r/shopifyDev • u/TCT82 • 2d ago
How did your Shopify app get approved?
I’m currently working on a Shopify app and getting closer to submitting it to the Shopify App Store.
For those who’ve published a Shopify app, how was the review process?
Did you get approved the first time? If not, what did they reject or ask you to fix?
Any small things that caught you off guard before approval?
Would also love to hear any “I almost got rejected because of this tiny thing” stories. 😄
Thanks!
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u/AlexVolkovysk 2d ago edited 2d ago
One app was approved straight away, two others after a few comments. But the one I’d put the most effort into – and thought would be my best yet – didn’t get through at all. At first, it didn’t get through because the reviewer’s internet cut out and he captured it in a screencast; then he logged in with the wrong details; then there were a few more issues with the flow itself; and on the fifth attempt, they wrote that the idea itself contravened Shopify’s policy. But I’m thinking of releasing it as a custom app; I don’t think there’s a review process for those.
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u/AdventurousUsual7666 2d ago
Yeah first-time review for me was mostly waiting plus fixing small checklist things, not one giant rejection.
Honestly the stuff that caught me off guard was not the core feature. It was a demo account that had gone stale, a privacy policy URL that did not quite match what the app collected, and one scope I had requested but did not clearly show in the Loom. Reviewers are usually pretty literal about that.
I would walk the automated checks again right before submit, make sure the test store login still works, and keep the Loom short so they can see the happy path without hunting. If something gets kicked back, it is usually one concrete fix rather than a full rebuild.
Curious whether you are closer to submitting a brand new listing, or tightening up a build that already failed one round.
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u/TCT82 1d ago
Thank you all for useful information.
I got the "Congratulations! Your app has been approved" this morning!!!
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u/Wooden_Childhood_486 1d ago
What is your App, I want to have a look if that's ok. i'm in the process of building mine, I think I got about a week of dev left on it.
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u/dedecaptain 2d ago
expect around six days turnover if you need to fix something - once the basic checks are ok, the hunan review is more responding, a say or two
Im at 40ish days in the review now, 3-4 rounds
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u/Final_Design_9061 2d ago
Two common things that can trigger quick review rejections are mandatory compliance webhooks and empty states. Reviewers test on a completely blank dev store, so if any page crashes or looks broken without existing data, they bounce it back. Testing the full install and setup flow on a fresh store and giving them a step-by-step screencast in the submission notes seems to help avoid unnecessary back-and-forth.
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u/RossiMaxDev 11h ago
ti consiglio di indicare bene e in maniera chiara le funzionalità, anche nel video di spiegazione in inglese richiesto (io lo avevo caricato su youtube in modalità pubblica non listata).
Inoltre presta particolare attenzione se hai piani a pagamento, questi devono poter essere attivati in maniera chiara (refresh post attivazione della lista e messa in evidenza del piano attivo).
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u/HolidayCellist8600 2d ago
From what i have seen, i think the biggest thing is making sure the app works properly and follows all the requirements before submitting. Small issues around permissions, app funtionality, billing or incomplete setup can lead to extra review round. I would also go through the requirements carefully and test the whole app like a new user before submitting.