Clarification on Shopify's External Payment Restrictions

[Jerome]

Hello,

I would like to obtain more clarity regarding the types of applications prohibited by Shopify, particularly on the following point:

“Applications that process payments outside of Shopify’s checkout. Shopify cannot guarantee the security or safety of an order placed through an off-site or third-party payment. Apps that circumvent checkout or payment processing, or record transactions via the Shopify API as part of such activity, are prohibited.”

I am planning to create a rental management application where the end customer will go through an external subscription tunnel outside of the store and make a payment within that same subscription tunnel.

Could you please provide more details on the restrictions related to this type of application? Is it possible to develop such an application without violating Shopify’s policies? If yes, what are the best practices to follow to remain compliant with the platform’s rules?

Thank you in advance for your help.

[Liam-Shopify]

Hi Jerome - so just to clarify, the payments that customers make would be processed outside of Shopify, is that correct?

[Jerome]

Yes, payments will be recorded by Stripe at the end of an external process to Shopify.

[Liam-Shopify]

In that case, it does sound like it would not be approved by the Shopify App Review team. Could there be a workflow where the payments are processed within the app?

[Jerome]

I am currently in the project study phase, and after testing and reviewing the documentation, it seems that my project will need to be integrated into a Shopify app extension without externalizing the payment process.
Thank you for the help provided.