What is Built for Shopify certification?

Built for Shopify is Shopify's highest standard for ecosystem apps — a structured quality framework covering performance, security, usability, accessibility, and ecosystem integration. Less than 10% of Shopify App Store apps currently hold the certification. The certification is annually renewed and includes Polaris design alignment, HMAC webhook verification, minimal OAuth scopes, SOC 2 Type II for enterprise-tier apps, clean uninstall behavior, and documented support SLAs.

Can I install RevvUp.ai before App Store listing is live?

Yes. Direct OAuth install is available now via two-click connection. The OAuth permissions, security posture, and platform functionality are identical to what they will be post-App-Store-listing. The App Store listing primarily affects discoverability (making RevvUp.ai findable via standard Shopify App Store search) rather than the install or operational experience.

Built for Shopify Certification — App Store Coming Soon

Q: Is RevvUp.ai available in the Shopify App Store?

App Store listing was submitted in May 2026 and is currently in review. Direct OAuth install is available now and works identically to App Store install from a security and permissions standpoint. Existing direct-OAuth installs will continue working without interruption when the App Store listing goes live, with no migration required.

App Store coming soon.

Built for Shopify is Shopify's highest standard for ecosystem apps — and it's the kind of badge that signals real platform commitment, not marketing language. Apps that earn the Built for Shopify badge go through a structured review process covering performance, security, usability, accessibility, and ecosystem integration. Less than 10% of Shopify App Store apps currently hold the certification. RevvUp.ai is actively pursuing Built for Shopify certification with App Store listing coming soon. This page explains what the certification means, what it requires, and what you can expect from us in the interim.

In one sentence: Built for Shopify is Shopify's quality bar; RevvUp.ai is building to meet it — and we'll tell you exactly where we are in the process.

What Built for Shopify actually requires

The Built for Shopify program is Shopify's structured quality framework introduced to elevate the standard of apps in the ecosystem. The certification covers five domains:

1. Performance

Page load impact measured against Shopify's Core Web Vitals standards
Admin and storefront page render performance under load
API usage efficiency (well-managed Admin API and Storefront API consumption)
No measurable degradation to merchant store performance

2. Security

HTTPS-only with TLS 1.2+
HMAC verification on all webhooks
OAuth scopes minimal and justified
No storage of unnecessary customer PII
SOC 2 Type II or equivalent for enterprise-tier apps
Annual security review

3. Usability and design

Polaris-aligned UI patterns where the app integrates with Shopify admin
Clear onboarding and value-delivery within the merchant's first session
Consistent navigation and information architecture with Shopify's design system
Accessible to merchants with assistive technology

4. Ecosystem integration

Webhook reliability and proper retry/replay handling
Clean uninstall behavior (no orphaned data, no leftover schema)
Compatibility with other commonly-installed Shopify apps
Native integration with Shopify Plus features where applicable

5. Support and reliability

Documented support SLAs
Uptime monitoring and public status page (or equivalent)
Versioned API releases and clear change management
Documented data handling and GDPR/CCPA compliance

The certification is annually renewed — it's not a one-time achievement.

Where RevvUp.ai stands today

Honest accounting of where we are in the process:

✅ Performance — Platform built with the Shopify performance bar from day one. No storefront script injection, no theme bloat. Admin API usage well-tuned and under rate limits.

✅ Security — HTTPS-only, TLS 1.3, HMAC webhook verification, minimal OAuth scopes, no customer PII storage. SOC 2 Type II audit scheduled for 2026.

✅ Webhook reliability — Production-grade retry, dedup, and reconciliation. See Webhook sync.

✅ Clean uninstall — All OAuth tokens immediately revoked; cached catalog data purged within 24 hours; full purge within 30 days. Schema markup and metafields we've written remain in place (your data), with bulk-revert available on request.

✅ App Store submission — Submitted for App Store listing in May 2026. Currently in review.

🔄 Built for Shopify badge — Pursuing. Standard timeline is 60-120 days post-App Store listing for the full review process.

🔄 Polaris alignment — Most of our admin-adjacent UI follows Polaris patterns; remaining surfaces are being aligned ahead of full certification submission.

🔄 Public status page — Live but not yet publicly linked from marketing site; will be linked at App Store launch.

