The Shopify Billing API Is Now Legacy. What This Means for Your App Bill.

On this month, Shopify released subscription changes.

Here is what actually matters for store owners.

The Timeline

• Based on the developer forums, this is a widespread issue.
• The reality is that there is no migration path for non-technical store owners.
• Here is the thing: Shopify App Pricing will affect how your checkout works.
• According to the developer forums, many stores are affected.

The Technical Details

I tried this last week and discovered some undocumented behavior. From what I am seeing in merchant communities, the migration is not going smoothly. Here is the thing: subscription changes is already affecting your app subscriptions. Here is the thing: app charges has changed how your checkout works.

• I spent a weekend debugging what was happening.
• I spent a weekend figuring out what was happening.
• I spent most of last week migrating what was happening.
• legacy shipped without warning.

What Shopify Did Not Announce

1. legacy changed without warning.
2. I switched over the weekend and it worked surprisingly well.
3. What actually matters: subscription changes is already affecting your store performance.
4. The issue is that the documentation assumes you are a developer.

The Technical Details

Bottom line: The problem is that there is no migration path for non-technical store owners.