Store ownership review

Know what you own before you leave your vendor.

Before you switch agencies, freelancers, or platforms, get a clear map of who controls the accounts, assets, and access your store depends on.

Start here

Not sure what you actually control?

Send the situation. I’ll identify what you control, what your vendor controls, and what to preserve before you make a move.

The practical question

Could you change vendors without losing access to your business?

You do not need to hate your agency to need clarity. The useful question is simple: if you stayed, switched vendors, hired someone else, or brought work in-house, would you still control the domain, store, code, ads, analytics, email, and billing you need to operate?

What the review maps

The Store Ownership Review checklist.

The output is built for action: know what you own, what to request, what to export, and what could break before anyone changes access.

Ownership and access

  • Domain registrar and DNS
  • Hosting account or platform login
  • Shopify owner account, not just staff access
  • WordPress admin and server access
  • Email provider and MX records

Marketing assets

  • Google Ads and Meta ad account ownership
  • Billing access and payment methods
  • GA4, Tag Manager, Search Console
  • Pixels, conversion events, audiences
  • Reports and recent campaign settings

Store and code

  • Current Shopify theme or code repository
  • Products, orders, customers, discounts, redirects
  • Apps, plugins, custom integrations
  • Checkout, shipping, tax, and payment settings
  • Public copy of pages, assets, and URLs

Technical ownership kit

Preserve what you can before you change the relationship.

This stays inside authorized, practical work: preserve the public site, export business data, document settings, and create a rebuild map before the transition gets tense.

Save the public website

Use HTTrack, SiteSucker, or wget to preserve visible pages, images, CSS, and JavaScript.

wget --mirror --convert-links --adjust-extension \
  --page-requisites --no-parent https://example.com

Download the Shopify theme

If you have Shopify admin access, download the theme file. If you have CLI/collaborator access:

shopify theme pull

Screenshot and export settings

Capture DNS, apps, pixels, checkout, shipping, taxes, payments, redirects, and campaign settings before anything changes.

What is included

A neutral transition map, not a sales trap.

1

A 60-minute review call focused on ownership, access, and transition risk.

2

An asset/control map for domain, hosting, Shopify/CMS, code/theme, ads, analytics, and email.

3

Risk notes on what could break if access is refused, delayed, or unclear.

4

A copy/export checklist, access request email, and transition order of operations.

Neutral by design

You do not have to hire me afterward.

The point is to help you understand and own your business. You can stay with the vendor, switch to someone else, handle it internally, or ask me for implementation later. The review stands on its own.

Request the review

Map your store ownership before you move.

Share the store, the vendor situation, and what you are considering. I’ll reply with the next practical step.