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Email app install makes duplicate account for same store

Installing or signing up for a Shopify email app creates a second account for the same store instead of linking the existing one

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

5 public reports · first reported 17 April 2025 · last reported 15 September 2026

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Merchants connecting a Shopify email app to an existing email-platform account find that installation or signup creates a second, separate account for the same store instead of linking to the one they already have.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 5 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.