Connect Shopify

Connect Shopify so Agent can provision a Shopify store, build a custom storefront, and manage your products and inventory from inside Replit.

With the Shopify connector, Agent provisions a Shopify store, builds a custom storefront against it, and manages your products and inventory, all in one conversation, with no API keys. Agent recommends Shopify whenever you describe selling a physical good, and you only visit Shopify to go live. From first prompt to real orders is about ten minutes.

For a step-by-step walkthrough, follow Build a Shopify storefront.

What you can build

• Custom-designed storefronts for physical products
• Branded merch and apparel stores
• Direct-to-consumer shops with carts and checkout
• Catalog and inventory tools backed by your Shopify store
• Product landing pages that sell a single hero item

Examples

Ember & Oak: a hand-poured soy candle store, built in the tutorial

Petals & Purl: a hand-knitted yarn flower store

How it works

1. Describe your store

   Tell Agent what you want to sell. It recommends Shopify for physical goods, even if you don’t name it.

   
2. Agent provisions a store

   A development store is created (about ten seconds) under Replit’s Shopify Partner account, the Replit Sales Channel app is installed, and the store is connected. No API keys; one store per app; password-protected until you claim it.

   
3. Agent builds and manages it

   Agent designs the headless storefront and maintains products, variants, inventory, collections, and discounts.

   
4. Go live on Shopify

   Claim the store, choose a plan, set up payments, and launch when you’re ready to sell.

   

What Agent manages

Everything in the storefront and catalog is editable by chat.

Area	What Agent does
Design	Generates a headless front end from your guidance (no Liquid theme, no template library). Copy, layout, navigation, motion, and product pages are editable by chat, and you can explore directions with Canvas variants. It’s a real Replit project, so you can extend it with a blog, wishlist, or landing pages.
Products	Create, update, and delete products and variants. Fields: title, description, type, vendor, tags, SKU, price, weight, options (size, color), images, and availability.
Inventory	Set and adjust stock per variant.
Collections	Group products into collections.
Discounts	Create a price rule plus a redeemable code.
Publishing & sync	New products auto-publish to your storefront. Sync runs both ways: edits in your Shopify admin appear in the Replit preview, and Agent’s changes appear in your Shopify admin.

Replit and Shopify: who does what

Replit owns	Shopify owns
Storefront design and build	Hosted checkout
Catalog management by chat (products, inventory, discounts)	System of record for products, inventory, carts, and orders
Storefront hosting and deployment	Payments, identity verification (KYC), and payouts
Canvas design variants	Taxes, shipping, and fulfillment
Extending the app (blog, landing pages, and more)	Multi-channel selling

Orders, refunds, payouts, and fulfillment are handled in your Shopify admin, not through Agent.

Connection scope

• Available to all builders on all apps, connected in the conversation, with no Connectors-panel setup and no credentials.
• Scoped to one app: each app gets its own Shopify store.
• The store is a Replit-owned development store until you claim it; your email is shared with Shopify so you can claim it later.
• You can uninstall the Replit app from your Shopify admin at any time.

Go live on Shopify

Going live happens on Shopify, not Replit. Ask Agent to start the Go Live flow, then complete these merchant-owned steps in your Shopify admin:

• Claim the store from the link in chat or the email Shopify sends. The link expires after 7 days. Claiming starts a free trial.
• Choose a plan: a paid plan is required to process live orders.
• Set up payments: activate Shopify Payments or another provider and complete identity verification (KYC). Live capture works once the claiming account finishes KYC.
• Configure shipping and taxes.
• Connect a custom domain (optional) and remove the storefront password to open the store to buyers.

Checkout always redirects to Shopify-hosted checkout, so buyers pay on Shopify.

Payments, identity verification, taxes, shipping, and fraud checks stay on Shopify. Replit never collects merchant banking details, tax IDs, or other sensitive information.

Troubleshooting

Setting up the Shopify store takes a while

Provisioning calls several Shopify APIs and can take a little time. Let Agent finish setup before asking it to build the storefront.

Checkout shows a password page during development

Development stores are password-protected until you go live, so checkout previews can land on a password page. This is expected, but the cart still works. Remove the password in Shopify only when you launch.

Checkout won't complete a real payment

Live capture requires the claiming Shopify account to finish payments setup and KYC. Until then, checkout redirects to Shopify but can’t capture a payment. Complete KYC, or use an account that already has payments set up.

Agent says Shopify isn't connected for this app

Each store is scoped to one app. If you connected Shopify on a different app, ask Agent to set up a Shopify store for the current one.

Products don't appear on the storefront

A product is only visible once it’s active and published. Agent auto-publishes products it creates; if one is missing, ask Agent to publish it, then refresh the preview.

The connection needs to reconnect after transfer

After you claim or transfer the store, Shopify may ask you to reauthorize the connection. Ask Agent to reconnect Shopify, and it restores access without losing your store.

Related documentation

• Build a Shopify storefront: Step-by-step guide from a prompt to a published storefront
• Add a custom domain: Give your storefront a branded URL
• Agent integrations: Replit-managed integrations and Agent services
• Managing your connectors: Configure and manage connectors
• Shopify Help Center: Store setup, payments, and account management