Shopify partners can deceive new merchants with no accountability
A new Shopify merchant was victimized by a deceptive collaborative partner with no effective recourse from Shopify to recover funds or remove the bad actor. The platform's partner vetting and dispute resolution process failed to protect the seller. This reflects a policy gap in Shopify's app/partner ecosystem rather than a software problem addressable by a builder.
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