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What is a Custom Application?
A Custom Application is a set of UI tools and components to extend the existing functionality of the Merchant Center.
Merchants can implement specific business requirements in a Custom Application and use it in their Merchant Center Projects by configuring and installing Custom Applications into their commercetools Organizations.
A Custom Application is developed and managed by merchants.
Custom Applications Features
Using Custom Applications enables merchants to:
- Extend the functionality of the Merchant Center
- Tailor to specific business requirements and use-cases
- Integrate the Composable Commerce APIs and the Merchant Center with external services.
Developing Custom Applications allows developers to:
- Use existing tools to develop and build Custom Applications.
- Focus on implementing the right features instead of configuration.
- Provide a seamless user experience via commercetools Design System and UI components.