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Add Shopify API Key

How to Retrieve the Shopify API Key

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Important: A Grow Plan or higher is required to successfully integrate Hello Email.

Log into Shopify. Then look in the address bar of your browser:

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Copy the text after "store/" in the example "inbox01" and paste it into Hello Email:

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Then click "Apps" (not "Add apps"):

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Click on "App and sales channel settings":

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Click on "Develop apps":

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Click on "Create an app":

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Enter an "App Name", e.g., "Hello Email" and click "Create App":

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Click on "Configure Admin API scopes":

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Select the following (use the search for this):

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write_customers
read_customers
read_orders
read_products
read_customer_events
write_discounts
read_discounts
write_draft_orders
read_draft_orders
read_fulfillments
read_inventory
read_returns
read_content
read_online_store_pages
read_customer_merge
write_pixels
read_pixels

And then click on "Save":

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Then click on "Overview":

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And then "Install app":

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Then click on:

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Then click the "Copy" button:

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Then insert the text into your email:

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Then also copy the "API key" and "API secret key":

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And insert them into Hello Email:

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Have a question?

– Reach out via the chat in Hello Email:

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