r/ShopifyAppDev

Hello all, I am building an incredible application (well I am convincing myself).

But the thing is that, I am currently developing directly within the administration Shopify panel.

And in terms of UI, I am convinced that a separate website is better. But I am curious about the pros and cons ?

Like I thought it would be nice to do it directly through our admin panel for centralising with other apps that can have merchants but in some ways I feel like everyone is doing a separated website so nothing is centralised and this pros becomes useless.

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share that my app, Modelize, is finally live today. I see many people here asking about how long the Shopify review takes and if you can really build apps with AI, so I want to tell you how it went for me.

Why I built this

I run a Shopify agency. My clients always ask for AI photos for their products. For a long time, I was just using some custom Python scripts to do it for them. It worked, but it was a big headache because I had to upload everything back to Shopify manually or build custom apps every time. It took too much time. So I built an app to do it automatically in bulk directly in the admin.

How I built it

I built the whole thing in about one week. I used Claude Opus 4.6 to write almost all the code. The app uses Nano Nana 2 to generate the images. I personally use Visual Studio Code with Github Copilot.

My experience with the review

This is the part many of you are waiting for. Here is exactly what happened with my calendar:

March 8: I finished the main parts and submitted the app.

April 17: First review feedback received. One minor correction mentioned, I fixed it and responded in 30mins.

April 20 (Today): I am approved and published!

My advice

The review line is very long right now (it took me exactly 6 weeks). My advice is: do not wait for your app to be "perfect" before you click submit. If the main feature works and it is useful, just send it.

You will wait 5 or 6 weeks before someone even looks at it. You can use that time to fix small bugs, make the design pretty, or add more features. Just get your place in the line as soon as you can. Also, make sure you follow the Shopify listing rules perfectly because that is what they check first.

If you want to see how it works, the app is not yet well referenced in the app store of course so here is the link: apps.shopify.com/modelize. You can generate 5 images for free to test it. I would really love to hear your feedback or if you think I should change something to make it better for merchants.

Good luck with your apps!

What is the new app are you guys working on?
How are you guys checking up about the competition?
Do your new apps gets installations and business?

There seems to be very little support or guidance for production deployments, why is that?

Looking for someone to create a custom shopify theme for a sample pack/ audio file website.

Hey everyone,

I launched Outranked nearly one month ago, a Shopify app focused on one annoying merchandising problem:

sold-out products taking up too much visibility in collections.

A lot of stores handle this manually, or with workflows that still need follow-up when inventory changes again. I wanted something more reliable and collection-specific.

What Outranked does:

• automatically pushes sold-out products to the bottom of collections
• lets you control sorting per collection
• supports tag-based exclusions
• sends email or Slack notifications after each run
• Low stock alerts with configurable rules via email and Slack notifications
• includes analytics, sort history, and CSV exports

I’m especially curious about this from other app devs / Shopify folks here:

When you looked at collection merchandising problems, what edge cases showed up fastest?

App link: https://apps.shopify.com/outranked

Would love honest thoughts on positioning, onboarding, or feature gaps.

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Paid Task.

Looking for a Shopify app developer with DevOps experience.

Support is always big concern being Shopify app owner. In the daytime, our team takes care of it, but the problem is about night time. For now, we have set up live chat with CrispAI agent which has the knowledge base of our Shopify app documentation and depending on the query it is to the customer, but live customer support live human agent is something we are still not able to achieve after our office hours. My first question is do that really impact considering we are in IST Indian standard time zone

Second question, what can be the solution for this problem?

Hello everyone.

I am Zoey Founder of Myra: Custom Product Options, I have launched my own Shopify App in Product Options and Variants Category.

This app is Free for 1st 100 users.

It can be used by - Clothing Brand, Art & Lifestyle brands, Jewellery brands etc

Please do try the app and share your honest feedback

https://apps.shopify.com/myra-custom-product-options

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I’m building a Shopify app to automate customer support.

Everything is built and tested, and it’s working as expected except for one issue with the access token.

Currently, I’m using the OAuth API to connect my app to merchant stores, but the access token I receive is only valid for 1 day.

I’ve already gone through the Shopify documentation and followed the recommended steps, but I’m still not able to get a long-lived (offline) access token.

Does anyone have experience with this or know how to resolve it?

I’m curious how other Shopify store owners handle this.

I can see revenue in Shopify easily enough, but “real profit” is way harder once you factor in refunds, fees, shipping, COGS, and ad spend.

