About the Shopify Partner Program

Welcome to the Shopify Partner Program. The following are the two main Shopify Partner Program tracks:

Service Partner: An open program for agencies, consultancies, system integrators.
Technology Partner: This is an invite-only program for independent software vendors, app partners.

The Shopify Partner Program was created for organizations that align with Shopify's vision to make commerce better for everyone. This program enables partners to promote both Shopify solutions and their own services, consolidating and expanding upon the previous Plus Partner and Plus Certified App Programs.

This evolution for go-to-market Partners includes the following changes to Shopify program brands:

The Plus Partner program has been sunset effective December 2024.
The Plus Certified App Program (PCAP) brand will sunset effective June 2025 in favor of the new Technology Track of the Shopify Partner Program.
The Shopify Experts brand and corresponding Shopify Experts Marketplace was previously sunset in December 2023.

These program brands should not be used beyond the sunset dates above. Qualified Partners will be able to use new Shopify Partner Program tier badges in their materials to help talk about their relationship with Shopify.

Benefits of the Shopify Partner Program

Basic access to Shopify Partner Program benefits are available to all partners upon acceptance of the Shopify Partner Program Agreement. Shopify Partners are eligible to earn higher benefits by tier in the following categories:

Business Development
Training & Education
Marketing

You can review the full list of benefits in each category in section 3 of the Shopify Partner program guides for Technology Track and Service Track.

Partner Program tracks

The following are the two Shopify Partner Program tracks:

Service Partner track: An open program that's designed for agencies, consultancies, and systems integrators that provide services that help merchants succeed on Shopify.
Technology Partner track: An invite-only program for 2025, tailored for independent software vendors (ISV), application developers (Apps), enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers, and global technology companies looking to both integrate solutions with Shopify and go-to-market with Shopify. This program track is the new home for Plus Certified Application Partners (PCAP), which will sunset effective June 2025.

Theme Store Partners can continue to take advantage of listing themes on the Shopify Theme Store. Theme Store Partners with a services arm (for example, an agency) can also participate in the tiered Service Track of the Shopify Partner Program.

The Shopify App Store is the best place for Shopify merchants to find apps to help build their business. App developers can create apps for the Shopify App Store to reach millions of entrepreneurs around the world. In addition, app developers can earn additional App Store and enablement benefits by achieving Built for Shopify status, Shopify’s quality standard for apps. Requirements for tiers in the Technology Partner track are described in Section 2 of the Shopify Partner Program Guide - Technology Track. Tiered benefits of the Technology Track are detailed in Section 3.

Partner Program Tiers

The Registered level isn't an official earned tier in the program for either the Service Track or the Technology Track. It's the baseline level for all new or growing Partners.

The following are the four tiers of the Shopify Partner Program for Service Track Partners:

Select
Plus
Premier
Platinum

For Service Track Partners, the Select, Plus, Premier, and Platinum tier levels are earned through commercial and credential achievement.

The following are the three tiers of the Shopify Partner Program for Technology Track Partners:

Plus
Premier
Platinum

For Technology Track Partners, the Plus, Premier, and Platinum tier status is by invitation only. Invitation is based on market influence, commercial impact, and the adoption of Integration credentials.

Partner Program requirements

Refer to the Shopify Partner program guides for more information:

Become a Shopify Partner

The Shopify Partner Program is a global partner community that is free to join and lets you access unlimited test stores, programs, incentives, expertise, and tools. For every client you refer, theme you design, or app you build, you'll receive recurring revenue share monthly from Shopify. Together, Partners and Shopify collaborate to help make commerce better for everyone.

Create your account

Shopify Academy

Shopify Academy is an education hub that offers courses, learning paths, and credentials to build your commerce skills and learn more about the Shopify platform. It provides access to expert education through curated learning paths, knowledge checks, and assessments that help you learn more about the Shopify platform, grow your business as a Shopify Partner, and attain Verified Skills badges to showcase your expertise to clients. Visit the Partner courses page for courses that can help you learn more as a Shopify Partner.

Shopify Support

Shopify Support can help you to navigate the Shopify Partner Program, resolve issues for your clients, and answer general questions regarding your Partner account in order to help you grow your business with and through Shopify.

You can contact Shopify Support by logging into your Partner account from the Help Center, and then selecting either chat or email support. When you log in, you can select your Partner organization name for questions related to your Partner Account or a development store for questions related to stores.

Shopify Partner Program terms of service

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