Shopify
Shopify apps, app review, billing, agencies and store setup, from someone who ships apps.
10 guides
- How to Choose a Shopify Agency Without Getting Burned
A decision guide to hiring a Shopify agency: scope first, fixed vs hourly, questions to ask, red flags, and why every agency list (including ours) is biased.
Updated Oct 2026 - Shopify App Store Listing Checklist: Assets, Copy, and Pricing
Every field in a Shopify App Store listing with its limits: icon, 1600x900 images, copy lengths, pricing rules, locked editor and visibility, as of October 2026.
Updated Oct 2026 - Why Shopify Rejects Apps: The Review Failures That Cost Weeks
The recurring reasons Shopify App Store reviews fail (billing gates, dropped query strings, mock data, blank iframes), mapped to requirement IDs and fixes.
Updated Oct 2026 - Shopify App Review Timeline: What to Expect After You Submit
What happens after you submit a Shopify app for review: the checks before, how long it can take, what statuses mean, and what to do after a rejection or pause.
Updated Oct 2026 - Klaviyo for Shopify: A Practical Setup Order
The order to set up Klaviyo on a Shopify store: integration, list sync, onsite tracking, welcome flow, sending domain, with gotchas from our own Klaviyo builds.
Updated Oct 2026 - Shopify Embedded App Check: What It Needs and How Long It Takes
What Shopify's automated embedded app checks look for, why they stay red after a reinstall, the roughly two-hour cadence, and how to get them green.
Updated Oct 2026 - Shopify Headless: When It Is Worth the Cost
Shopify headless and Hydrogen from the official docs: what you build yourself, what stays on Shopify, the real costs, who needs it, and cheaper alternatives.
Updated Oct 2026 - Shopify Managed Pricing vs the Billing API: Which to Use
Shopify App Pricing (managed pricing) or the Billing API? What each does, why the two conflict, the hosted plan page redirect, and suffixed app handles.
Updated Oct 2026 - Shopify Protected Customer Data: When You Need Approval
Which Shopify apps need Protected Customer Data approval, how to request it, why order queries fail before it, and the Level 1 and Level 2 requirements.
Updated Oct 2026 - Shopify Subscription Apps Compared: Loop, Recharge and Others
Loop, Recharge, Skio, Seal and Shopify's own Subscriptions app compared on published pricing, fees and plan limits, with a worked monthly cost example.
Updated Oct 2026









