Install on the real store

One link from the Dev Dashboard; your store’s data syncs in by itself.

5 min

1. Copy the install link

   • In the Dev Dashboard, open the app’s Distribution page and copy the install link. Never generated one? Enter the live store’s .myshopify.com domain and click Generate link.
   • You’ll see an install link scoped to your app; this link is how a custom app reaches a real store.

   Checkpoint: install link copied.

   

   On Shopify Plus? The same screen offers “Allow multi-store installs for one Plus organization.” Leave it unchecked for one production store; check it if sister stores in your organization will run OpenSubs too. Either way, dev stores stay fair game; the app’s access carries wherever it installs.

2. Install on your live store

   • Open the link, confirm your live store, and approve the access screen (the same grants you approved when you created the app).
   • You’ll see the OpenSubs admin open inside your real store’s admin. Home greets you with a short checklist: Migrate from another app (optional) · Create a selling plan · Connect email and SMS · Build a cancellation flow · Brand your customer portal. That checklist is the next page, Configure your store; the optional Migrate item has its own pages, for when you’re ready.
   • Meanwhile the app builds its mirror of your store: your real products, customers, and orders appear on their own. The sync plumbing set itself up at install; there is nothing for you to configure.

   Checkpoint: OpenSubs admin open on the live store; Home checklist showing; catalog filling in.