How access works in Shopify

In this lesson

• Know the difference between the store owner and staff
• Understand what permissions actually control
• Understand why you give the least access needed

UA-01 · Module 2: Users, Permissions and Access · about 5 min

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What this lesson walks through

1. Store owner vs staff accounts
2. What a permission is, in plain terms
3. Where staff live: Settings, Users and permissions
4. Why over-granting access is a risk

Try it yourself

• Open Settings, then Users and permissions
• Find who the store owner is
• Count how many staff accounts exist today

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