Twitch staff: Is this extension allowed on Twitch?

Extensions
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Hi,

I have a friend who is an artist who draws on stream but also sells his prints/stickers/keychains in his own webshop. I want to program a component extension specifically this friend of mine (and nobody else), that links to his own webshop (and maybe even displays images of what he sells).

Is this allowed? I am a bit confused regarding the Twitch extension guidelines and policies:

4.6.3 Off-site links may not refer users to sites where the main purpose is to buy products or services, unless the link is to Twitch or Amazon properties (except as allowed in 4.9).

which would indicate that this is not allowed since a web shop has the main purpose of selling products but then the mentioned exception 4.9 says:

4.9 Extensions may not include product branding unless (a) the Extension is whitelisted to a specific broadcaster and the brand shown is owned by the whitelisted broadcaster or (b) […]

Since the extension is specifically for my friend (and thus only whitelisted to him) and my friend of course owns his own web shop himself would this then be allowed? If so, are all of the mentioned things allowed or some not? (link to his webshop, image carousel with photos of his products, prices for those products listed below)

Thanks in advance,
Leo

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If the entire purpose of the extension is to promote sales that occur off twitch I expect that to be declined.

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Hello, wanting to revive this topic: is there an official statement? I want to build a similar extension just for one streamer (through the allowlist). Is this allowed? I saw other extensions that redirect to shops like the Streamlabs merch extension (Twitch x Merch Extension | Streamlabs). Also, there are Creator Dashboard and Creator Dashboard. So this seems to be allowed…
Can anyone please clarify?

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The guidelines and policies are documented here: https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/extensions/guidelines-and-policies/, and all other Twitch legal agreements/guidelines can be found here: https://legal.twitch.com/legal

Twitch likely wont comment on other developers Extensions, and what separate agreements they may or may not have with Twitch.

If you want to know if your idea for an Extension would be allowed you would need to submit a proof of concept and the Extension Review team would be able to evaluate your specific usage (and if needed, talk to Twitch Legal). Outside of going through that review process you are unlikely to get a specific yes/no as to if something is allowed.

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Quick additional info. I want to build something very similar to those merch shop extensions but for spreadshop, a popular merch provider where I live. I will not be displaying prices or add in-extension checkout capabilities. Basically just an image carousel that you can click.

Thank you @Dist for your reply. I have a first mock ready and will polish that for review.