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:

• Shopify App Store
• Marketing your Shop Mini
• Enablement and support resources

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 videos, shoppable posts, 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 to enable entry points for existing eligible merchants and automate the creation of entry points for new merchant users of their app
  • This step is a requirement for your Shop Mini to be made available to Shop app users. Entry points will not be live for Shop app users until the Shop team confirms their approval

Step 3: Partner submits their Shop Mini for review

• After existing merchant entry points 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