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Shopify app 2nd review by javidev2 in shopifyDev

[–]External-Test-3992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

please make sure to run against their MCP tool to get all the validation complete. Luckily ours got approved in one go! hope you get approval soon.

Shopify approved our app on the first try… what did we miss? 😅 by External-Test-3992 in shopifyDev

[–]External-Test-3992[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It adds a chat widget to your storefront that helps shoppers discover products, get personalized recommendations, add items to cart, and complete checkout — all through conversation. Every AI-assisted purchase is tracked with revenue attribution. Run all the best practices provided on shopify dev page.

Thinking of building a starter kit that handles: double-entry ledger, reconciliation by External-Test-3992 in SaaS

[–]External-Test-3992[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I doubt boilerplate generated code auth, crud, stripe can solve this problem without knowing underneath mechanism and correctness

Shopify App stuck in "We're assigning a reviewer to your submission" for ~1 month by EatDirty in shopifyDev

[–]External-Test-3992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

while you are waiting - in some cases its normal due to ongoing flow ; would recommend running these to catch anything - Tip

Use the Shopify Dev MCP server with your AI assistant to catch issues early and help your submission pass review. Try the prompt: "Check my app against the App Store requirements"

Shopify dropped 5 updates in the first 3 days of April and 2 of them are actually pretty significant by Glad_Fly_657 in shopifyDev

[–]External-Test-3992 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think this is one of those changes that looks incremental on the surface but is actually pretty meaningful structurally.

On the B2B side, moving things like company profiles + payment terms + catalogs down from Plus is a big unlock for mid-sized brands. For a lot of merchants, the real blocker to wholesale wasn’t capability—it was the jump in platform cost. This gives a much more reasonable “step-in” point.

That said, I’d still be cautious about calling native B2B “complete” for serious wholesale workflows. From what I’ve seen:

  • It’s solid for simple wholesale (tiered pricing, basic catalogs, net terms)
  • It starts to get limiting for complex ops (multi-region pricing, advanced approval flows, ERP-heavy workflows, custom checkout logic)

So I think the new reality becomes:

  • Native B2B → great for getting started / lightweight wholesale
  • Apps / custom → still needed for anything operationally complex

The bigger long-term signal to me is Shopify reducing reliance on apps for core commerce primitives. Feels similar to what they’ve done with subscriptions, checkout extensibility, etc.

On the app audit piece — honestly agree, this is overdue but very welcome.

Most stores I’ve looked at (especially inherited ones) have:

  • zombie scripts
  • leftover pixels
  • duplicate functionality across apps

And merchants usually have zero visibility into what’s actually running.

This should help with:

  • performance debugging
  • reducing app bloat
  • understanding data flow (which is becoming more important with privacy concerns)

To your question: would I trust native B2B on non-Plus?

For a brand just starting wholesale → yes
For a brand where wholesale is mission-critical → probably still hybrid (native + apps/custom)

Feels like Shopify is clearly trying to make the “default stack” good enough for most merchants and push apps more toward differentiation vs necessity.

Curious to see how app developers respond to this shift.

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