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Shopify App Architecture Pre Build Checklist
For apps submitted to the Shopify App Store. Four requirements are published in advance, and each forces a decision that is cheaper before the feature work than after it.
What Is In The Shopify App Architecture Pre Build Checklist
- The three mandatory compliance webhooks, with their handling requirements.
- The data model question behind them, which is where the cost sits.
- OAuth ordering, including the reinstall clause that catches builds.
- Billing self service, and where plan state has to live for it to work.
- The 10 point Lighthouse limit, and how to measure against it.
- What review asks for, including third party test credentials.
- A sequence, so none of it lands at the end.
Why The Webhooks Come First
They are the one requirement with a consequence stated in Shopify's own words: if you do not provide URLs for the mandatory compliance webhooks, or your app does not respond as required, the app will be rejected until the problem is fixed. Everything they imply about your schema is cheaper to answer before the schema exists.
The full reasoning is in the article this accompanies: What To Settle Before You Build A Shopify App.
Prefer A Second Opinion On Your App Plan?
The Shopify store audit is free. The form asks for your store URL and a note on what is eating the time, and an app you are about to commission is a reasonable thing to put in that box.
Request The Free Shopify Store Audit