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About the Shopify App Store

With targeted recommendations and relevant categories, the Shopify App Store is the best place for Shopify merchants to find apps that they can use to build their business. As an app developer, you can create apps for the Shopify App Store to reach millions of entrepreneurs around the world, and use Shopify's Billing API to create pricing models that let you grow your own app development business.

Anchor to Getting your app approvedGetting your app approved

When you’re ready to distribute your app on the Shopify App Store, you need to submit it to Shopify’s App Approval team and make sure it meets all requirements.

Anchor to Charging for your appCharging for your app

Shopify’s Billing API lets you charge merchants a one-time fee for your public app, or you can charge them for an ongoing subscription.

Apply for our reduced revenue share plan to pay only 15% revenue share on all app revenue, reduced from 20%. Eligible developers pay 0% revenue share on the first $1,000,000 USD earned.

For the first $1,000,000 USD you make each year, you pay 0% revenue share you pay 15% revenue share until the end of the year, when your revenue share resets to 0% again.

Anchor to Marketing and supporting your appMarketing and supporting your app

After your app is listed on the Shopify App Store, you can market and support your app to make it more successful. Successful developers market their app both through Shopify and externally, offer great customer service to merchants, and manage their app reviews.

Get advice on being successful in the Shopify App Store.

Anchor to Improving quality and getting promotedImproving quality and getting promoted

Merchants want apps that are easy to use, safe, and performant, and that solve their problems. To help merchants to find apps that meet their needs, Shopify adds indicators of quality to apps, and promotes high quality apps on various surfaces, including the Shopify App Store. Apps that meet all of our criteria are given Built for Shopify status, our highest level of recognition and achievement.

To learn about our quality standards, and how you can earn achievements that grant you quality indicators and promotion opportunities, refer to Built for Shopify.

Anchor to Shopify App Store adsShopify App Store ads

As an app developer, you can create search ads to help merchants discover your apps in the Shopify App Store. Ads are shown to merchants on the search results page above the organic search results.

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