Shopify is one of the most popular ecommerce platforms out there, and for good reason. It’s user-friendly, reliable, and comes with a whole host of features that can help you run a successful online store.
One thing that sets Shopify apart from other ecommerce platforms is that you can turn your Shopify store into an app. This is a great way to reach a wider audience and make it easier for customers to purchase your products. In this article, we’ll show you how to turn your Shopify store into an app.
The first step is to create a new app in your Shopify account. To do this, go to the “Apps” section of your Shopify admin and click on the “Create App” button.
Next, you’ll need to enter a name for your app and select a few settings. For the purposes of this tutorial, we’ll be selecting the “Public app” option under App Type.
Once you’ve created your app, you’ll be given a set of API keys which you’ll need in order to communicate with Shopify’s API. Make sure to keep these safe as they allow anyone who has them to access your Shopify data.
Now that you have your API keys, you can start working on your app. The first thing you’ll need to do is create a landing page for your app. This is the page that customers will be taken to when they click on your app in the Shopify App Store.
Your landing page should give customers an idea of what your app does and why they should install it. It should also include a link to your app’s install page.
Once you’ve created your landing page, the next step is to add features to your app. This is where you’ll need to use Shopify’s API. There are a whole range of different things you can do with the API, but for this tutorial we’ll just be adding a simple “Buy Now” button to our app.
To do this, we first need to create a new script tag in our shop’s theme.liquid file. This script tag will include the JavaScript code that adds the “Buy Now” button to our app.
Once we’ve added the script tag, we can now write our code which will add the button to our app. We’ll start by creating a new JavaScript file and including it in our script tag:
Now that we have our JavaScript file included, we can start writing our code:
var productId = {{ product.id }};
$('body').append('');
$('.buy-now').click(function() {
window.location = '/cart/add?id=' + productId;});
This code will get the ID of the current product from Shopify and append a “Buy Now” button after the product name on our shop’s product pages. When clicked, this button will add the product to the customer’s cart and redirect them to the checkout page.
Now that we have our button working, we just need to add some styling so that it looks nicer on our pages. We’ll do this by adding some CSS code to our stylesheet:
.buy-now {background-color: #ff0000;color: #fff;padding: 10px;border-radius: 5px;text-decoration: none;}
.buy-now:hover {background-color: #cc0000;}
This CSS code will style our button so that it stands out on our pages and looks like a proper call-to-action button.
And that’s it! You’ve now successfully turned your Shopify store into an app.
Can You Turn Your Shopify Store Into an App?
Yes! With just a few steps and some simple code, you can turn your Shopify store into an app.
