Sales channel developers seek guidance on meeting the publishing requirement to show the count of published products and provide a link to the Shopify bulk editor to manage them.
An example URL (from Facebook Shop) is central: /admin/bulk?edit=publications.<publication_id>.published_at&order=title+asc&protocol=https%3A%2F%2F&resource_name=Product&return_to=/admin/apps/facebook/preferences.
App Bridge redirect docs were reviewed but don’t explain how to safely construct bulk editor links.
One response suggests linking to /admin/products, but others note they’ve been told the link must be to the bulk editor and ask for confirmation.
Key unanswered questions:
How to correctly generate the bulk editor URL and the edit=publications..published_at parameter.
Which query parameters are supported and safe.
How to use return_to to route back to the sales channel app.
Context: “Bulk editor” is Shopify’s admin tool for editing multiple products at once; “return_to” is a URL parameter to send users back to a specified admin path.
No official documentation or resolution was provided; the thread remains open.
Summarized with AI on December 29.
AI used: gpt-5.
In the Sales Channel Publishing requirements under Section C it says:
“The publishing section must show the number of products currently published, and provide links to the Shopify bulk editor to view and manage those products”
I checked the link the Facebook Shop app uses and it appears to be:
Hi, Scott – can you confirm this is true? We’re being told it HAS to link to bulk editor, but as David points out, there doesn’t seem to be any documentation on how to do safely generate the link. And is there a way to have the return_to parameter go back to the Sales Channel app?
Hi Scott, During our Sales Channel App submission we have received a feedback " Show the current number of published products in the publishing section, and provide links to the Shopify bulk editor to view and manage those products." While looking for documentation online I was not able to find anything. Can you guide me any documentation on how the following link can be created and what are the options?