# Store the work in the platform, not behind a proxy

- Category: product
- Author: Cristian (https://indie.md/people/cristian-antohe/)
- Source: https://indie.md/events/indie-tm-19-timisoara-october-2026/
- Canonical URL: https://indie.md/advice/store-translations-in-the-platform-not-a-proxy/

TranslatePress for Shopify writes every translation into Shopify's native multilingual API instead of serving pages through an outside proxy. The merchant keeps the translations if the app is removed, the store loads as fast as before, and the front end stays theirs. That removes the two fears that stop a merchant from installing: lock-in and a slower store. If your app can save its output in the host platform's own storage, do it, and say so on the listing.