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How to make paid app in shopify?

I have created app in shopify and now I want to make that app paid. Please let me know what to do to make that app paid. I want monthly charge for the app. I have already set price in the app listing. But its saying that you have to use billing Api and i have no idea about that.

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    Well if you went to all the trouble of making an App, then you probably want to spend at least a few minutes reading this: https://help.shopify.com/api/charging-for-your-app

    After that, you know, it’s merely minor coding to setup billing. Really one of the nicer things about Shopify, how easy it is to setup billing, and then get paid.

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    As Dave said, the Billing API isn’t too complicated, once you get the hang of it. You need to create a recurring application charge using the API. Here is and example from the documentation for the RecurringApplicationCharge endpoint: 

    Create a new charge called 'Super Duper Plan' for $10.00 USD per month

POST /admin/recurring_application_charges.json
{
  "recurring_application_charge": {
    "name": "Super Duper Plan",
    "price": 10.0,
    "return_url": "http://super-duper.shopifyapps.com"
  }
}

    The newly-created charge will be in the pending state. It will have a confirmation_url property that you need to redirect the merchant to, so that they can confirm the charge. Once the merchant accepts, you can activate their subscription:

    POST /admin/recurring_application_charges/#{id}/activate.json

    —

    Recurring application charges go through the states outlined in this diagram: RecurringApplicationCharge state machine

    You should make sure that your app is only available to a merchant if their shop has a RecurringApplicationCharge in the active state. Note that it is possible for there to be more than one charge listed – for example, if the merchant declined the charge the first time, and then accepted it the second time.

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    I know it is late to answer this question but my answer might help future visitors 🙂
    so here is a process of creating the paid app in Shopify.
    Basically there are two kinds of paid app available:

    1. App that charges one time
    2. App charges every month

    Let me explain how these two apps working for newbie

    App that charge one time: Your app will be a charge when the shop owner made an action or while installation, depends on App. Here is some API you need to should call to charge shop owner and get paid to your account.

    1. Same as Recurring model charge. Only changes are you need to do these steps only one time.

    App that charges every month is called Recurring Application Charge. App will charge shop owner on every 30th day. If Shop owner failed to pay, your app should be freeze. Let’s start with API u should call. Api refer to Official Shopify Website

    1. Create Charge ID to charge shop owner, param will consist of amount,
      name of the package, trail (or not), and other things please check on official Shopify api linked above. Make sure you save Charge ID got from API response. All the below steps depends on it

    2. Redirect to shop owner to pay link. You will get from creating charge id API

    3. On Pay link shop owner either accept and pay else reject the charge. Shopify did not send any call back. So no way to know what going on here.

    4. Incase, Shop owner accepted and paid. You will get Activate the Charge ID you got from First Step.

    5. Now verify charge Id is in active state or not by calling retrieve single charge API and send charge ID you got from first step

    6. Repeat these steps to take next month charges

    Let me know if you guys need more information.

    thanks

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