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When CC’s hosted dashboard is not enough, build your own creator dashboard with your own UX, flows, and infrastructure.

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What This Guide Covers

  • Dashboard architecture for Shopify customer-account experiences
  • Secure API patterns (proxy-first, not browser-direct)
  • Real implementation patterns for:
    • Collections/drops management
    • Storefront editing and custom fields
    • Product-level enhancements (notes/media)
    • Informational, non-network dashboard panels
Customer Account UI (Liquid or Extensions)
  -> Reads customer identity context
  -> Renders dashboard pages and forms
  -> Calls your backend proxy only

Your Backend Proxy (required)
  -> Validates identity/session
  -> Calls CreatorCommerce APIs
  -> Calls Shopify APIs when needed
  -> Normalizes payloads for frontend

CreatorCommerce + Shopify
  -> Creator/collab/drop data
  -> Product/catalog data
  -> Cart/order context

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Canonical Technical Docs

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Build Order

1

Choose account surface

Decide if you are building in legacy customer accounts, new customer accounts, or an external dashboard shell.
2

Implement proxy layer

Add backend endpoints for collab, drop, product, and enhancement operations before building UI.
3

Build page modules

Ship dashboard home, manage products, collection editor, and storefront editor as separate routes/views.
4

Connect custom fields

Map form inputs directly to your agreed cc-* custom-field handles and save via proxy.
5

Harden UX

Add loading states, optimistic updates, validation, retry-safe saves, and mobile drawer fallbacks.