Early Access Program
As part of our Early Access Program, accepted partners can expect to go through the below build and review process before their Shop Mini can be made available to Shop app users.
For guidelines to ensure a successful Shop Minis launch, please refer to our best practices on:
Overview of the Early Access Program
Step 1: Early Access Program acceptance
- Partner will apply to participate in Early Access Program
- If accepted, partner will sign an agreement to build a Shop Mini in compliance with Shopify app requirements and Shop Minis best practices
- Partner will receive an API key to begin Mini build
Step 2: Partner designs and builds their Shop Mini
- Partner will design, build, and test their Shop Mini. Depending on the use case, partners can leverage templates for Shoppable Posts and Shoppable Videos, or start from scratch
- Partner can use the Shop Minis Admin API to get a list of their Shop app-eligible merchants
- Partner will use the Shop Minis Admin API enable their Shop Mini for new and existing eligible merchants.
- This step is a requirement for your Shop Mini to be made available to Shop app users. Your Shop Mini will not be live for Shop app users until the Shop team provides approval confirmation
Step 3: Partner submits their Shop Mini for review
- After existing merchants have been enabled in the above step, the partner will submit their Shop Mini build to the Shop team for review
- Your Shop Mini will not be live for end users until the Shop team confirms their approval
Step 4: Partner reviews best practices on launching their Shop Mini
- The partner will review best practices for their Shopify App Store listing, marketing their Shop Mini, and providing enablement and support resources for their customers
- The partner can check their submission status or cancel it
Step 5: Shop team confirms their approval and enables Shop Mini for all users 🎉
- The Shop team will approve and enable the partner’s Shop Mini to be displayed on the Shop app
- The partner’s Shop Mini is now available to merchants to configure in the partner’s app in the merchant admin, and is available to Shop app users
- The partner executes marketing activities to communicate the launch of the Shop Mini