Partner Development Store Transfers Broken for Over a Month – Clients Waiting, No Resolution

We have been unable to transfer any development stores from our Partner account for over a month. Every transfer attempt from the Partner Dashboard results in the client receiving an “Error loading page” message. This is not a browser, device, or cache issue – it happens across multiple devices, browsers, emails, and even client accounts.

After two weeks of troubleshooting with one client, we discovered this was not an isolated case – all our Partner accounts have the same issue. That means we cannot launch any new client stores from our Partner dashboard. We had to build one client’s site directly in their personal account just to get them live, which bypassed the Partner program entirely. We are seeking compensation for this lost referral and revenue.

We’ve provided Shopify support with screen recordings, Request IDs, and detailed troubleshooting steps. Multiple advisors have acknowledged the issue and “escalated” it, but each escalation seems to restart the process with a new person, who then has to re-escalate to the “right team.” This loop has been ongoing for over a month, with long stretches of no response.

Key points:

  • Over a month without the ability to transfer development stores.
  • Multiple clients waiting for site builds, launches delayed.
  • Had to build a site directly in the client’s account to work around the problem.
  • Numerous escalations, but no permanent fix or clear timeline.
  • Seeking compensation for the lost Partner credit and delayed work.

We need Shopify’s Partner technical team to urgently address this. This is preventing us from operating our business. Ticket ID: 59138006.

Has anyone else experienced this prolonged inability to transfer development stores from their Partner account?

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Hey @Michael_BLC, thanks for posting this here. It sounds quite frustrating and not expected behaviour for sure.

Regarding compensation, for security reasons those conversations will have to happen within that support ticket to ensure the proper partner account is reviewed. Make sure you are requesting that in your conversation with them.

I’ll take a look at that support ticket you have shared pass on this context to our team, and to get context on what has been done and see if there’s any way I can help.

Hi Kyle - thank you for the response. Unfortunately, I submitted this post a few months ago and it looks like I only got approved today.

FORTUNATELY, however, Shopify was able to resolve the issue, lets just say it took 8 weeks or so to figure everything out. LOTS of back and forth, many different support agents over a ticket tried to help.

It eventually got figured out BUT, they indicate that they might not be able to give me the referral bonus for a client’s website that I had to finish directly on a personal account. While a small referral fee, its the principal that mattered, this issue caused a two week delay and the paper trail of reports is all in ticket form.

Not sure what else to do here, except post this in hopes that other people can refer to this if they ever run into the same issue.

Michael

Closing out the thread here as KyleG went the extra mile to help us resolve the commissions issue.

Thank you for taking care of us in such a timely manner.

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