
So you’ve come up with an idea for your application.

So these two things - e-commerce and product development - have naturally combined into the idea of a Shopify app. This platform is growing fast, and there’s a big demand on the market for extending platform possibilities.īuilding a product, rather than doing custom development for someone, was exciting for me, too. We talked a lot and came up to an idea of developing a Shopify app. This year I’m working with a new partner who had good experience with the Shopify platform. And this direction was successful - we learned a lot about e-commerce website development and typical development problems (as well as marketing, shipping, and different business problems). Most of these websites were built using Ruby on Rails and specifically Spree.

Mostly, the reason was the same: it was a side project for us, and we knew nothing about the floor tile market.īut, during this time, we developed a lot of e-commerce websites for our agency’s clients. Later, we tried to sell floor tiles (partnering with a guy who had worked in that area for several years) and it didn’t go well, either. This was an idea validation attempt, and we didn’t take it seriously. About five years ago, a partner and I built an e-commerce website selling and delivering flowers, a soft toy, and a greeting card packaged together as a gift. I have always been excited about how the e-commerce market is growing, and have made various attempts to dive into this world.

By Igor Petrov How to build your first Shopify app Why build a Shopify App?
