> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.higherfrequency.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect your Shopify store

> The Freeq Growth Network works with stores on Shopify.

The Freeq Growth Network works with stores on Shopify. Connecting your store lets us:

* show your products so you can pick one for a campaign
* see new orders, refunds and chargebacks, so we can credit creators and adjust commissions
* create discount codes for shoppers, if you use discount offers

You connect through Shopify's own approval screen. You never copy keys or passwords into the Freeq Growth Network.

## Connect your store

If you signed up through **Sign in with your store account**, your store is already connected. Skip to [Turn on tracking in your theme](#turn-on-tracking-in-your-theme).

Otherwise:

1. Go to **Settings → Shopify → Connections**. New brands see the same card on the welcome screen.
2. You see one of two things, depending on your account:
   * an **Install from Shopify** button, which opens the app's Shopify listing, or
   * a field called **Your Shopify store domain**, where you type your store name and choose **Connect Shopify store**.
3. If you type a domain, use your permanent `.myshopify.com` address, not a custom web address. You can find it in your Shopify admin under **Settings → Domains**.
4. Shopify opens in a new tab and asks you to approve the app. Approve it.
5. Come back to the Freeq Growth Network. The card shows **Shopify store connected** and your store's address.

> [!NOTE]
>
> If you started the install from Shopify instead, sign in to (or create) your Freeq Growth Network brand account when asked. The store links itself to your account. A creator account can't own a store; you'll see **Advertiser account required** if you try.

## Turn on tracking in your theme

This step matters. Without it, many sales can't be credited to creators.

**Why it's needed.** When a shopper arrives from a creator's link, our *app embed* stores a note in their cart that says which link they came from. An app embed is a small, invisible add-on that Shopify lets apps switch on in your theme. The note travels with the order, so we can credit the right creator even if the shopper didn't use a discount code. The embed never changes how your store looks.

1. After connecting, you see a yellow card titled **One quick step to finish setup**.
2. Choose **Enable in your theme**. Shopify's theme editor opens in a new tab, on the **App embeds** panel.
3. Find our attribution embed and switch it on.
4. Choose **Save** in the theme editor.
5. Come back to the Freeq Growth Network tab.

### The "active" confirmation

When we can see the embed is on in your live theme, the yellow card is replaced by a green one: **Attribution embed active — orders on your store can be attributed to the right partner.**

The check runs again when you return to the tab. If the green card doesn't appear after a minute, reload the page.

> [!WARNING]
>
> Check the embed again whenever you **change or publish a new theme**. App embeds are switched on per theme, so a new theme starts with the embed off.

The embed has a setting called **Capture clicks through the "Buy it now" button**. Leave it on. It covers shoppers who skip the cart and go straight to checkout.

## More than one store

If you're connected to more than one store, a store switcher appears at the top of the left sidebar. Campaigns, products and discount offers always belong to the store that's selected.

## Disconnect your store

Only the store's admin can disconnect it. See [Team and access](https://docs.higherfrequency.io/brands/team-and-access.md) for what "admin" means.

1. Go to **Settings → Shopify → Connections**, or the **Team** page.
2. Choose **Disconnect**.
3. Confirm in the **Disconnect Shopify store?** window.

Before you can disconnect, the Freeq Growth Network checks your team:

* If other teammates still use the store, transfer the admin role to one of them first. A store can't be left without an admin.
* If there are invitations nobody has accepted yet, revoke them first.

Disconnecting removes access for **everyone** on your team, not just you. You can reconnect at any time.

> [!WARNING]
>
> Disconnecting does not end your campaigns. While the store is disconnected we can't see its orders, so new sales can't be credited. End any active campaigns first if you don't plan to reconnect.

## Uninstall the app from Shopify

If you remove the app from your Shopify admin:

* The store is disconnected for everyone on your team.
* All of your active campaigns on that store are ended automatically.
* Commissions creators already earned are not cancelled.

## What happens to your data

Disconnecting or uninstalling does not delete your Freeq Growth Network account or your history. Your campaigns, results and money records are kept.

The Freeq Growth Network stops reading from your store as soon as it is disconnected.


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