Setup Vkontakte Login to Shopify Store – Shopify Vkontakte Social Login

Overview

The miniOrange Social Login Application makes logging into your Shopify Store super easy. With this application, your users can quickly use their Vkontakte account to sign in, whether it's a Shopify Plus or Non-Plus store. Once you enable Vkontakte Social Login, users will be able to utilize their preferred credentials to access your Shopify store. Users will not need to create multiple accounts and they will be able to log in using their Vkontakte Account.

Vkontakte Login for Shopify

Vkontakte (Popularly known as VK) is a Russian online social media and social networking service provider. Like most social media networks you can add friends, gain followers, and post photos on VKontakte. The standout difference is that VK is geared toward Eastern European users, particularly Russians. In fact, it’s the most popular social media platform in Russia by far. It boasts over 70 million active daily users and 3 billion daily page views.

Pre-requisites: Shopify Social Login Application

To configure SSO into Shopify with Vkontakte as IDP, you will need to install the miniOrange Social Login application on your Shopify store.

Configuration Steps

Step-By-Step Guide to Enable Vkontakte Login on Shopify Store

Step 1: Configure Custom App in Shopify for Vkontakte Login

• Go to the social login application Dashboard. Here, please click on Vkontakte application.

• If you don't want to setup your custom app then please click on Setup app in just one click. Then, Click on Save. This will setup your Vkontakte application for Shopify.

• That is all you require to do to add Connect with Vkontakte button to Shopify. To Setup a custom app for Vkontakte, please follow the steps below.

Step 2: Configure Custom App in Vkontakte

• Go to https://new.vk.com/dev/ and sign in with your VKontakte developer account.
• On VKontakte developers page, Click on the My Apps button and then click on Create app button.

• Enter App name and select Website as the platform.

• Copy the Website Address and Base Domain from the instructions page and paste it in the respective fields. Now click on Connect Website button.

• You will be required to confirm your request with a code (OTP) send via SMS or a Phone Call
• On information tab fill all app details.

• Click on Settings tab from the left hand side menu and enter Authorized redirect URL from the instructions page and paste it in the provided field. Click on Save button.

• On the same (settings) page you can find App ID and Secure Key. Copy the App ID and Secure Key and paste it on instructions page as Client ID and Client Secret respectively.

Step 3: Complete Setup of Vkontakte Login on Shopify

• Copy the Client Id and Client Secret form above setup and Paste them into the fields in Instructions.

• Then click on Save & Test Configuration button.
• A notification from the app will pop-up that the test configuration was successful. That means your Custom app was set properly.

• Now, You can see the Vkontakte social Login button is activated on your Shopify Store. This will allow users to connect to your shopify store using Vkontakte application.

Hence you have configured Vkontakte Social Login into Shopify Store.

Additional Resources

• Shopify Security Solutions
• Shopify Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Shopify Content restriction
• Shopify Subscription
• Convert Shopify Store into LMS platform

Get in Touch

Please reach out to us at shopifysupport@xecurify.com, and our team will assist you with setting up the application. Our team will help you to select the best suitable solution/plan as per your requirement.