> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kive.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect your Shopify store

> Install the Kive app from the Shopify App Store to import your catalog and create product images without leaving Shopify

The Kive app links a Shopify store to a Kive workspace, so your catalog shows up in Kive ready to use. Install it once and you can turn any product into a product model without downloading and re-uploading its photos. You also get a **Create with Kive** action on every product in your Shopify admin, so you can generate images and push them back onto the product without switching tabs.

<Info>
  The Shopify integration is available on paid plans (Basic, Pro, and Enterprise). Free workspaces need to upgrade before connecting a store.
</Info>

## Before you start

You'll need two things: an active paid Kive plan, and admin access to the Kive workspace you want to link. Kive only offers workspaces you administer during setup, so if a teammate owns the workspace, ask them to run the install or to make you an admin first. On the Shopify side you need permission to install apps in the store.

If you don't have a Kive account yet, install the app first — Kive walks you through signup and creates the workspace as part of the flow.

## Install the app

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Kive listing on Shopify">
    Go to [Kive on the Shopify App Store](https://apps.shopify.com/kive) and click **Install**. You can also start from Kive: click your avatar (top-right) → **Settings** → **Integrations**, then click **Install** on the **Shopify** row. That row only appears for workspace admins on a paid plan.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Approve the permissions">
    Shopify asks for access to read and write products and files. Kive uses it to read your product images and, when you choose to, add generated images back to a product.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the Kive workspace">
    Choose the workspace this store belongs to and click **Connect**. If you administer exactly one workspace, Kive links it automatically and you'll see a **Shopify connected** confirmation.
  </Step>
</Steps>

You can connect more than one store to the same workspace — each connected store gets its own section in Kive.

## Import products into Kive

Open **Organize** → **AI models**. Each connected store appears as an **Import from Shopify** section listing your products with their image counts. Click **Import** on a product and Kive builds a product model from up to four of its images, which you can then use in any prompt by typing `@modelname`. Long catalogs paginate — click **Load more products** to keep going.

Products with no images can't be imported. Add at least one image in Shopify, then reload the page.

## Create images inside Shopify

Open any product in your Shopify admin and choose **Create with Kive** from the product actions menu. The embedded Kive app opens with that product selected, and you can pick a studio, set an aspect ratio and quality, and generate. Each result can be downloaded or added straight to the product's images in Shopify, and **Open advanced tools in Kive** takes you to the full Create page when you want more control.

Generations started from Shopify use your Kive workspace credits, the same as generations started in Kive.

## Shopify app vs. Import from URL

Kive's **Import from URL** option in the model training modal works with any online store, but it reads your storefront the way a visitor would. Stores with bot protection, password protection, or an unusual page layout can block it, and you'll see **No products found** even though the URL is correct.

If your store runs on Shopify, install the app instead. It reads your catalog through Shopify's API, so store security settings never get in the way and product titles and images come across exactly as you've set them up.

## See also

* [Train a custom model](/docs/creating-with-ai/train-a-custom-model)
* [Create professional AI product shots](/docs/guides/ai-product-shots)
* [Plans and credits](/docs/account-workspace-settings/plans-and-credits)