Can I transfer e-commerce business ownership to a guardian if I'm under 18?

[Julian07]

Hey Team!

I was just wondering, I got consent from

my parents on building an e-commerce business, however I put my legal name as the owner and I’m currently under 18. Is it possible to transfer ownership to a guardian and they can add me as a staff member, and therefore I’ll have access to my business? If possible please give me instructions on how to do it. I’m passionate with my business and I already have so much done and I don’t want to lose all my progress, especially because I invested a lot in this

[Shay]

Hi @Julian07 

Congratulations on the launch of your new business! And good for you on reaching out to get support with this. This is something that our authenticated support channels can absolutely help with.

Are you currently going through a review on your store? It's totally okay if you are. Our support team that handles reviews can assist in transferring the account ownership to your legal guardians. 

If you have an email regarding any reviews or changes needing to be made to your account, please reply back to that email directly with the request to change ownership of the account.

If you do not, please reach out to our live support and request that this be escalated for further assistance. To access our live support, please follow this link: Shopify Help Center. Next, you will want to follow the on screen prompts to sign in, choose your closest topic and issue and at the bottom of the help articles provided will be all available live support options.