Developer Partner Program
Turn one-off Shopify builds into recurring, residual income
ShopGuide is the agentic commerce layer you can install for every client you build for. Add it on top of the work you already do, then earn recurring commission every month the store stays subscribed — consistent cashflow between projects, with zero maintenance on your plate.
How developers earn with ShopGuide
Install once. Earn every month. No maintenance, no extra project scope.
Install it for your client
Add ShopGuide from the Shopify App Store to any store you build or manage. It runs natively against the live catalog — no custom integration, no theme surgery, done in minutes.
Your client enters agentic commerce
ShopGuide turns their storefront into an AI-guided shopping experience — ready for the wave of AI agents and assistants that are becoming how people shop. Your client earns more assisted orders from the traffic they already have.
You collect residual income
Earn a recurring commission for every month your referred store stays subscribed. Consistent cashflow that keeps landing between the one-off builds and occasional projects.
Why developers add ShopGuide to every build
Residual income between projects
Dev work is lumpy — feast then famine. ShopGuide commissions land every month a client store stays active, smoothing out the gaps between builds and retainers so cashflow keeps coming.
Stacks on top of your project fee
This isn't instead of your build fee — it's on top of it. Bill the project as normal, then earn ongoing commission from the same install for as long as the client keeps it running.
Zero maintenance burden
No servers to run, no code to babysit, no support tickets in your inbox. ShopGuide's team handles configuration, optimisation, and upkeep. You install and move on to the next build.
Native Shopify, no custom code
Installs straight from the App Store and runs against live Shopify catalog data. Nothing to fork, no API glue to maintain, nothing that breaks when the theme updates or the store grows.
Future-proof your clients for AI shopping
Agentic commerce is where product discovery is heading. Be the developer who got clients ready for it — a concrete, revenue-generating recommendation, not just another plugin bolted on.
Deepen client relationships
Recurring value keeps you in the conversation long after launch. A revenue dashboard your client can see makes you the partner who made them money — not just the one who shipped the site.
Cashflow that doesn't stop when the project does
Project income is one-and-done. ShopGuide layers a recurring stream on top of it, so your revenue compounds with every client you install for.
One-off project fee
You get paid once for the build, theme, or feature work — the way you always have. Great income, but it stops the day the project ships.
+ Recurring ShopGuide commission
For every store you install ShopGuide on, you earn a commission every single month it stays subscribed. Install for ten clients and you build ten monthly income lines.
= A compounding revenue base
Each new client adds to a residual base that keeps paying between projects. Over time, your recurring income can cover the quiet months on its own.
What your clients get
An AI shopping agent that turns their traffic into assisted orders
ShopGuide sits on the storefronts you build and guides shoppers through complex, high-SKU catalogs — answering spec questions, surfacing the right products, and driving orders that wouldn't have happened otherwise. You get the credit; they get the revenue.
- AI-guided product discovery for complex, high-SKU catalogs
- Revenue attribution dashboard — every assisted order tracked
- Catalog-native accuracy via live Shopify data — specs, fitment, inventory
- OpenAI-powered reasoning scoped to store policies and products
"ShopGuide-assisted orders averaged 39% higher AOV than our baseline. The implementation was hands-off — it just worked."
Common questions from developer partners
Do I need to write any code to install ShopGuide?
How does the commission work?
Does this replace my project fee or add to it?
After I install it, am I on the hook for support?
Will it conflict with a store's existing theme or apps?
Is there a minimum number of clients to join?
Ready to turn your builds into recurring revenue?
Book a 20-minute developer call. We'll show you how the program works, how commissions are paid, and how to add ShopGuide to your next client build — no commitment required.