Understanding Associated Developer Accounts

This page was printed on Jan 13, 2023. For the current version, visit https://help.shopify.com/en/partners/dashboard/associated-accounts.

Starting August 1, 2021, partners can register for Shopify's new 0% revenue share plan. Part of the registration procedure is reporting all Associated Developer Accounts.

Here are some terms to help guide you when you're reporting your Associated Developer Accounts.

AnAssociated Developer Accountis any Partner Account that an App Developer or Associated Developer has registered through the Shopify Developer program page. This includes all accounts, whether there is app activity or not, such as staff accounts, test accounts, or accounts with unpublished, custom, or draft apps.

AnAssociated Developeris an individual or company that meets any of the following conditions:

  • Controls an App Developer
  • is Controlled by an App Developer
  • is under another individual or entity's common Control with an App Developer
  • is otherwise designated by Shopify as an Associated Developer

Controlis when an individual or company owns 50% or more of another individual or company account.

常见类型的开发者账户包括有关ude the Partner Accounts of parent companies, subsidiaries, and companies that are owned or Controlled by the same individual or entity even if that individual or entity is not an App Developer, like a holding or venture capital company. In addition, if an App Developer has multiple apps tied to multiple multiple Partner Accounts, those Partner accounts are Associated Developer Accounts.

Some examples of scenarios that might lead to partners having Associated Developer Accounts include:

  • an App Developer company acquires another App Developer company
  • a holding company owns an existing App Developer company and acquires another App Developer company
  • a venture capital firm has a majority stake in multiple app developer companies

Reporting Associated Developer Accounts

Registration for the new revenue share plan opens on August 1, 2021 at 10:00 am PST (1:00 pm EST). Starting at that time, you can report your Associated Developer Accounts by going to the registration page on yourPartner Dashboard. On the registration page, you're asked to provide the following information to access the 0% revenue share plan:

  • whether your account is owned by an individual or is part of an entity
  • whether you have any Associated Developer Accounts
  • payment information for the 99 USDShopify App Store registrationfee, if applicable

If you have Associated Developer Accounts that you need to report, then verify that you have the following information before you start:

  • a Partner ID for each Associated Developer Account, which you can find in thePartner Dashboardon theSettingspage in theAccount informationsection
  • the business email address for each associated account
  • the business name for each associated account
  • a brief description of how the accounts are related

The Shopify App Store Registration Fee is waived for all Partner Accounts created before August 1, 2021 at 10:00 am PST (1:00 pm EST).