How to give staff permissions in your Shopify store


Follow these steps to give someone staff permissions in your Shopify store: 

Step 1: Log in to your Shopify store admin page

Step 2: Click on Settings at the bottom of the toolbar on the left-hand side

Shopify settings page

Step 3: Choose Users and permissions 

Shopify users and permissions

Step 4:  To add someone new, click on Add staff

Step 5: Add the staff member’s name and email address

Step 6: You can then choose the permissions you want to grant, if you want to grant all permissions, click Select all 

   6b. (optional) You can also give access to your linked apps and channels (social media and your POS app)

Add staff on Shopify

Step 7:  Once you’ve chosen the right permissions, click Send invite

Step 8: Your staff member will receive an email – they must follow the steps in the invitation to ‘Create staff account’ or log in with their Shopify ID

Once they accept the invite, you will get an email confirmation: 

Accepted staff account

Remember that Invitations to add a staff member expire after 7 days. You will also have a maximum number of staff members you can add, depending on your plan.