Shopify not only allows merchants set up their stores, sell products online and manage order deliveries, but also enables them create custom apps with the help of Shopify Custom App Development. It is a solution aimed at helping small and medium business owners design an application with the right settings without any prior knowledge of coding.
It is easy to use and affordable. One can build the required app within hours, a process which otherwise takes weeks or months. The custom app development solution allows merchant grow their online presence without much of expense. The custom apps can be used to increase sales, improve user experience and attract new customers to the online store.
“A custom app is an app that you or a developer builds exclusively for your Shopify store (unlike a public app, which is built to be used by many stores). You can use custom apps to add features to your Shopify admin, access your store’s data directly using Shopify’s APIs, or extend your online store to other platforms using the Storefront API,” explains Shopify on help.shopify.com.
Enable Custom App Development
It’s easy to enable custom app development using the Shopify admin. It is an essential step before you create a custom app for your online store. Here are easy steps to enable custom app development:
Step 1: Go to Shopify admin, click on Settings and proceed to the Apps and sales channels.
Step 2: Now, click on the Develop apps option.
Step 3: Click on Allow custom app development after reading the warning and information carefully.
Once enabled the settings, you can easily create and install a custom app. Just set the API scopes to make sure who can access your custom app. The app works on access tokens for your store information using Shopify’s APIs.
Create And Install Custom App
Step 1: Go to your Shopify admin and click on Settings.
Step 2: Proceed to Apps and sales channels.
Step 3: Click on Develop apps and then select Create a custom app option.
Step 4: You will now see a modal window, where you can enter the App name along with App developer details. Here, the app developer will be the store owner or any person associated with your online store.
Step 5: Click on Create app, select API scopes and then save the settings.
Step 6: Click on Install app and then provide Token, which you will receive in the Admin API access token section.
Once installed, you are good to go! There are further steps to configure your custom app mentioned on help.shopify.com/en/manual/apps/custom-apps. The Shopify Help center provides 24/7 support to its Plus merchants.
