Getting started
Shopify makes it easy for businesses to sell their products anywhere. Now, the Sales Channel SDK allows Shopify Partners to add commerce to any mobile app, marketplace, or website. Connect your users to millions of products right where they are. Shopify handles the hard parts — like payments, shipping, taxes, inventory, analytics, and much more.
As a Shopify Partner building a sales channel, you have the opportunity to deliver an exceptional commerce experience to your users and a seamless setup experience to Shopify merchants. Here at Shopify, we will hold you to that standard.
Shopify designs by four principles to enable merchant success. Keep these in mind as you design and build your sales channel.
Clarity, simplicity, approachability
Find simple solutions to problems. Make common actions quick and easy to achieve. Make everything else possible. Remove unnecessary steps, but don’t be too brief.
Cohesiveness
Different users experience Shopify differently. Design for a cohesive experience by using consistent language and patterns. Always refer to actions or pages with the same terms. Use existing UI patterns rather than creating new ones wherever possible.
Put the merchant first
Different users experience Shopify differently. Design for a cohesive experience by using consistent language and patterns. Always refer to actions or pages with the same terms.
Aesthetics support the experience
Design for a purpose. Design should let the user focus on the task they want to perform. Don’t feel like you have to follow the latest fads.
Assets
Include these assets in your app to build out the modules described in this guide.