Building a Shopify store with Replit
Replit is an independent company that builds software from your prompts, including an online storefront that connects to Shopify. Replit builds the storefront, and your products, inventory, checkout, payments, taxes, and orders run on Shopify.
For how Replit 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.
Creating a store with Replit
Replit's Shopify setup flow creates a new Shopify store for you. It doesn't include connecting a store that you already own.
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, so you can review what Replit built before you take ownership. You start the claim from Replit, 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 review the data access that a tool requests when it connects to Shopify, refer to authorizing AI tool access to your store.
Setting up your domain with Replit
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 Replit hosts it, then refer to Replit'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 Replit
A store built with Replit 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 Replit platform, or your Shopify admin.
Contact Replit for anything that happens in its platform, such as store generation, prompts, platform errors, the storefront that it builds, and its own billing. Replit also handles any issue with a store that you haven't claimed yet. For help from Replit, refer to Replit's help and support page. For how Replit works with Shopify, refer to Replit's Shopify integration 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.