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Shopify App Development

Building Your Next Big Idea: Shopify App Development

Shopify App development refers to the process of creating custom applications that integrate with the Shopify platform. Shopify is a popular e-commerce platform that provides an easy-to-use interface for businesses to create online stores and sell their products. However, sometimes businesses require additional features or functionality that are not available within the standard Shopify interface. That's where Shopify app development comes in.

By building a custom app for their Shopify store, businesses can add new features, automate tasks, and streamline their operations. Shopify app development can involve creating apps for a wide range of purposes, such as inventory management, order tracking, shipping, payment processing, marketing, and customer service.

 

Here are some key features of Shopify App Development:

  • Shopify API: Shopify provides a robust API that allows developers to access and interact with the Shopify platform's data and functionality. This API enables developers to build custom apps that integrate with the Shopify platform.
  • Software Development Kits (SDKs): Shopify provides SDKs for various programming languages such as Ruby, Python, PHP, and JavaScript. These SDKs help developers build Shopify apps faster and more efficiently.
  • Webhooks: Webhooks are a feature of the Shopify API that enables developers to receive real-time notifications when specific events occur on the Shopify platform. For example, a webhook can be triggered when a new order is placed or when a product is updated.
  • App Store: Shopify has an App Store that allows developers to publish their apps and make them available to Shopify merchants. The App Store is a marketplace for Shopify apps where merchants can discover, install, and manage apps.
  • App Bridge: App Bridge is a JavaScript library that simplifies the development of Shopify apps. App Bridge provides a set of pre-built UI components that developers can use to create a consistent and seamless experience across their apps.
  • Development Tools: Shopify provides a range of development tools such as developer documentation, code samples, and forums to help developers build and troubleshoot their Shopify apps.

Shopify hosts regular meetups in various cities around the world where developers can network, learn, and collaborate with other developers. These meetups cover topics such as app development best practices, API updates, and Shopify app monetization strategies.

Shopify has an active community of developers who share their experiences and knowledge on the Shopify Community Forums. The forums are a great place to ask questions, share tips and tricks, and collaborate with other developers.

There are several benefits of Shopify app development, including:

Customization: Shopify app development allows businesses to customize their online store to their specific needs. By creating a custom app, businesses can add new features and functionality to their store that may not be available within the standard Shopify interface.

Efficiency: Shopify app development can help businesses streamline their operations by automating tasks and processes. Custom apps can automate tasks such as inventory management, order tracking, and shipping, which can save time and increase efficiency.

Scalability: Shopify app development allows businesses to scale their operations as they grow. Custom apps can be built to accommodate larger volumes of traffic, orders, and inventory.

Competitive Advantage: Custom apps can give businesses a competitive advantage by providing unique features and functionality that differentiate them from their competitors. This can help businesses attract and retain customers.

Improved Customer Experience: Custom apps can improve the customer experience by providing a seamless and intuitive shopping experience. Apps can be designed to make it easier for customers to browse products, complete purchases, and track their orders.

New Revenue Streams: Shopify app development can create new revenue streams for businesses. Custom apps can be monetized by charging customers for access, or by generating revenue through affiliate marketing or advertising.

Overall, Shopify app development can help businesses improve their operations, differentiate themselves from their competitors, and enhance the customer experience, all while creating new revenue streams.

Our Clients

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Interior Health Authority

Caring is at the heart of who we are. We strive to live out our vision: Health and well-being for all, as we deliver hospital, community and long-term care services to the over 834,000 people across British Columbia’s southern Interior region. For more than 20 years, Interior Health has worked together with partners and communities, inspired by innovation and the pursuit of a healthier tomorrow.

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Provincial Health Services Authority

PHSA has a unique role in BC's health authority system: to ensure that B.C. residents have access to a coordinated provincial network of high-quality specialized health-care services.

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City of Burnaby

Burnaby is a great place to live, learn, work and play. We are committed to strengthening our overall well-being and growing into the future as a liveable, vibrant and sustainable community. Burnaby works to facilitate an engaged and active citizenry, a healthy economy and a real respect for the natural environment.

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Fraser Health Authority

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.

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Vancouver Coastal Health

VCH is responsible for the delivery of $4.1 billion in community, hospital and long-term care services to more than one million people in communities including Richmond, Vancouver, the North Shore, Sunshine Coast, Sea to Sky corridor, Powell River, Bella Bella and Bella Coola. VCH also provides specialized care and services for people throughout BC and is the province's hub of health care education and research.

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Jevitty

We’re about unearthing results that change the way we humans live. Complete optimization of life through cutting edge technology, products and services that educate & deliver. For what’s life if we don’t have time & quality? Jevitty defines our true potential, pushing the limits on the human lifespan.

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Spiced Pear Health

At Spiced Pear Health, we want you to be in charge of your body, and mind, as you go through the menopause. We want you to be seen and heard as an individual and equipped with all the information and options that are relevant to you so that you can achieve your full potential in life.

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Metro Vancouver

Metro Vancouver is a federation of 21 municipalities, one electoral area, and one treaty First Nation that collaboratively plans for and delivers regional-scale services.

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Testimonials

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Pawel Odrzygozdz

With standout responsiveness, Workiy quickly implemented all requested changes. Their flexibility extended to expanding the scope and absorbing extra costs to deliver much needed features. Customers can expect a committed partner that is dedicated to delivering on all client needs. They’re very transparent and use Teamwork. Throughout the project there were around seven change requests and Workiy handled them well. Ravi and the whole Workiy team goes above and beyond to ensure that the customer gets what they need. When we made our scope expansion request, they absorbed about $5,000 of cost since we didn’t have the funding but truly required the feature.

Laura Hudani

We have been working with Workiy for the last 18 months and have found them to be a reliable and professional supplier. Their proposed consultants are of high quality and are delivered on time as promised. The company is easy to work with and their customer service is responsive and helpful. Overall, we are satisfied with our experience working with Workiy and would recommend them to others.

Mark Lier

Workiy has provided great service to Interior Health. Workiy was able to translate our requirements into a website that met our needs. The site has been well received by the Organization and the site owner is happy with the functionality of the Drupal platform. We continue to work closely with Workiey on enhancing the site and they have been very responsive to our requests. They’ve also been very patient as requirements change. They are an active participant in meetings where requirements are being discussed and they regularly show progress on the tasks that have been assigned.

Jonathan Hamelin

I’m the content webmaster for www.interiorhealth.ca, a website rebuilt by Workiy. I’m very satisfied with how the website operates. I had worked with WordPress before, and I love how Drupal’s back-end editing function operates in a similar way, yet overall, the platform is more sophisticated in the features you can introduce. I did not need much training to handle many aspects of the site: uploading files, editing and creating new pages, building landing pages, linking pages to the website menu, going directly into pages and inputting keywords to help their searchability, and creating/add visual blocks to pages.

Pawel Odrzygozdz

Project Manager, Interior Health Authority

Laura Hudani

Team Lead, Project Controls

Mark Lier

Manager, Collaboration Systems

Jonathan Hamelin

Communications Consultant, Web & Digital Marketing

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