Shopify Changelog Recap
Shopify Changelog Recap: Shopify Tax Discount, Shop Eligibility, and Returns by Market
This recap covers Shopify changes posted from November 4 to November 11, 2026. The custom app IP allowlist rule starts on November 20, and the Shopify Tax change starts on January 1, 2027. Each section links to Shopify's own pages so you can check the details yourself.
Published November 16, 2026. Author: Ecomm Guys. 7 min read.
1. The Shopify Tax Free Discount Stops Resetting Every Year
What changed. Starting January 1, 2027, the Shopify Tax free discount is based on each store's lifetime global sales, and it no longer resets each calendar year. This affects stores created before May 13, 2026. Stores created on or after that date already work this way.
Shopify Tax fees are fully discounted until a store reaches 100,000 in lifetime global sales, in the store's pricing currency. Shopify sets the pricing currency by the store's location: CAD in Canada, EUR in the European Union, GBP in the United Kingdom, and USD everywhere else. Every sale counts toward it, including POS, Shop, other connected channels, gift cards, and the taxes and shipping on each order.
Who it affects. Stores created before May 13, 2026, that use Shopify Tax. If your store is already at or above the threshold, it won't get a new free discount on January 1, and the per-order fee applies to eligible orders where Shopify Tax calculates tax. Stores below the threshold stay fully discounted until they reach it. Per-order fee rates and existing annual billing caps don't change.
What to do. Shopify says no action is required. We'd still look at your Shopify Tax charges under Billing in your admin and work out roughly what a full year of fees looks like. For a store located in Canada, the per-order fee is 0.25% on Basic, Grow, or Advanced, and 0.15% on Shopify Plus. It's capped at $0.99 CAD per order and $5,000 CAD per year, per region.
Sources: Shopify Changelog, Nov 11, 2026 and Shopify Help Center: Shopify Tax pricing
2. Shop Is Open to Stores Without Shopify Payments
What changed. Stores that meet Shop's eligibility requirements can now appear on Shop whatever payment provider they use, and may start to see traffic from the Shop app and Shop.com. Until this change, only stores using Shopify Payments could appear. Shopify also updated the eligibility requirements for all stores, and stores that don't meet them won't appear on Shop until they do.
Selling directly on Shop, where customers buy without leaving the app, still needs Shopify Payments, and so do Shop Campaigns. A store that meets only the display requirements is still visible on Shop, and customers go to its online store to check out.
Who it affects. Stores using a payment provider other than Shopify Payments, which can now appear on Shop. It also affects any store that doesn't meet the updated requirements.
What to do. Open the Shop channel in your admin to check your eligibility status. If your store isn't eligible, it shows what needs to be fixed. The Help Center lists the requirements, including business details, at least one fulfilled order, a storefront that isn't in private mode or limited to B2B customers, and no incompatible password or age verification apps. Shopify notes that changes can take up to 48 hours to update your status.
Sources: Shopify Changelog, Nov 10, 2026 and Shopify Help Center: Requirements to display and sell products on Shop
3. Set Self-Serve Returns and Cancellations by Market
What changed. Self-serve returns and cancellations used to be one setting for the whole store. Eligible stores can now turn returns and cancellations on or off for each market. Your existing settings carried over automatically, so nothing needs to be migrated.
The settings that apply to an order come from the market it was placed in. A customer who lives in Germany but orders to a French address gets your France settings. If you turn on self-serve returns for a market that has no return rules, buyers in that market can request returns with no time limit.
Who it affects. Stores on the Advanced or Plus plan that manage markets in the checkout and accounts editor. The Help Center lists the editor option as early access for certain stores. Other stores can turn self-serve returns on or off only for all markets at once.
What to do. Go to Settings > Customer accounts, then click Manage in the Order actions section. Pick a market from the Markets menu, click the gear icon, turn the Return and Cancel options on or off, and click Save. Set up a market's return rules before you turn returns on for it, so buyers there have a time limit. If your returns page describes one policy for every market, update the wording to match your new settings.
Sources: Shopify Changelog, Nov 10, 2026 and Shopify Help Center: Setting up self-serve returns and cancellations
4. Custom Apps Owned by Another Organization Need an IP Allowlist
What changed. Shopify now requires an IP allowlist for custom apps that are installed on stores outside the organization that owns them. From November 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET, those apps need an IP allowlist for new installs. From January 1, 2027 at 11:59 PM ET, the allowlist is required for existing installs too. Public apps have their own, separate requirement.
An IP allowlist limits the networks an app can use to call the Admin API, which reduces the damage if the app's credentials ever leak.
Who it affects. Stores that run a custom app owned by another organization, such as the developer or agency that built it. Apps you created yourself in the admin or the Dev Dashboard fall outside this rule.
What to do. If an outside developer or agency installed a custom app on your store, ask them whether it has an IP allowlist and when they plan to add one if it doesn't. In Settings > Apps, each app's details page shows whether it has enforced IP restrictions.
Sources: Shopify Developer Changelog, Nov 11, 2026 and Shopify Changelog: Review app access and security information, Nov 5, 2026
5. Faster POS Checkout and More Ways to Pay in Store
What changed. Shopify POS version 11.17.0 and later processes card payments faster and takes fewer taps for cash, gift card, and split payments. When Shopify recognizes the buyer, the receipt screen is pre-filled, and email domain shortcuts make it quicker to type a customer's email at the register.
POS with Shopify Payments also supports five more local payment methods for eligible stores: Alipay, WeChat Pay, Satispay, Scalapay, and GrabPay. Customers pay by scanning a QR code. Availability depends on the country, and you turn each method on in your Payments settings. In France, POS now accepts debit-only Cartes Bancaires on WisePad 3 and POS Terminal devices.
Who it affects. Stores selling in person with Shopify POS.
What to do. Update the POS app on every device to 11.17.0 or later. If you use Shopify Payments and serve a lot of visitors from abroad, check which of the new local payment methods are available in your country and turn on the ones your customers use.
Sources: Shopify Changelog: Faster POS checkout, Nov 6, 2026, Shopify Changelog: Five new local payment methods in store, Nov 6, 2026, and Shopify Changelog: Cartes Bancaires debit in France, Nov 6, 2026
Also Worth Knowing
The collection details page in the admin has a new layout. You can edit the description in place, the theme template sits under the collection title, and on desktop the sources column stays next to the products as you scroll. Collections, conditions, and products aren't changed. Source, Nov 4, 2026
As of November 10, Shopify processes customer data erasure requests 5 days after they're submitted, down from 10. Source, Nov 11, 2026
The Shopify Partner Directory was redesigned, and partner profiles now show Shopify data from the past 4 years, such as industries served, services provided, markets supported, partner tier, and tenure. Source, Nov 9, 2026
You can book a call with us if you'd like help working through any of these on your store. The Shopify Changelog lists every Shopify change in full.
Last checked against Shopify's official pages on November 12, 2026.