About the Shopify Partner Program

This page was printed on Jun 01, 2023. For the current version, visit https://help.shopify.com/en/partners/about.

The Shopify Partner Program is a diverse group of designers, developers, marketers, and affiliates who use the Shopify platform to build ecommerce websites, themes, and apps. We offer our partners three great ways to grow their business and generate ongoing monthly revenue:

  • refer clients to Shopify
  • create ecommerce themes and publish them in the Shopify Theme Store
  • create Shopify apps and publish them in the Shopify App Store

Your clients will love our multi-channel platform that allows them to sell anywhere, securely and reliably. Shopify offers full storefront customization to help you deliver exactly what your client is looking for. More than 1,000,000 merchants around the world are powered by Shopify, and many of them are looking for help building and customizing their stores.

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Benefits of the Shopify Partner Program

As a Shopify Partner, you have access to free training courses, in-depth documentation, and other resources that will help you learn about Shopify and grow your own business. You also have access to insider information about Shopify's product roadmap, previews of upcoming features, and Partner support to quickly resolve questions that you or your clients might have.

Become a Shopify Partner

The Shopify Partner Program is free to join and lets you experiment with the Shopify platform through unlimited test stores. For every client you refer, theme you design, or app you build, you'll receive ongoing monthly income from Shopify. There are some other benefits too, like early access to new features, marketing materials, and access to a collaborative community of other Shopify Partners around the world.

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Shopify Partner Academy

Shopify Partner Academy is an online training and certification program offered exclusively to Shopify Partners. The program includes courses that help you learn more about the Shopify platform, grow your business as a Shopify Partner, and gain badges to showcase your expertise to clients. To learn more, see Shopify Partner Academy.

Partner Support

You can contact Shopify's Partner Support through the Shopify Help Center. Partner Support can help you to navigate our Partner programs, resolve issues for your clients, and grow your Partner business.

Terms of service

You can find the complete terms of service for the Shopify Partner Program here.