Shopify: the complete store guide
Everything you need to manage your Shopify online store, from adding products and processing orders to setting up payments, themes, and apps.
Your website is an online store built on Shopify: an all-in-one platform that hosts your shop, takes payments, and keeps track of your orders in one place.
This section covers everything you do inside your Shopify admin: adding products, taking and fulfilling orders, setting up shipping, taxes and payments, changing how the store looks, and managing your plan and team.
If you only read three things
- A tour of your Shopify admin: orient yourself before clicking around.
- How to add a product: the foundational store task.
- How to process & fulfill an order: the most common task once sales start.
Not sure this is your platform?
Every Shopify store has a .myshopify.com address behind the scenes, and you sign in
at shopify.com/login. If that does not sound like your site, check
Which platform is your website built on?: the instructions are
completely different for each platform, so it is worth ten seconds to be sure.
Start here: getting into your store
What is Shopify?
A plain-English introduction to the platform.
How to log in to Shopify
Access your store from any device.
A tour of your Shopify admin
Find your way around from day one.
Shopify terms, explained simply
Plain-English definitions of common Shopify terms.
Adding and organizing products
How to add a product
Create your first product step by step.
Product variants (size, color, options)
Sell items that come in different sizes or colors.
Product images & galleries
Add and arrange images for each product.
Writing product descriptions that sell
Turn browsers into buyers with better copy.
Setting prices & sales
Regular prices, compare-at prices, and discounts.
Managing stock & inventory
Track stock levels and avoid overselling.
Organizing products into collections
Group products so customers can browse easily.
Setting up how you sell
Understanding the Shopify cart & checkout
What your customers see when they buy.
Setting up shipping zones & rates
Configure where you ship and what you charge.
How taxes work in Shopify
Where tax settings live and what they do.
Payment providers (Shopify Payments, PayPal, etc.)
Accept cards, PayPal, and more.
Taking and fulfilling orders
Understanding orders in Shopify
What an order record contains and what it means.
How to process & fulfill an order
Fulfill orders and mark them complete.
How to refund an order in Shopify
Issue full or partial refunds.
Changing how your store looks
Using the Shopify theme editor
Customize your storefront without coding.
Premium themes and licenses
Paid themes, licensing, ownership and the update trap.
How to edit pages
Update your About, Contact, and other pages.
Managing your account, team and apps
Shopify plans & billing
Plans, transaction fees, and what each tier includes.
Adding & managing staff accounts
Add, remove, and manage team access safely.
Shopify apps explained
Add features to your store with apps.
When something goes wrong
Working with us
If you would like us to make changes for you, do not share your password. Add us as a collaborator instead, and remove that access whenever you like.
- Give us Shopify collaborator access: the exact steps for Shopify.
- Giving us access, explained: every other account we might need.
- Adding & managing staff accounts: for your own team members.
Thinking about changing platform?
Moving a store is a project, not a click: product data, order history, URLs and search rankings all have to come across.
- Migrations: moving your website, email, or platform: how we run a move.
- Pre-migration checklist: what to sort out first.
- Migrating from Shopify to WooCommerce: moving off Shopify.
- Migrating from WooCommerce to Shopify: moving on to Shopify.
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