We'll update this page as each milestone is achieved. The honest version: as of mid-2026 we're operating with the technical standards Built for Shopify requires, but the formal badge is still in process.

Why this matters for you

Three reasons the certification status is worth tracking:

1. Trust in early-stage platforms. Adopting a platform that handles your Shopify data should require confidence in their engineering and security practices. Built for Shopify is one independent signal of that quality (auditing by Shopify itself rather than self-attested by us). While we're pre-certification, we operate by the same standards we'll be audited against — and we'll tell you exactly where we are.

2. App Store discoverability. When the App Store listing goes live, you'll be able to install RevvUp.ai through the standard Shopify App Store experience (search → install → OAuth). This matters less for early Design Partners (who install via direct OAuth) but matters for the broader rollout.

3. Ecosystem co-marketing. Built for Shopify apps appear in Shopify's curated lists, get featured at Shopify Editions and Unite, and benefit from co-marketing with Shopify's broader partner ecosystem. As we earn certification, our visibility (and through that, our scale and pricing power) grows alongside Shopify's. That benefits our customers.

What we commit to in the interim

While we're pre-certification:

Direct OAuth install remains available. Two-click connection works regardless of App Store listing status.
All the technical standards Built for Shopify requires are in place — performance, security, webhook reliability, clean uninstall.
Transparent communication about certification progress. This page updates as milestones are hit.
Existing customers transition to the App Store listing once it's live — no re-installation, no migration work, no data loss.

How to verify our claims

A few things you can independently verify today:

OAuth scopes — visible at install time, documented in Two-click OAuth
Webhook subscriptions — visible in your Shopify admin under Notifications → Webhooks
HTTPS / TLS — verifiable via any SSL inspection tool against our domain
HMAC verification — happens server-side on every webhook delivery; verifiable via Shopify's own webhook testing tools
Uninstall behavior — easily tested in a development store; OAuth revocation is immediate and verifiable

We don't ask anyone to take our word for the security and integration claims; we point to the places where you can verify them.

Status updates

This section reflects the latest certification status, refreshed as milestones hit:

May 2026 — App Store listing submitted for review. Active review in progress.
June 2026 (target) — App Store listing live. Direct OAuth still available as alternative install path.
July-September 2026 (target) — Built for Shopify certification review.
Q4 2026 (target) — Built for Shopify badge awarded.

Timelines are estimates based on Shopify's published review SLAs and may shift. Status updates here will reflect actual milestones, not projections, as they hit.

What about the Shopify Partner Directory?

Beyond the App Store listing and Built for Shopify badge, RevvUp.ai is being listed in the Shopify Partner Directory for the Shopify Plus partner ecosystem. The Partner Directory is where Shopify Plus customers find vetted apps and service providers for their builds — separate from the App Store and important for enterprise discoverability. Partner Directory listing is in progress alongside the App Store work.

Run a free RevvUp.ai audit — direct OAuth available now, App Store install coming as soon as the listing goes live.

Frequently asked questions

Questions

Yes. Direct OAuth install is available now and works identically to App Store install from a security and permissions standpoint. The only difference is the discovery surface — App Store listing makes us findable in the standard Shopify App Store search. See Two-click OAuth for the install flow.

App Store listing is the basic Shopify App Store presence — your app is searchable and installable through the standard merchant flow. Built for Shopify is the higher quality certification on top of App Store listing — fewer than 10% of App Store apps currently hold it, and the audit covers performance, security, usability, accessibility, and ecosystem integration in significantly more depth.

Yes. Existing direct-OAuth installs continue to work without interruption when the App Store listing goes live. The OAuth tokens, your data, and your platform configuration carry over with no migration work.

SOC 2 Type II audit is scheduled for 2026. In the interim, we operate by SOC 2 controls and standards but haven't yet completed the formal audit. For enterprise customers with strict compliance requirements, we share our security documentation and current control posture upon request.

The technical standards we operate by today don't change based on the certification outcome — they're the standards we built the platform on. Certification is the formal acknowledgement of those standards by Shopify; we'd pursue any necessary remediation if specific gaps were identified, but the user-facing operating posture remains the same regardless of badge status.

This page will be updated as each milestone is hit (and we'll mark missed targets honestly when they happen). For status of the platform itself (uptime, performance, incident history), the public status page will be linked from the marketing site once App Store listing is live.