[URGENT] Shopify Help Center Assistant is not connecting me to a Support Advisor

Topic summary

A user’s Shopify-managed domain expired despite auto-renew being enabled. They have a 40-day grace period to recover it but must contact Shopify Support to do so.

The Core Problem:

  • The Shopify Help Center Assistant chat is not successfully connecting the user to a Support Advisor
  • After requesting to chat with support, no replies or confirmation are received
  • A provided link is non-functional
  • The issue persists across different browsers

Current Status:

  • One community member reports the chat system “appears to be down for everyone”
  • The discussion remains unresolved with the domain recovery still pending

Suggested Workarounds:

Note: The phone number may be specific to Shopify Plus stores. The user has not yet confirmed whether they’ve attempted phone contact.

Summarized with AI on October 25. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

My domain expired despite being set on auto-renew. According to Shopify Help Center Assistant:
”If your Shopify-managed domain has expired despite being set on auto-renew, you have a 40-day grace period to contact Shopify Support to renew it. You cannot renew an expired domain without contacting support.” After being prompted if I want to chat with a Support Advisor, I don’t receive any replies or confirmation if I’m being connected to the Support Team. When I chat anything else, the conversation just restarts. I’ve tried on a different browser and I received this link, but nothing happens when I click it.

How can I proceed with recovering my domain?

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Hi @user1106 ,
You can directly contact to Shopify support .
click here shopify support
Thanks
Manoj

Hello @user1106 ,

I hope you are doing well!

Basically, on my store, the Phone number is appearing - (844) 982-1186. Can you please try to contact them? It might be specific to the Plus store.

Hi @Manoj_j,

Going to Shopify Support just leads me to the same Help Center Assistant Chat. The problem is that it isn’t connecting me to a Support Advisor.

it appears to be down for everyone!

@user1106 ,
you can call (844) 982-1186 or email to communitymailer@shopify.com .
Thanks

Yes! Can you please confirm if you have tried to call?