Is it OK to use Shopify Partners to create my own shop?

Hello!

I´ve read a bit of conflicting information online. Can I use Shopify Partners to create my own web (first time doing it, so I would like to test the waters and see if it has what I need) and then just transfer it to myself? Since there is a trial period on the Admins account, I don´t know if this is against the rules.

I´m also a Developer so I also like the idea of having a bit more control, a development environment and maybe in the future developing apps.

Thank you

Hi Don,

It’s not permitted to transfer a dev store to yourself - as then you could earn referral revenue from your own stores. You can still use developer tooling such as the CLI on regular stores, as well as being able to create custom apps - so you’ll still have the ability to have your own development environment and expand the store with apps. You can of course continue to use development stores as a sandbox environment - and transfer things like theme customisations from your sandbox to the live store.

Hope this helps clear things up!

Thanks a lot Liam, it does!

Do you then recommend to just jump into the Admins portal and drop the Partners, if my goals is mainly to develop my shop?