Shopify Product Import Prep [rev. Oct. 2026]

Shopify App Setup Guide

Complete this only if you are migrating products from Shopify or BinderPOS (Shopify-based)

Step 1: In Shopify Admin, click 'Settings'

Step 2: In Settings, click 'Apps'

Step 3: Click 'Develop apps'

Step 4: Click 'Build apps in Dev Dashboard'

Step 5: Click the 'Apps' menu item

Step 6a: Click 'Create app' dropdown button

6b: Select 'Create app manually'

Step 7: Enter an app name

Step 8a: Scroll until you see the API Access Scopes box, then paste the required access scopes into the input box.

Copy these required scopes:
read_products,read_inventory,read_locations,read_files,read_metaobjects,read_metaobject_definitions,read_publications,read_markets,read_translations,read_locales,read_content 

8b: Click 'Create app'

Step 9: A pop-up modal will appear. Click 'Release' to publish a new app version. 

Step 10: Once the page refreshes, click the new app version

Alternatively- if page doesn't refresh, click the '$ shopify dev' homepage button to get back to the developer dashboard (https://dev.shopify.com/dashboard), and select the app version from the 'Apps' menu

Step 11: From Installs, click 'Install app'.

Step 12: Select your store in the install flow.

Step 13: Click 'Install' to approve permissions.

Step 14: Navigate back to the developer dashboard.

Developer dashboard: https://dev.shopify.com/dashboard

Step 15: Collect your Client ID, Secret, and Shopify Admin URL

• Client ID
• Client Secret
• Shopify URL (example: https://admin.shopify.com/store/your_store_name)

Step 16: Submit these credentials into the ShadowPOS onboarding form.