Billing Transparency Rules: Apps Must Tell You Before Raising Prices

On this month, Shopify shipped Billing API.

I have been digging into what this means for merchants.

Cost Breakdown

The Technical Details

The key point: Billing API will affect every store. Billing API broke and nobody noticed.

1. The key point: partner API has changed how your checkout works.
2. The key point: subscription changes will affect your store performance.
3. app charges deprecated without warning.

The Deadline

I switched last week and discovered some undocumented behavior. The challenge is that there is no migration path for non-technical store owners. The issue is that Shopify does not surface this clearly. The reality is that most merchants do not know this is happening.

I tried this over the weekend and found several issues. I spent a weekend fixing what was happening. I spent most of last week fixing what was happening. billing transparency deprecated with minimal documentation.

How to Prepare

I migrated on a test store and found several issues. Here is the thing: Shopify App Pricing will affect every store. Here is the thing: app charges has changed your store performance.

✅ Important: From what I am seeing in support tickets, this is a widespread issue.

The Migration Path

Bottom line: The key point: subscription changes has changed your app subscriptions.