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Enable Flexible Login Options like Email-Password Login, Email/Phone OTP, Login with Shop & SSO on Shopify Plus Customer Accounts. Learn More →

Shopify Auto Login (SSO) to Access External Apps & Multiple Stores

Enable auto-login across external platforms and multiple Shopify stores using existing Shopify credentials. With the Shopify Store as IDP application, you can allow customers, employees, and partners to seamlessly access LMS platforms (Thinkific, Moodle, Docebo), CRMs (Salesforce, Zendesk), communities (Circle.so, Invision), mobile applications, or Shopify non-Plus/Plus stores with a single Shopify login. The solution also ensures automatic sync of user profile attributes for secure, consistent access control across every connected platform.

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Why do you need Shopify as an Identity Provider?

Managing user access across multiple Shopify stores or external platforms can be complex—leading to password fatigue, login errors, and security risks. By using your Shopify store as an Identity Provider (IDP), you can centralize authentication and let customers, employees, partners, and B2B users sign in once to securely access everything they need.

Whether you’re connecting multiple Shopify Plus or non-Plus stores, granting access to third-party platforms (LMS, CRM, communities) or mobile applications, the Store as IDP‑SSO Login to Apps solution ensures a seamless, consistent, and secure login experience for every user across every platform.

Key Features of Shopify Login for External Apps & Stores

Auto-Login into CRM, Communities & LMS

Automatically log in users into CRM & LMS systems, community platforms, mobile apps, and other non-Plus/Plus stores using Shopify credentials. Once logged in to Shopify, users can access connected platforms without logging in again.

Sync Profiles & Addresses from Shopify

Keep user profiles aligned across all connected platforms by syncing customer data directly from Shopify. Profile details and addresses stay up to date in external apps, reducing manual updates and data inconsistencies.

Restrict Access Based on Attributes/Tags

Control who can access external platforms and restrict SSO access based on Shopify customer tags or attributes, ensuring only authorized users can log in to connected apps and stores.

Auto-Logout from Connected Platforms

Automatically log users out of all connected platforms when they sign out of Shopify. This ensures sessions remain consistent across systems and prevents continued access after logout.

SSO for Shopify Customer Accounts

Let users log in once to Shopify Customer Accounts and gain access to connected platforms like LMS, CRM, communities, mobile apps, and other Shopify stores, without managing multiple logins.

Shopify as IDP - Map Attributes & Metafields to Connected Platforms

Map Attributes & Metafields to Platforms

Automatically sync Shopify attributes and metafields, such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, and customer tags, to ensure consistent and reliable user records across all connected platforms.

How to Set Up Shopify Access Control Application?

Follow these four simple steps to lock, hide, and control access to your Shopify store content.

Step 01

Install the Store as IDP App

Install the Store as IDP-SSO Login to Apps application from Shopify Apps to configure auto-login.

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Step 02

Configure Your Service Provider (SP)

Choose the protocol your external app supports (SAML, OAuth/OIDC, or JWT). Enter the required connection details for the platform to complete the authentication setup.

Step 03

Exchange Metadata between SP and IDP (Shopify)

Exchange the configuration metadata between SP and IdP such as callback URL to establish trust between these two entities and successfully secure your store with Shopify acting as authentication source.

Step 04

Test the Single Sign-On Flow

Initiate login from the configured service provider, and verify that you’re automatically redirected to the external app after login.

Shopify Login Integrations with Popular Service Providers

Connect your Shopify store to the platforms your business relies on most—LMS, CRM, community portals, mobile apps, and other Shopify stores. Give employees, partners, and enterprise customers secure, one-click access across all systems.

Shopify as Identity Provider Use Cases

See how merchants use Shopify credentials to enable auto-login to LMS/CRM, community platforms, & SSO across multiple Shopify storefronts.

Auto-Login into CRM Using Shopify Credentials

A Shopify merchant using Salesforce for sales and account management needed a way to control CRM access without creating separate Salesforce credentials for every customer, employee, or partner. Managing users across both platforms led to mismatched profiles and manual access provisioning. By using Shopify as the Identity Provider for Salesforce, the store allows users to log in using their Shopify credentials while automatically syncing customer attributes and tags into Salesforce, ensuring only authorized users can access CRM data with identities centrally managed in Shopify.

One-Click Community Access Using Shopify Login

Shopify Auto-Login for Course & LMS Access

Unified Login via SSO Across Multiple Shopify Stores

Our Pricing

Non-Plus Store Plus Store

Data Privacy Policy: Our app does not store any data from your Identity Provider (IdP) or Service Provider (SP) except the customer’s email address, used only for login audit purposes. All other customer and store data remain securely within your Shopify store.

STARTER

$89/Month

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500 monthly unique users allowed
Single SSO Protocol Support
Login into Single Application
Login into Single Store
Custom Authentication UI

SCALE

Most Purchased

$149/Month

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1000 monthly unique users allowed
Multiple SSO Protocol Support
Login into Multiple Applications
Login into Multiple Stores
Custom Authentication UI

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$249/Month

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2500 monthly unique users allowed
Multiple SSO Protocol Support
Login into Multiple Applications
Login into Multiple Stores

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Custom

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2500+ monthly unique users allowed
Multiple SSO Protocol Support
Login into Multiple Applications
Login into Multiple Stores

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$149/Month

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500 monthly unique users allowed
Single SSO Protocol Support
Login into Single Application
Login into Single Store
Custom Authentication UI

SCALE

Most Purchased

$199/Month

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1000 monthly unique users allowed
Multiple SSO Protocol Support
Login into Multiple Applications
Login into Multiple Stores
Custom Authentication UI

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$299/Month

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2500 monthly unique users allowed
Multiple SSO Protocol Support
Login into Multiple Applications
Login into Multiple Stores

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Custom

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2500+ monthly unique users allowed
Multiple SSO Protocol Support
Login into Multiple Applications
Login into Multiple Stores

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Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to Common Queries About Our Shopify Store as IDP Application

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SSO Integration

Can I integrate Shopify's login system to authenticate users for my custom app?

Yes. Our application supports standard authentication protocols such as SAML, OAuth/OIDC, and JWT, allowing you to connect custom-built applications and enable login using Shopify customer accounts as the authentication source.

Can I share customer data or tags between Shopify stores when they log in?

Yes. When a user logs in via Single Sign-On using Shopify as the Identity Provider, customer attributes, tags, and metafields from the IDP store are passed securely to the connected Shopify stores at login. This ensures consistent user identity and access control across stores, without requiring users to create or manage separate accounts for each storefront.

Can I use Shopify’s customer accounts directly as an auth system for any external tool?

Yes. By using Shopify as the Identity Provider (IDP), you can set up Shopify Customer Accounts to act as the primary authentication layer for external platforms such as LMS, CRMs, communities, mobile apps, and other Shopify stores, enabling Single Sign-On without separate user credentials.

Platform Access

Are there extra charges for adding more external apps or stores?

Pricing depends on your selected plan and the number of connected applications or Shopify stores. You can scale your setup by adding more integrations as needed while keeping authentication centralized in Shopify.

Can I redirect users from my Shopify store to my external app and keep them logged in?

Yes. Once users authenticate through Shopify, they are automatically logged into connected external platforms and redirected without re-entering credentials, ensuring a seamless Single Sign-On experience across apps and stores.

Can I control which users can access specific external apps or Shopify stores?

Yes. You can restrict Single Sign-On (SSO) access based on Shopify customer tags, attributes, or metafields. This allows you to define which customers, employees, or partners can log in to specific external platforms or connected Shopify stores, ensuring controlled and secure access across all integrations.

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