What is Continuous Cart Authentication?
Shopify has introduced continuous cart authentication, enabling authenticated customers to enjoy a seamless shopping experience. With this feature, customers can navigate to a logged-in checkout experience without re-entering their credentials.
How to Implement Continuous Authentication
To enable this feature in your Shopify store, follow these steps:
- Integrate the customerAccessToken into the Buyer Identity object in the Storefront API cart.
- Include the buyer's IP address when making server-side requests.
- Request the checkoutUrl only when the buyer is ready to navigate to the checkout process. If necessary, this can be re-requested.
Enhanced Checkout for Mobile Apps
Merchants building mobile apps with the Checkout Sheet Kit can now provide secure, authenticated checkout experiences for buyers. Shopify offers a detailed guide to help implement this functionality within mobile apps.
Improved Access for All Plans
Previously, authenticated checkout was only available for Shopify Plus plans via Multipass. This feature is now accessible to all merchants, irrespective of the plan or customer account version they are using.