This applies to development stores created under a Shopify Partner account (excluding Plus stores).
Cost: All plans are available free of charge
Features: All features are available for testing without restrictions
Subscription: Subscribe to your desired plan from the Pricing Plans page
Reference: Development stores · Shopify Help Center
When a development store is published or transferred (ownership transferred to a merchant), any plan subscribed to free of charge will be automatically canceled.
To continue using the app after publishing or transferring the store, you will need to subscribe to a plan again.
If you would like to test a paid plan in a Plus store's development (staging) environment, please contact us and we will issue a dedicated URL that allows a free subscription for the staging environment.
Steps:
Install the app on both the production environment and the development (staging) environment of the Plus store
Submit a request for a dedicated URL via the contact form, including the following information:
Store ID of the production environment (in the format
XXXXX.myshopify.com)Store ID of the development (staging) environment (in the format
XXXXX.myshopify.com)