Shopify app development
Custom and public Shopify apps built on the Admin API
What is Shopify app development?
Shopify app development is software that uses Shopify’s Admin API, including GraphQL, to add a feature or a connection the theme cannot provide. Squadkin Technologies Pvt. Ltd., in Ahmedabad, builds two kinds.
A custom app is installed on one merchant’s store. It can include an admin screen, a storefront extension, or a sync that store owns. The current one-store option is a custom app.
A public app is built for many merchants. When it is listed, it goes through Shopify App Store review. Apps Squadkin publishes are the catalog at Shopify Apps. The catalog is not a custom-app quote.
Published apps with their own pages: SK Form Builder, SK WhatsApp Chat, product FAQs, request a quote and hide price, Squadexa AI, and Shopify Checkout Customizer. Store projects such as Popsockets sit on Shopify development.
Who it is for: a merchant whose workflow is not covered by an app already available, including the apps listed above.
Storefront theme work is a different service: Shopify theme development.
What the work includes
Each item is included only when it is written into that app’s scope.
Custom apps
One store. The scope names the admin task, the storefront extension, or the outside system the app must reach.
Public apps
The apps linked above. Start here only if none of them already does the job. Otherwise use the Shopify Apps catalog.
Admin API and GraphQL
The app calls Shopify’s Admin API. GraphQL is how those queries are written. The app receives only the permissions in its access scope.
Automation and upkeep
If the scoped job is a repeatable action, such as creating or updating a record, the app can run that action. Later changes are scoped when Shopify changes an API the app uses, or when the merchant’s workflow changes.
How an app project runs
The timeline is set after the workflow is written down.
Define the job
Write the merchant action the app must perform, and whether an existing App Store app already does it.
Choose public or custom
Use a Squadkin app or another public app when it fits. Build a custom app when the workflow is specific to one store.
Build and install
Implement the app, install it on a development store, and review it with the merchant.
Hand off
Document how the app is updated. A public app also goes through Shopify App Store review before it is listed.
Good to know
What is Shopify app development?
It is an app that uses Shopify’s Admin API to add a feature or an integration. Squadkin builds a custom app for one merchant, and also publishes apps other merchants can install.
When does a business need a custom Shopify app?
When no public app matches the workflow, or when the merchant needs to own the integration. If a public app already does the job, Squadkin will say so.
What is the difference between Shopify App Development and Shopify Apps?
Shopify App Development is this service. Shopify Apps is the catalog of apps Squadkin has published.
Which Squadkin apps can I look at?
SK Form Builder, SK WhatsApp Chat, product FAQs, request a quote and hide price, Squadexa AI, and Shopify Checkout Customizer. All of them are linked from Shopify Apps.
What do you deliver with Shopify app development?
Custom and public Shopify apps built on the Admin API. It is part of our eCommerce work, and every project gets a written plan and a fixed scope before any build starts.
How does a Shopify app development project work?
We start by learning about your business and goals, then send a clear plan and a fixed scope. We design and build in stages with your feedback, test on real devices, launch, and stay on hand for updates and help.
Which technologies do you use for Shopify app development?
We usually work with Shopify, and pick the stack that fits your product, team and budget.
Can you also help with other eCommerce services?
Yes. Alongside Shopify app development we offer Shopify & Shopify Plus, Shopify Plus development, Shopify theme development, Magento / Adobe Commerce, WooCommerce & BigCommerce, Headless commerce, Store migration and Store optimisation, so one team can cover the whole project.
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