I’ve been trying to piece it together manually and it honestly feels more annoying than it should be.

How are you all tracking actual profit in a way that’s simple and reliable?

Hey everyone,

I’m currently looking to acquire a Shopify app and wanted to see if anyone here is considering selling.

Helpful details to include if you’re interested in selling:

• App listing link
• Reason for selling
• Asking price or valuation multiple

I’m a developer myself and already working in the Shopify ecosystem, so I’m comfortable handling tech, improvements, and scaling.

Feel free to comment or DM me directly.

ドロップシッピングで運営しているサイトについてご相談です。

代行業者はTHE CKBを利用しております。

サイト自体はすでにオープンしているのですが、注文時にエラーが発生するという報告が複数あり、確認したところ、代行業者側に事前のチャージ金がないと買付が行われない仕様である可能性が分かりました。

当初は「注文が入った金額をもとにそのまま買付を行い、差額が利益として残る」という認識でおりましたが、

実際には「事前にチャージ金を入れる → 注文が入る → 内容を確認して買付」というフローになっているようです。

売上が不透明な段階で先に資金を入れておくことにリスクを感じており、どのように運用すべきか悩んでおります。

リスクを抑えつつ運用する方法などあれば、ご教示いただけますと幸いです。

Hi, I built Aiberry (aiberry.ai), a no-code chatbot builder where the focus is on making your bot actually look like your brand, not a generic widget. Most tools let you change the color. Aiberry gives you full UI control: fonts, themes, animated backgrounds, opening messages, quick replies. You also get a shareable URL, not just an embed. And you can paste your FAQs, menu, or product info directly into the knowledge base so the bot knows your actual business.

Three live demos you can try right now, each one took under 10 minutes to build:

Skincare support bot → https://aiberry.ai/chat/kdley7qi

Clothing support bot → https://aiberry.ai/chat/dj27k0pk

Spanish tutor → https://aiberry.ai/chat/oxwbgcal

It's completely free, curious what you think.

Hey everyone,

I’m doing some research into how UK Spotify sellers handle the financial/accounting side of their store. No products to pitch - I’m just trying to understand what’s painful before I even think about building anything.

Would love to hear from you in the comments if these sound familiar:

- Reconciling your Shopify payouts

- You’re not really sure what actual profit is at any given time

- VAT, self-assessment or Making Tax Digital feels overwhelming.

- You’re selling across multiple platforms (Etsy, Tik Tok Shop, eBay) and pulling it all together is a nightmare

- You’re just winging it with a spreadsheet and hoping for the best

Even a sentence or two about what frustrates you most would be genuinely helpful. What’s the bit you dread or put off the longest?

Shopify is down ~30% YTD.

Looks scary at first… but honestly, the more I look at it, the less it feels like a “Shopify problem” and more like a “market expectations got ahead of reality” thing.

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The business itself?
Still growing ~30%
Merchants still launching stores
Ecosystem (apps, payments, logistics, AI stuff) still expanding

Nothing really broke.

What changed is how people value it.

A couple years ago, Shopify was priced like it could do no wrong. Now investors are asking more boring (but real) questions:

• can margins improve?
• is this growth actually sustainable?
• does it still deserve that premium?

And when those expectations shift… stock drops. Simple as that.

There’s also some extra pressure on top:

• growth slowing a bit → market gets disappointed
• margins still a question
• SaaS overall not hot right now
• AI = opportunity, but also “???”

But from a builder’s POV (especially Shopify apps), it doesn’t feel like anything is dying.

Merchants still want:

• better conversion
• better tracking
• better post-purchase

If anything, it’s getting more competitive → tools matter more, not less.

So yeah… stock is down, but the surface area to build on still feels huge.

Curious how others see it, just a valuation reset, or is there something deeper I’m missing?

Are you looking for someone to work on a long-term basis, who can handle all the changes required for the website?

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sushil-m-37694b116/

Hey everyone, I’m a solo builder creating a simple Chrome extension that:
• Scans your store’s privacy policy page/footer daily
• Flags missing clauses required by CCPA, Colorado, Virginia, etc.
• Generates updated compliant text you can copy-paste

I’m looking for 5 Shopify store owners (US-focused) for a free lifetime beta in exchange for 15-min feedback call. No sales pitch — I just want to make sure it actually solves the real pain of updating policies every time a law changes.

Comment “WATCHER” + your store niche (or DM me) and I’ll send the install link + run a free policy scan for you first.