at the link below.

Apply to the program

Stay in the know

That’s all for this month. To stay up to date with changes that impact the Shopify platform and app development, subscribe to the Shopify developer changelog for updates as they happen. Or, sign up for our What’s New with Shopify email below.

March 2021

In this edition of our monthly product newsletter for Shopify Developers, you’ll find the most important updates you need to know to continue your work with your app users.

Shopify Partner Town Hall: Building the best in commerce

Shopify Partner Town Hall is back on Thursday, April 15 at 12 pm EDT. Learn more about what’s new at Shopify, and meet the 2020 Commerce Awards winners. Plus, tune in for an exclusive fireside chat with leaders of Shopify’s developer tools and education team, who will discuss what it takes to build high quality apps in 2021.

Partner Town Hall is an extension of a long standing tradition at Shopify known as Town Hall, where we gather to listen, reflect, and stay aligned on what’s happening at Shopify. Join us to stay up to date with the most recent Shopify news, updates, and product launches. Register now.

Register

New partners added to the Shopify Plus Certified App Program

We are excited to welcome a new cohort of apps to the Shopify Plus Certified App Program! The new members are:

Carro (affiliate and influencer marketing)
Impact (affiliate and influencer marketing)
Stamped.io (reviews and user-generated content)
Bluecore (marketing automation)
Gladly (customer support)

The Shopify Plus Certified App Program supports the largest Shopify merchants by helping them find the apps and solutions they need to build and scale their business. The program is available specifically for Shopify app partners who provide a level of product quality, service, performance, privacy, and support that meets the advanced requirements of Shopify Plus merchants. Once certified by Shopify, a partner app is made available to merchants globally using the Shopify Plus Certified App Directory and the Shopify App Store.

Applications are now open to join the Shopify Plus Certified App Program. Demonstrate your dedication to performance, security, privacy, and support to be included in our exclusive Shopify Plus directories. Apply at the link below.

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App charge overview page in the Partner Dashboard

App partners can now see app subscriptions, one-time app charges, and usage charges made to merchants in the Partner Dashboard, on a brand-new Charge Overview page. This information will help you access key information about app charges to quickly answer merchants’ billing questions.

Learn more about this new page in our documentation.

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Subscription APIs now support Scripts

Shopify Plus merchants using Scripts will now be able to use subscription apps that are directly integrated into Shopify’s checkout. When merchants sell subscription products, those products are assigned a selling plan by the subscription app. When you write scripts, you can use the line item object .selling_plan_id to identify when a product is being bought as a subscription.

Learn more about how to use Scripts on subscriptions in our documentation.

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Stay in the know

That’s all for this month. To stay up to date with changes that impact the Shopify platform and app development, subscribe to the Shopify developer changelog for updates as they happen. Or, sign up for our What’s New with Shopify email below.

January 2021

In this edition of our monthly product newsletter for Shopify Developers, you’ll find the most important updates you need to know to continue your work with your app users.

Developer updates

Learn more about all the platform updates from Shopify for developers.

Partner Town Hall: 2021 Kickoff

Shopify Partner Town Hall is back on Tuesday, February 2 at 12 pm EDT and Wednesday, February 3 at 12 pm AEDT/2 pm NZDT. In this edition, we’ll learn more about what’s new at Shopify this year.

Join us virtually to get timely product knowledge and practical advice on how to better support merchants. Register below!

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New Partner API

With the new Partner API, you can programmatically access data, such as app events and earnings, that was previously only available through the Partner Dashboard. This allows you to download this information to your respective reporting and analytics systems and make your business operations more efficient.

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More granular permissions for the Partner Dashboard

Two new staff permissions have been added to the Partner Dashboard, giving you more granular control over what your organization’s staff members can access.

View referrals grants access to the Referrals page.
Manage affiliate campaigns grants access to the Affiliate tools page, and affiliate tools on the Referrals page. Staff members with this permission can also manage affiliate campaigns. This permission is available only to organizations that are part of the Shopify Affiliate Program.

Access to these features was previously controlled by the Manage shops permission. Staff members in your organization who have the Manage shops permission are granted View referrals as part of this update. If you are part of the Shopify Affiliate Program, then staff members who have the Manage shops permission are also granted the Manage affiliate campaigns permission as part of this update.

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Polaris v6.0.0, style guide, and Figma UI kit

Polaris v6.0.0 is shipping, making the new design language the default. The updates in v6.0.0 include a reduced bundle size, accessibility fixes, and an updated style guide.

In addition, a new Figma UI kit is now available based on the updated Polaris guidelines. This kit offers more flexibility and speed in a cross-platform browser-based design tool. Previously, the UI kit was available in Sketch.

Specific changes include:

Refreshed visual styles. A clean, simple style makes things feel approachable and efficient.
Variants added to improve usability and add functionality to most components.
Large- and small-screen components listed as respective variants of the same component.
Auto layout added to simple components.
Rebuilt, better quality components .
New color system.

With these tools, you can work directly in Polaris v6.0.0, streamlining your design process with the new style guide and UI kit, and speeding up your development process.

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