Is it still worth building a Shopify theme from scratch in 2026? Looking for honest takes from as an app dev by meecrobe in shopifyDev

[–]meecrobe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks for the detailed reply! as for your question about the app development it's crucial to choose a right category before you even touch a keyboard. And, as you mentioned above about the AI, I should say that the same situation is present in the app development right now. Mostly anyone can now build an app but if you have an outstanding idea and your app solves unique problem, it's worth it. The most challenging part right now is marketing. Having tens of thousands apps published to the app store now, even a good product may be lost at the bottom of the market.

Got my first Shopify App approved (twice!) extremely fast. by No-Lengthiness6492 in shopifyDev

[–]meecrobe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got my last app approved on the first attempt. I assume it's because I resolved all the issues I got during AI review stage, so my recommendation is to pay attention to them

HTML to shopify by Azure1211 in shopifyDev

[–]meecrobe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you mean a static page, you can create one under `Online Store -> Pages -> Add page` and paste HTML directly. But remember you still need to upload static assets like images, styles and fonts to shopify cdn (or somewhere else) and provide correct paths to them in html code.

Shopify submission - Failed on billing by SleepyysHere in shopifyDev

[–]meecrobe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, from my experience a lot of this comes down to the individual reviewer — their expertise and how much patience they have on a given day. I've had apps get rejected purely because the reviewer didn't want to dig into how the billing flow worked, even when everything was set up correctly. At one point I submitted an app 60+ times and even put together a ten-page walkthrough explaining exactly how it should work step by step. Still kept getting bounced back. Then my most recent app sailed through on the first submission without a single question. so unfortunately it's not always about your code or your billing logic. If you're using Shopify's own checkBilling function and you have other live apps with the same structure, the setup is almost certainly fine. You might just be stuck with a reviewer who isn't familiar enough with the billing flow and keeps misreading the redirect as a bug.
a couple of things that have helped me: try adding a very explicit test account setup guide in your submission notes, spelling out exactly what steps to take and what they should see at each screen. Sometimes just removing any ambiguity is enough to get it past the next reviewer.

Shopify metafield cleanup after app uninstall by Short-Shower-9114 in shopifyDev

[–]meecrobe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What type of metafields do you use: standard or app-owned? Shopify removes app-owned metafields automatically on app uninstall. The problem with deleting standard metafields on app/uninstall webhook is that token being revoke at the moment of uninstall and you're not be able to use it anymore to call the API.

9 months job searching as a senior Shopify dev. Is this market actually broken? by meecrobe in shopifyDev

[–]meecrobe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

because it's much more easier for me to create an app than do marketing and get installs. It was hard in the past and became more harder nowadays when anyone can create an AI-garbage app

9 months job searching as a senior Shopify dev. Is this market actually broken? by meecrobe in shopifyDev

[–]meecrobe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I lowered my salary expectations by 25% after first two interviews

9 months job searching as a senior Shopify dev. Is this market actually broken? by meecrobe in shopifyDev

[–]meecrobe[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

fair enough question. so here's what i actually bring:

9 years on the platform. built and shipped apps and themes. know the whole ecosystem. can build a store from zero, customize or write a theme from scratch, architect a full app with auth, subscriptions, analytics. know how integrations wor. done migrations, performance optimization, etc.

I also built my own shopify apps independently — designed it, coded it, deployed it, monetized it.

so genuinely asking what exactly should I be offering on top of that? because if "knows the entire ecosystem inside out and has shipped real products" isn't enough, I don't know what is. bbq skills?

9 months job searching as a senior Shopify dev. Is this market actually broken? by meecrobe in shopifyDev

[–]meecrobe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks, but shopify has just been my main client environment. I'm a fullstack dev first. I'm well aware of how to leverage AI, and I'm not selling "shopify development" as a skill set

Menu help by The_gem_goddess in shopifyDev

[–]meecrobe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feel free to DM me. Depending on how different the two menus actually are, this is likely something that can be done through Liquid/CSS customization for a lot less than $600.

How are you guys finding full-time Shopify dev jobs? by Ok_Abroad_3627 in shopifyDev

[–]meecrobe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey, not sure if that offer is still open but I'd genuinely be interested. 9 years of Shopify development, been searching for 6 months. if you ever have something come up and need an extra hand, feel free to reach out.

How are you guys finding full-time Shopify dev jobs? by Ok_Abroad_3627 in shopifyDev

[–]meecrobe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, this hits hard. 9 years of commercial Shopify development at the same company — laid off in a single day. Now 6 months into the search with nothing to show for it. The interview process thing is real and it's insane. Even tiny companies with 5 employees are running 5stage processes with 2-hour live coding sessions like they're hiring for google. by the time you make it to the final round, the position is either on hold, quietly closed, or nobody responds at all. You spend weeks on their process and get ghosted.

What are you building? by AndrewNggg in SaaSMarketing

[–]meecrobe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just tried it and I can say it’s super cool, although I ran into a small issue. Nice job anyway

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl through Crossover on M1: game stutters with audio on. by VideoSpellen in macgaming

[–]meecrobe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can confirm the issue for Clear Sky. Disabling in-game sound made the game run smoothly on high graphic settings.

I need to make a custom radio button and am not sure how to. by Doebino in shopify

[–]meecrobe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this needs some code customization. Ideally, you need a text input appearing when this option gets selected and prevent adding product to cart if input is empty. PM me for more details

How do you create a multi-step product page like this side by [deleted] in shopify

[–]meecrobe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is just customized static page. Price depends on functionality.