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A partner account can be created on https://en.shopify.hk/partners . When you create a Shopify Partners account, you gain access to a Partners dashboard, and you will become a Shopify Partner . By creating a partner account, you would become an admin of the partner account will be able to: Create Development Stores : those are stores that you can create for free and use them to develop new Shopify themes, apps etc. Development stores do not have a monthly recurring hosting fees. However, they are password protected, and cannot accept any form of payments as the purpose is to either develop and/or test themes and apps. After setting up a development store, you can also change it to a Managed...
Full answer by Varshini: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/71767836 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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