Editor's Note
Built for Shopify has quietly become a sorting layer inside the App Store and Shopify Sidekick. Apps with the badge get more visibility, more trust, and more installs. This week’s issue is a detailed playbook you can treat as your internal standard before you hit “Apply” for the badge.
How to Get Built for Shopify: Game Plan and Why It Matters
Hello Founders,
If your app doesn’t have the Built for Shopify badge yet, you’re already competing at a handicap.
To help with that, I’ve put together a Built for Shopify Playbook & Checklist you can treat as your internal standard before you hit “Apply”.
Inside the playbook:
Full Built for Shopify requirements checklist
Performance & technical benchmarks
Embedded app UX guidelines
Privacy & protected customer data basics
Application, review, and re-review process
30-day “Get BFS-ready” sprint outline
Coming Next Week (Issue 4):
We’ll shift to review strategies:
“How to consistently get more (and better) reviews for your app—without being spammy.”
Are you solving meaningful problems for merchants?
The SaaS Hub is curating the top 10 apps in each category. If you’d like us to consider your app, you can submit it for our vetting and curation process here.
Coming Soon: Shopify App Founder’s Edition Podcast
We’re soon launching the Shopify App Founder’s Edition Podcast, and we’d love to have you on to chat about the ecosystem, challenges, lessons, and your app story.
This is a featured section and we have limited slots.
👉 You can apply here to get featured.
Till next time,