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> Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://website-staging.stokkd.com/llms.txt)

## What It Is

There are three ways to create a Stokkd account:

- **Email** — enter your email, confirm it via a link, then set a password and company name.
- **Google or Microsoft** — sign in with your existing provider account. No separate password.
- **Shopify** — connect your Shopify store. No separate password, and your company details,  
  integration, and locations are imported automatically.

All three prove your identity before any account exists — no half-created accounts are left  
behind if a signup is abandoned partway through.

🖼️Image coming soon

*Diagram needed: a three-panel flow diagram showing the Email, Google/Microsoft, and Shopify  
signup paths side by side, each ending at the onboarding step it lands on.*

## Comparison

| Path | What you provide upfront | Password required | What's imported automatically | Where you land |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Email | Email, then name + password + company name | Yes | Nothing | Company Details (Onboarding step 2) |
| Google / Microsoft | Your existing Google or Microsoft account | No | Your name and email from the provider | Company Details (Onboarding step 2) |
| Shopify | Your Shopify store | No | Company details, Shopify integration connection, store locations (as sites) | Review Locations (skips Company Details & the Manual/API choice entirely) |

## How to Choose

- **Already run your business on Shopify?** Choose Shopify — it's the fastest path and sets up  
  your integration at the same time.
- **Your team already uses Google Workspace or Microsoft 365?** Choose Google or Microsoft for a  
  quick, passwordless signup.
- **Otherwise, use Email.**

## Key Things to Know

Your signup method is **separate** from the integration choice later in onboarding — only  
Shopify signup bundles the two together. Every other path (including Google or Microsoft) still  
goes through the Manual/API choice in onboarding, and any company can connect an API integration  
later regardless of how it signed up. See  
[Choose an Integration](https://website-staging.stokkd.com/onboarding-choose-an-integration) for what happens next after Email or  
Google/Microsoft signup.

## Best Practices

- Pick based on how your business actually operates today, not what seems fastest in isolation —  
  Shopify signup only makes sense if you genuinely run your store on Shopify.
- If you're not sure which provider your team uses for sign-in, check with a colleague before  
  starting — switching signup methods isn't possible once an account exists.

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