Group a store to an organization

Plan requirement

Grouping a store to an organization is available only to stores and organizations on plans other than the Shopify Plus plan.

You can add an existing store to a new organization, or group a store to a different organization that you own. You can also group two stores to create an new organization.

If you want to add a new store to an existing organization, then create a store instead.

Eligibility requirements

All stores must meet the following requirements to group a store to an organization:

• Stores and organizations on the Shopify Plus plan can't group stores. Instead, reach out contact Shopify Plus Support.
• You must have at least two stores to group to create an organization.
• You must be the store owner of all stores that you want to group.
• You can't create an organization from stores that have INR billing currency.
• All stores within an organization must have the same billing currency. For example, you can create an organization with two stores that have USD billing currency. Any stores that have CAD billing currency won't be eligible to add to your organization.
• After the billing currency for the organization has been set, it can't be changed.

Considerations

Review the following considerations for moving your store to a new owner or new organization:

User permission considerations

• When grouping a store in your organization to a new owner or another organization you own, users keep their store permissions, but their organization permissions are removed. You or the new store owner might need to review staff permissions after you complete a grouping.
• After you create a new organization, users who were assigned user management or billing might have their permissions removed because these are now organization permissions. Review user permissions to ensure they're assigned the correct roles after you've created your new organization.

Billing organization permission and Finance store permission considerations

• After you group a store in an organization, the following Finance store permissions are moved to the Billing organization permissions, and are removed from all users except for the organization owner:
  • View billing and receive billing emails
  • Edit billing payment methods and pay invoices
• Billing organization permissions apply to all stores in an organization. Because this is sensitive information, Billing permissions are only available to the organization owner, and to any staff with the Organization administrator role.
• You can still assign the following Finance store permissions to store roles in your organization:
  • Manage plan
  • Manage app billing
  • View Shopify Payments payouts
  • Manage other payment settings
  • View Balance account activity
  • View all Shopify Credit account activity

Additional considerations

• Only the organization owner can create an organization and group stores in an organization.
• If you transfer a store to a new owner or remove a store from the organization, and it's the only store in your organization, then the organization is deleted.

Group stores

You can group a store to a different organization that you own, or group the stores to a new an organization.

Steps:

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > General.

2. In the Organizations and store transfers section, click Manage.

3. In the Group or transfer store dialog, click Group store in an organization, and then click Continue.

4. In the Group store in an organization section, choose one of the following options:

• To group the store into an eligible organization, select the organization that you want to add or transfer a store to.
• To group the store into a new organization, click Create organization, and then give your organization a new name.

5. Click Continue.
6. Review the organization details, and then click Confirm.

After you create an organization, you can add or remove stores from your organization, or group additional stores to your new organization.