How can I create two identical stores under one domain with different access levels?

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

Configurar 2 tiendas Shopify idénticas bajo el mismo dominio para separar acceso público y miembros, y aplicar un mínimo de compra solo al público.

  • Se aclara que no es posible tener 2 tiendas Shopify separadas usando exactamente el mismo dominio.
  • Alternativa propuesta: usar subdominios, por ejemplo mydomain.com para la tienda pública y members.mydomain.com para la tienda de miembros.

Solución recomendada (sin crear 2 tiendas):

  • Hacer todo en una sola tienda y un solo dominio.
  • Crear un grupo/segmento de clientes “members” y, cuando estén logueados, excluirlos del mínimo de compra y aplicarles “member price”.
  • Para el “member price” probablemente se necesitaría una app.

Estado: no hay confirmación final del autor; la discusión queda en recomendaciones técnicas y opciones de implementación.

Summarized with AI on February 25. AI used: gpt-5.2.
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Hi,

I need help with this specific configuration.

I am planning to have 2 shopify stores under the same domain. Both stores will be the exact replica of each other, but 1 store is for the public, and 1 store is for selected members.

The reason why I am doing this is because I am planning to use an app (i.e. Order Limits) to put a minimum purchase amount for the public store,

But I do not want to have this restriction for selected members, hence why I need a second member-exclusive store for this.

Next, I also need this members-exclusive store to be password-protected.

Is there a way to set up all of this?

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You can’t have 2 separate Shopify stores running off the same exact domain.

You could have 1 store on mydomain.com and 1 store on members.mydomain.com

Given the goal you want to achieve, you can do this all with 1 store on 1 domain. You will simply have a customer group called “members”. Any customers in that group (when logged in) will get your “member price” and no cart minimum. You will probably need an app to set member price. Any customers not in your member group get the public price and a cart minimum requirement.