What’s New for Partners and Developers at Shopify
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Updates to checkout extensibility
We’ve added new DatePicker and Disclosure checkout UI components. DatePicker will help you build customizations to select specific delivery dates, while the Disclosure component will help with UX patterns that progressively disclose information, like the long list of line items in a bundle.
Additionally, checkout branding now supports custom fonts. Checkout, accounts, and UI extensions inherit these fonts making experiences consistent across surfaces.
Together these capabilities will help merchants upgrade to checkout extensibility.
Build apps powered by Shopify Functions
Checkout validation and product bundle apps powered by Functions will soon be generally available to merchants, which means now’s the time to start building these tools if you want to capitalize on the new opportunities presented by Functions.
Get started building an app that ensures purchases meet a specific criteria before completing a checkout, or an app that groups products together as a bundle. Or, learn more about Shopify Functions below.
Changes to support requests for app charge refunds
As of May 3, 2023, merchants will be required to contact partners directly if they want to request a refund for an app. Shopify Support will no longer reach out to partners on behalf of the merchant to facilitate their request.
This change will streamline the refund process, as refunds are at the partners’ discretion and partners have the ability to issue most refunds themselves. The exception is still reversals to pending charges. In these cases, we highly encourage partners to issue application credits, which Shopify Support can then apply to the invoice.
Please contact Partner Support with any questions about this change.
Deep linking for theme app blocks now available
We’re making it easier for merchants to install apps in context. App developers can now generate a deep link that takes merchants to the theme editor, where a desired app block will be added automatically for the merchant to preview and adjust prior to saving.
Deep linking simplifies your app's installation flow, because merchants won't need to navigate to the theme editor, find the block, and then act on it. Instead, your app does the work for them. Because merchants can preview the block, you're providing them with control over what they include in their storefront.
Partner email verification
To keep the Shopify App Store safe and secure and to better serve our partner community, we will begin enforcing partner email verification.
Your contact information allows us to share important information and updates related to your business. It also enables us to make sure that every account is created by a real person with real contact details, which helps us keep the app store safe for all users.
Account owners, please use the banner in the partner dashboard to verify your email as soon as possible to avoid restrictions to your dashboard access.
Shopify Foundations Certification: Introduction to POS and Retail
Shopify’s Point of Sale gives merchants access to everything they need to sell in person, backed by everything they need to sell online. Level up your skills and be one of the first developers to get certified in the features, benefits, and positioning for Shopify’s POS system.
Take this course as part of Shopify's Foundations Certification series, designed to empower partners who support merchants.
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