# Getting your app approved

### App requirements and guidelines <a href="#app-requirements-and-guidelines" id="app-requirements-and-guidelines"></a>

All [public apps](https://developers.shopbase.com/build-an-app/making-your-first-request/authentication/public-apps) must meet the following basic criteria. These requirements are the same for [private apps](https://developers.shopbase.com/build-an-app/making-your-first-request/authentication/private-apps).

* The app solves a problem for merchants, either by adding new functionality to Sho, or by creating a faster, easier, or more efficient way to do something that already exists within ShopBase
* It uses the ShopBase API and makes sure that all data it collects provides real value to a merchant's business.
* It requires minimal interaction between the app's developer and the merchants who are using it. The app should use programming logic and ShopBase data to automate its functions.

All public apps must meet [general app requirements](https://shopify.dev/concepts/app-store/getting-your-app-approved/app-requirements#general-requirements-for-all-apps). Certain app configurations are subject to [additional requirements](https://shopify.dev/concepts/app-store/getting-your-app-approved/app-requirements#specific-requirements-for-certain-app-configurations).


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