Quote:Changes that apply to all partners (effective March 13, 2019):

   We will now restrict partners from soliciting merchants to leave the Shopify platform. In exchange for being a member of our partner ecosystem and having access to countless merchants, we require that our partners do not actively encourage our merchants to leave the Shopify platform.
   Development stores can only be used to process test orders. They are not meant to bypass the need for a paid Shopify plan.

Changes that apply to developers (effective May 12, 2019):

   All data relating to a merchant’s customers that a partner collects on behalf of the merchant (excluding any sensitive personal information) must be sent back to Shopify.
   All checkout and payment processing must go through Shopify checkout. Partners cannot bypass Shopify checkout unless authorized by Shopify in writing.
   Developers cannot create multiple applications that offer substantially the same services.

(Jan 23, 2020 10:38 AM)AlphaTurtle Wrote:  I know this is an old post

But

Can you actually bypass the checkout and get legit orders before actually having to pay for the subscription?

(Jan 23, 2020 10:42 AM)Burnham Wrote:  You can edit the product template and put a direct paypal button or a rocketr link or some other 3rd party site that can collect billing and shipping address and deliver digital goods.

(Jan 23, 2020 10:43 AM)AlphaTurtle Wrote:  So customers can't actually use the checkout as it's meant to be used?

(Jan 25, 2020 03:56 AM)Winds Wrote:  http://prntscr.com/qsnwwy
Looks like nothing has changed according to Shopify

(Jan 25, 2020 02:05 PM)passCODE Wrote:  All of my clients start with development stores and they have been able to accept payments like before, so looks like nothing changed.