Checklist for selling products with Shopify Collective

This checklist outlines all the steps that you need to take to sell products with Shopify Collective. You might find it helpful to print this checklist or to download it as a PDF so that you can refer back to it.

To import products, find suppliers, and activate partnerships with them on Shopify Collective, complete the following tasks.

Installing and setting up Shopify Collective

Install the Shopify Collective app in your Shopify admin.

Confirm your store eligibility by checking the Requirements and considerations for using Shopify Collective, and also review the Collective Community Guidelines.

Finding products and connecting with suppliers

Find products and suppliers, and instantly import available products, if you're in a country or region where you can use the Discovery page.

Request pricing, or invite suppliers to connect.

Setting up policies and importing products

Review your policies for how you manage your products, how you display supplier shipping rates on your store's checkout, and how you process customer returns.

Import products shared by your suppliers after you connect.

Selling supplier products seamlessly

Sell products on your store as suppliers handle fulfillment and sync order tracking information with you.

Manage all customer communications, including order and shipping confirmations.

Managing post-purchase tasks with suppliers and customers

Pay suppliers after they fulfill orders, and track your payouts, displayed as Shopify Collective Debit.

Handle return requests and customer refunds.