How to create a staff account on your Shopify store?

If you have started a business in e-commerce, you have probably already heard of Shopify. It is one of the biggest revolutions in the sector. It allows you to create an online or dropshipping store without having to develop everything yourself, with the support of a team. This is how the first e-commerce websites, such as Amazon, Cdiscount, Rueducommerce and Pixmania, were created. In this section, we will look at the steps involved in creating a staff and collaborator account on a Shopify store. 

A few things to know about Shopify

Shopify is software available online. It is an e-commerce solution that allows you to create one or more online stores. With this tool, there is no longer any need to worry about hosting, technical matters or highly complex configuration. If you own an e-commerce store, you can use Shopify. It is a solution that can make your life easier. You can easily add staff users and collaborators. You can assign the former specific tasks to help develop your store effectively. The latter are external partners, such as a freelancer or an agency specializing in website development or graphic design.

Create a staff account on Shopify

If you want to recruit people to work on your Shopify store, you will need to invite them to create a staff account. This process is very easy thanks to an interface that brings all the account-creation details together in one place. It only takes a few clicks. First, log in to your Shopify admin using an account with permission to create new user accounts. Then go to Settings and the Users and permissions section. To add a staff account, simply click the « Add staff » button and fill in all the requested information. Enter the employee’s full name exactly as it appears on government-issued identification documents. Do not forget to provide their personal or professional email address. Once you are finished, click Send invite. 

Everything you need to do to add a collaborator on Shopify

You should know that a collaborator account is not an account you can create yourself. Collaborators are partners who can request access to a Shopify store from their dashboard. They must therefore request access to your store themselves. You can find their invitations in the Users and permissions tab in your store settings. You can restrict collaborators from sending access requests by requiring them to enter a code. To do this, click the option « Only people with a collaborator request code can send a collaborator request ». Whenever you receive a request, you can check the code before approving it.