Getting started
Building new store as a Shopify Partner is slightly different than building a new store as a merchant. This page outlines the overall process and highlights the important differences.
To start building a store for a client, you need to create a Shopify Partner Account.
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Building stores for your clients
To build a Shopify store for a client, you’ll need to perform the following steps:
- Create a client transfer store in your Dev Dashboard
- Start building your client's store. For example, you can complete the following work for your clients:
- Choose and customize a theme
- Migrate information from another platform
- Use a CSV file to import product or add products to the store
- Organize products into collections
- Set up payment methods and shipping information and order fulfillment
The work you'll do depends on your client's needs. For suggestions on how to add value to your client's store as a Shopify Partner, refer to Store setup basics.
Help your client migrate to Shopify
If your client is migrating to Shopify from another platform, then the methods you use to transfer their existing products, orders, and customers might depend on the amount and format of the data.
For more information about the considerations and steps merchants that are migrating to Shopify, refer to Migrate to Shopify.
Key features of client transfer stores
Client transfer stores have some important differences from stores that merchants create for themselves.
- As a Shopify Partner, you can create free client transfer stores.
- You'll start earning referral commissions on client transfer stores after you transfer them to clients.
- There is no time limit on how long you can work on a client transfer store. Clients only begin to pay for their stores when you transfer ownership to them and they select a paid plan.
Learn more about the features and limitations of client transfer stores and how to create a client transfer store for your clients.