Building a Shopify store with Manus
Manus is an independent company that uses AI to build an online storefront and connect it to Shopify. Manus builds the storefront, and your products, inventory, checkout, payments, taxes, and orders run on Shopify.
For how Manus compares to the other partners that build stores on Shopify, and for what you manage in your Shopify admin after your store is live, refer to building a store with a vibe code partner.
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Creating or connecting a store with Manus
Manus can create a new Shopify store for you, or connect a store that you already own.
When Manus creates a store, the store exists on Shopify before you have an account for it. The store is password protected and can't accept real payments until you claim it. You start the claim from Manus, and claiming the store also starts your free trial. To finish setup afterward, refer to setting up a store created with an AI tool or vibe code partner.
To connect a store that you already own, you sign in to Shopify from Manus and approve the data access that Manus requests. Manus documents the access that it asks for. To review what you're approving on the Shopify side, refer to authorizing AI tool access to your store.
Setting up your domain with Manus
You buy or connect a domain in your Shopify admin under Settings > Domains. Refer to adding a domain for the full process.
Where the domain points depends on which platform hosts your storefront. If Manus hosts it, then refer to Manus's documentation for how to point a domain at the storefront. If your storefront is hosted on Shopify, then you connect the domain to your online store in your Shopify admin. Refer to themes.
Getting help with Manus
A store built with Manus has 2 companies behind it, so where you go for help depends on what you need. If you're not sure which one to contact, then start with where you noticed the issue: the Manus platform, or your Shopify admin.
Contact Manus for anything that happens in its platform, such as store generation, prompts, platform errors, the storefront that it builds, and its own billing. Manus also handles any issue with a store that you haven't claimed or connected yet. For help from Manus, refer to the Manus Help Center. For how Manus works with Shopify, refer to Manus's Shopify integration page and Manus's third-party integrations documentation.
Contact Shopify Support for your Shopify account and the commerce side of your store. For a breakdown of who to contact for each type of issue, refer to getting help with a store created with an AI tool or vibe code partner.