This is a question that many of our merchants have asked in the past and we understand the need to have all the information when using a new app!
Fera asks for 11 different permissions when being installed on your Shopify store.
Though it may seem like a lot, these permissions are needed on your store because each has a direct benefit to you as a feature in Fera.
When you install Fera on Shopify, you will see this permission details before clicking to install the app:
Here are all the permissions needed and a short explanation of why.
View Customers
View_customers: to link reviews to customers and let you request reviews from customers who have not reviewed anything yet.
Edit Orders
Read_all_orders: for requested reviews from past orders.
Read_fulfillments: for triggering review requests after fulfillments.
Read_shipping: to ensure we are triggering review requests upon shipment.
Other Data
Read_price_rules: to sync coupon incentives for review, photo and video submissions.
Write_price_rules: to create discount rules.
Write_resource_feedbacks - Merchant scan connect Facebook/Google/etc to Fera and sync reviews to display them on their site. If the connection fails we need a way to notify the merchant.
Edit Products
Write_products: to store Shopify standard review count and average rating metafields.
Read_inventory: to avoid showing reviews on out of stock products.
Edit Your Online Store
Write_content: to let merchants add custom review widgets in custom pages.
Read_content: for supporting merchants that add Fera review widgets in custom pages.