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Build an Ecommerce Store With the Whop API and CLI
Create a product and priced variant with the Whop CLI, connect Whop checkout to a storefront, and plan shipping, payment verification, and launch checks.
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ARTICLES
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Build a Custom Shopify App for Your Own Store
Create a custom Shopify app in your admin, get a scoped Admin API token, and automate order tagging, inventory sync, and exports without public apps.
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Build a Shopify App With Claude Code (2026 Guide)
Build a Shopify app with Claude Code: scaffold the Remix template, wire the Dev MCP server, then ship an admin block and webhook handler in an afternoon.
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Shopify App Billing API: Subscriptions and Usage (2026)
Implement Shopify app billing with GraphQL: appSubscriptionCreate, usage records, free trials, test charges, and proration, with working mutations.
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Shopify App Security Checklist for Developers (2026)
A Shopify app security checklist covering HMAC verification, session tokens, protected customer data, GDPR webhooks, and what app review rejects.
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Shopify App Tech Stack 2026: Framework, Hosting, DB
Choosing a Shopify app tech stack in 2026: Remix vs Next.js vs Rails, hosting on Fly.io, Render, or Vercel, database options, and honest picks by scenario.
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Testing Shopify Apps: Dev Stores, Test Charges, CI
How to test Shopify apps end to end: development stores, billing test charges, CLI webhook triggers, Playwright in the embedded admin, and CI pipelines.
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Shopify Checkout UI Extensions: Build One (Tutorial)
Step-by-step Shopify checkout UI extensions tutorial: scaffold with the CLI, build a trust banner in Preact, add merchant settings, and deploy.
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Shopify Dev MCP Server: AI-Assisted App Development
The Shopify Dev MCP server grounds Claude Code and Cursor in live GraphQL schema and docs. Setup, the tools it exposes, a real session, and its limits.
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Shopify Discount Function Tutorial: Custom Logic (2026)
Build a Shopify discount function in JavaScript: scaffold with the CLI, write tiered volume discount logic, test locally, and activate it via GraphQL.
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Polaris and App Bridge: Shopify Embedded App UI (2026)
Polaris and App Bridge power Shopify embedded app UI. See the 2026 web components setup, session tokens, modals, pickers, and BFS design rules.
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Shopify Remix App Template: Complete Guide (2026)
Anatomy of the Shopify Remix app template: shopify.app.toml, session token auth, Prisma session storage, webhooks, and fixes for the common gotchas.
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Theme App Extensions: How Shopify Apps Inject Into Themes
Theme app extensions let Shopify apps add blocks and embeds to themes without editing code. Learn the structure, schema, and performance rules.
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Shopify Webhooks: Reliability Guide for App Developers
Shopify webhooks are at-least-once, unordered, and removed after repeated failures. Build HMAC checks, dedupe, and reconciliation that survive it.
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Build a Headless Shopify Catalog Browser in Next.js
Build a browsable headless catalog on the Shopify Storefront API: fetch products and collections, render a grid, add search, and wire a variant picker.
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Build a Shopify Feed-Readiness Checker
Build a script that pulls your Shopify catalog and scores every product on ad and AI feed readiness: titles, GTIN, images, and structured data.
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Bulk-Write Large Catalogs to Shopify Without Throttling
Write thousands of Shopify products at once with bulkOperationRunMutation: the staged JSONL upload flow, throttle-safe throughput, and cost monitoring.
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Shopify Catalog API for B2B and Markets Pricing
Use Shopify's Catalog, PriceList, and Publication objects to control which products and prices publish to each B2B company location or Market region.
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Shopify GraphQL Rate Limits & Error Handling Reference
A copy-paste reference for Shopify Admin GraphQL API rate limits and errors: the cost-based bucket, throttleStatus, error codes, and backoff patterns.
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Sync a Shopify Feed in Real Time with Webhooks
React to Shopify catalog changes as they happen: subscribe to product and inventory webhooks, verify the HMAC, stay idempotent, and keep a feed in sync.
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Add Metafields & Metaobjects to Shopify via the API
Write richer, AI-readable product data with Shopify's Admin API: typed metafield definitions, metafieldsSet, metaobjects, and better feed quality.
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Fetch Your Entire Shopify Catalog with GraphQL
Pull every product and variant from Shopify at scale: cursor pagination vs the Bulk Operations API, rate-limit math, JSONL parsing, and retry-safe code.
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Manage Shopify Product Publications Across Sales Channels
Control where a product appears with publishablePublish and publishableUnpublish: list current publications, target the Online Store, and fix feed gaps.
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The Shopify Product Data Model: A Field Reference
A field-level reference for Shopify's product data model — Product, ProductVariant, options, media, inventory, and metafields — with relationships.
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Generate Channel Feeds with Shopify ProductFeed API
Build channel product feeds with Shopify's ProductFeed API: productFeedCreate, productFullSync, incremental sync, and the bridge to ad channels.
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Sync Your Shopify Catalog at Scale with productSet
Use Shopify's productSet mutation to declaratively upsert products, variants, options, and media at scale, with async polling and userErrors handling.
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Read the Shopify Catalog with the Storefront API
Read products, collections, variants, and market-specific prices from the Shopify Storefront API for headless and custom front ends.
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Shopify Admin API vs Storefront API (2026)
Shopify Admin API vs Storefront API for product catalog data: when to use each, how auth and rate limits differ, and GraphQL examples for both.
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Build an AI-Ready Shopify Product Feed (2026)
A developer tutorial for building an AI-ready Shopify product feed so AI shopping agents can find, understand, and recommend your products with accurate.
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Sync Shopify Catalog to Google Merchant Center
Developer tutorial to sync a Shopify catalog to Google Merchant Center: pull products via GraphQL, map attributes, push with the Content API, stay fresh.
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Shopify Catalog GraphQL Query Cookbook (2026)
Copy-paste Shopify Admin GraphQL queries & mutations for the product catalog: reads, productSet writes, bulk exports, product feeds, price lists, and.
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Sync Shopify Catalog to Meta Product Catalog
A developer tutorial to sync your Shopify product catalog to a Meta product catalog for Advantage+ catalog ads, with Admin GraphQL and items_batch code.
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Shopify GraphQL vs REST API (2026)
Shopify GraphQL vs REST API compared for catalog work: data fetching, rate limits, versioning, and why GraphQL is the path forward for new builds.
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Shopify Product Catalog API Guide (2026)
How to read, write, and sync your Shopify product catalog with the Admin GraphQL API, productSet, the Product Feed API, and Catalog API — with copy-paste.
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Shopify Product Feed API vs CSV Feeds (2026)
Shopify Product Feed API vs manual CSV/XML feeds: which gets catalog data into Google Shopping, Meta, and AI channels reliably?
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productSet vs productCreate in Shopify (2026)
productSet vs productCreate in Shopify's GraphQL Admin API: when to use declarative bulk upsert vs imperative create/update, with copy-paste mutation.
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15 Things to Build With Shopify's Catalog API
15 concrete app and tool ideas for the Shopify product catalog API — feed syncs, AI shopping feeds, B2B price lists, audits, and more for developers.
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