Systems and methods for proof of application ownership

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing proof of application ownership of a network distributable application by a commerce platform, the operations comprising:

• receiving a request to approve an application developed by a merchant system, wherein the application includes an application programming interface (API) component, a software development kit (SDK) component, or a combination thereof provided by the commerce platform to the merchant system;
• generating a unique identifier (ID) for the application to be included as metadata within the application;
• obtaining, from an application information system, data describing the application;
• extracting an ID from metadata in the data obtained by the application information system;
• and
• in response to determining that the ID extracted from the metadata matches the unique ID, associating the merchant with the application in a merchant account at the commerce platform and approving the application for interacting with the commerce platform.

A commerce platform that provides proof of application ownership of a network distributable application, the commerce platform comprising:

• a memory storing one or more instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, which when executed by the processor cause the process to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a request to approve an application developed by a merchant system, wherein the application includes an application programming interface (API) component, a software development kit (SDK) component, or a combination thereof provided by the commerce platform to the merchant system,
• generating a unique identifier (ID) for the application to be included as metadata within the application,
• obtaining, from an application information system, data describing the application,
• extracting an ID from metadata in the data obtained by the application information system, and
• in response to determining that the ID extracted from the metadata matches the unique ID, associating the merchant with the application in a merchant account at the commerce platform and approving the application for interacting with the commerce platform.