adding sales channels to your shopify
admin means that you can sell on online
marketplaces and social media sites
sales channels also help you increase
sales and reach more customers here's
everything you need to know about sales
channels how to add
manage and remove them let's get into it
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hi everyone i'm casey a sales channel is
any platform that you use to sell your
products on
your online store is one of your sales
channels if you use point of sale to
sell at retail stores or pop-ups then
that's another sales channel you can
find your sales channels listed here in
your shopify admin
sales channels also include digital
platforms like social media sites with
social media sales channels you can
advertise to your customers as they
scroll here's an example from my store
ali athletics i use the facebook sales
channel to create an ad that's shown to
people as they scroll through facebook
shopify has a lot of sales channels that
you can add such as facebook google
pinterest handshake shop and many more
now that you know what a sales channel
is it's time to add one
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to add a new sales channel click the
plus icon besides the sales channel
section
scroll to see what sales channels are
available google and facebook are some
of the most popular sales channels but
it's always a good idea to research your
market and customers to know what
channels are the best fit for your
business there's even more sales
channels available on the shopify app
store
if your store isn't available for a
sales channel then the channel appears
as unavailable in the list you can click
you can't add this channel to see why
your store isn't eligible
click the name of the sales channel that
you want to add in this example i want
to add the google sales channel this
opens up a new pop-up with extra details
about the channel read through the
details and click add channel
if you don't want to read the details
then you can click the plus button to
directly add a channel depending on the
sales channel you add you might see a
new page asking you to update or add the
sales channel
click the channel to open it and
complete the setup for example i click
google and it gives me instructions to
connect my google account
when you add a sales channel in shopify
all of your existing products are
automatically available on that channel
if you don't want to sell a product on a
particular channel then you need to
remove the channel from that product use
the link below to get full instructions
on how to do this
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after you add a channel you can open it
to manage things like products
permissions contact the channel support
and even to remove the channel
to manage the sales channel click the
plus icon besides sales channels
in the new window click manage sales
channels to view products that are
available in a specific channel click
view available products
to learn more about the channel's
permissions and what it has access to
click view details next to the sales
channel
from this pop-up you can view the app in
the shopify app store click get support
for help with the channel or write a
review
to remove a sales channel click remove
next to the channel that you want to
delete
read any warnings if you're ready then
click i understand the risks of
uninstalling this sales channel you can
enter a reason why you want to remove
the channel
then click remove
and that's how you add manage and remove
sales channels i hope you have fun
discovering channels and new ways to
sell
if you have any questions then visit the
help documents linked below or visit
help.shopify.com
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