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About the Shopify Partner Program

Welcome to the Shopify Partner Program.

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 Certified App Program (PCAP) and Technology Track tier (Plus, Premier, Platinum) brands were sunset in December 2025 in favor of the new Certified Technology Partner Program.
  • The Plus Partner program was sunset effective December 2024.
  • 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. Learn how to download and use tier badges.

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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 Tiered Program Guide.

Partner Program tiers

All partners begin on the Registered tier. From there, you can progress to the following tiers based on your performance:

  • Select
  • Plus
  • Premier
  • Platinum

Partner Program requirements

For more information on the Partner Program requirements, refer to the Shopify Partner Program Tiered Program Guide 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.

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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.