Building Integrated and Flexible Sales Channel Apps

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Shopify exposes a Channels SDK that developers use with an embedded app SDK, a Resource Feedback API, a Product Listings/Storefront GraphQL API and a Checkout API to publish products to networks like Facebook Pinterest and Messenger; published sales flow back into the merchant’s Shopify admin as orders for their existing gateways. The platform reaches ~400,000 merchants, supports Apple Pay and Stripe vaulting for payments, provides product-level required fields and webhooks, and shows publishing errors so channels largely work without custom product or order management.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:49Why did we build sales channel apps
3. 1:30Why should you care about sales channel apps
4. 2:35Merchants life cycle
5. 4:01Available channels
6. 5:12Facebook example
7. 7:06Facebook native checkout
8. 7:29Messenger
9. 7:54Messenger Overview
10. 8:18Customer Experience
11. 8:48Messenger Notifications
12. 9:28Successful Channels Take Less Time to Set Up
13. 9:50Successful Channels Use Our UI Pattern
14. 10:11Successful Channels Provide Help on How to Optimize
15. 10:37Channels SDK
16. 11:02Channel Life Cycle
17. 12:17Embedded vs Non Embedded
18. 13:13Resource Feedback API
19. 13:45App Configuration
20. 14:03Publishing Products
21. 14:16Publishing Products API
22. 15:42Product Level Feedback
23. 16:32Required Fields
24. 17:24Checkout API
25. 18:56Resources
26. 19:43Live QA
27. 20:54Checkout API Integration
28. 21:26Audience Question
29. 25:22Amazon Checkout API
30. 25:42Channel SDK
31. 26:07Publish Date
32. 27:20Order Confirmation
33. 28:14Price Rules API
34. 29:40Transaction Limits API
35. 31:26Product Display Scope
36. 33:09Product Image Route
37. 34:11Image Requirements
38. 35:17Conclusion

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