# Connect your Shopify blog

Connect a store, choose a default blog and renew its publishing permissions.

Use a Shopify store that you have permission to manage. Blog publishing requires an active **Founder** or **Multi-Brand** subscription, or a supported legacy plan.

## Connect the store

1. Open **Brand → Social accounts**.
2. Select **Add Social Account**, then **Connect Shopify blog**.
3. Enter the store's prefix or full `myshopify.com` domain in **Store domain**. Use `cedar-trail` or `cedar-trail.myshopify.com`, without `https://` or a path.
4. Select **Continue to Shopify** and approve the store connection.
5. Return to Moosen. If there are several blogs, choose the default. If there is one, Moosen selects it automatically.

![Shopify connection dialog asking for the store domain.](/screenshots/connect-shopify.png "Enter the permanent store domain before continuing to Shopify.")

A store without a blog can stay connected. Create its first blog in [Manage Shopify blogs](/blog/manage-shopify). You can choose another blog for an article before its first delivery.

## Use a custom-app token

Choose **Use a custom-app token** to connect with an existing Admin API access token. Enter the store domain and token, then select **Connect with token**. The token starts with `shpat_` and needs the permissions requested by the connection, including content read and write access.

The token field is masked and clears after the request. Moosen doesn't save it in browser storage or its own database. Keep it out of screenshots and support messages.

## Reconnect safely

Open the store's **Manage** control in Social accounts and select **Reconnect Account**. Renew the connection for the intended store. This updates the existing connection and preserves its saved settings.

If permissions were removed or the app was uninstalled from Shopify, reconnect before sending another article. Connecting a store doesn't publish an article. Open [Blog](/blog/overview) to prepare and review one. This workflow doesn't require a Moosen-branded Shopify App Store listing.