---
title: ChannelDefinition - GraphQL Admin
description: >-
  A specific selling surface within a [sales

  channel](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/sales-channels) platform. A
  channel

  definition identifies where products can be sold. Definitions can represent

  entire platforms (like Facebook or TikTok) or specific sales channels within

  those platforms, such as Instagram Shops, Instagram Shopping, or TikTok Live.


  Each definition includes the parent

  [`Channel`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Channel)

  name and subchannel name to indicate the selling surface hierarchy.
api_version: 2026-10
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/ChannelDefinition'
  md: >-
    https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/ChannelDefinition.md
api_name: admin
api_type: graphql
type: object
---

# Channel​Definition

object

A specific selling surface within a [sales channel](https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/build/sales-channels) platform. A channel definition identifies where products can be sold. Definitions can represent entire platforms (like Facebook or TikTok) or specific sales channels within those platforms, such as Instagram Shops, Instagram Shopping, or TikTok Live.

Each definition includes the parent [`Channel`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Channel) name and subchannel name to indicate the selling surface hierarchy.

## Fields

### Deprecated fields

* channel​Name

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

  non-nullDeprecated

* handle

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

  non-nullDeprecated

* id

  [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/ID)

  non-nullDeprecated

* is​Marketplace

  [Boolean!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/Boolean)

  non-nullDeprecated

* sub​Channel​Name

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

  non-nullDeprecated

* svg​Icon

  [String](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

  Deprecated

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## Map

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## Interfaces

* [Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/interfaces/Node)

  interface

***

## ChannelDefinition Implements

### Implements

* [Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/interfaces/Node)