---
title: "Setting Up Loyalty & Referrals on Shopify"
slug: "setting-up-loyalty-referrals-on-shopify"
tags: ["Loyalty and Referrals", "Shopify Plus", "Shopify"]
updated: 2025-02-21T08:56:41Z
published: 2025-02-21T08:56:41Z
canonical: "support.yotpo.com/setting-up-loyalty-referrals-on-shopify"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.yotpo.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Installing Loyalty & Referrals on Shopify Using a Vintage Theme

Products

  

Loyalty

###### Supported plans

Free, Pro, Premium, Enterprise

###### eCommerce Platform

Shopify, Shopify Plus

## Goals and Outcomes

Yotpo Loyalty, Rewards & Referrals is a plug-and-play Shopify app, allowing you to easily integrate it into your Shopify store with just a few clicks.

In this article, you’ll learn how to install the Yotpo Loyalty & Referrals app on a Shopify store using a vintage theme.

> [!NOTE]
> Is this article for me?
> 
> This guide is for Yotpo Loyalty & Referrals customers using a Shopify vintage theme. If you’re using an Online Store 2.0 theme, please refer to our [Online Store 2.0](https://support.yotpo.com/v1/docs/setting-up-loyalty-referrals-on-shopify-online-store-20) guide.
> 
> If you’re not sure which theme version you’re using, refer to [the instructions in Shopify](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/themes/managing-themes/versions#:~:text=Determine%20your%20theme%20architecture%20version).

## Installing the Yotpo Loyalty & Rewards App

To add Yotpo Loyalty & Referrals to your Shopify store, please follow these steps:

1. Go to the **Shopify App Store**.
2. Look for [**Yotpo Loyalty Rewards Referral**](https://apps.shopify.com/swell?search_id=c2109676-166d-4465-8ee3-0dde55c3266d&surface_detail=yotpo&surface_inter_position=1&surface_intra_position=3&surface_type=search), and then click it.
3. On the app listing page, click **Install**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f3c2ab59-fe4c-4f93-9614-2872f40e8aa7/Images/Documentation/install-yotpo-loyalty-rewards-referral(1).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T23%3A43%3A02Z&se=2026-11-12T00%3A43%3A02Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=nXus0SaSgY%2B%2BBkgXJ4mFh5r75cQ%2BkyXBHAtp6d24JWc%3D)
4. In the Shopify admin, click **Install** to authorize the use of the app.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f3c2ab59-fe4c-4f93-9614-2872f40e8aa7/Images/Documentation/install-loyalty-app-shopify-admin(1).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T23%3A43%3A02Z&se=2026-11-12T00%3A43%3A02Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=nXus0SaSgY%2B%2BBkgXJ4mFh5r75cQ%2BkyXBHAtp6d24JWc%3D)
5. Set up your Yotpo username and password to continue setting up Loyalty & Referrals. When ready, click **Create account**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f3c2ab59-fe4c-4f93-9614-2872f40e8aa7/Images/Documentation/create-username-password-yotpo-loyalty(1).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T23%3A43%3A02Z&se=2026-11-12T00%3A43%3A02Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=nXus0SaSgY%2B%2BBkgXJ4mFh5r75cQ%2BkyXBHAtp6d24JWc%3D)

> [!WARNING]
> Note
> 
> By default, the program will be deactivated. You can go to the [**General Settings**](https://loyalty-app.yotpo.com/general-settings) section and click the **Paused** button at any time to activate it.

## Enabling Customer Accounts

To allow customers to interact with the Yotpo Loyalty & Referrals program, you need to ensure the customer accounts feature is enabled in Shopify. To do this, go to your **Shopify admin** > **Settings** > **Customer accounts**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f3c2ab59-fe4c-4f93-9614-2872f40e8aa7/Images/Documentation/customer-accounts-shopify-settings(1).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T23%3A43%3A02Z&se=2026-11-12T00%3A43%3A02Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=nXus0SaSgY%2B%2BBkgXJ4mFh5r75cQ%2BkyXBHAtp6d24JWc%3D)

Once there, you need to enable the Show login links toggle and select which version of customer accounts you will be using for your store - [Legacy or Customer accounts](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/customers/customer-accounts/index).

For more details, refer to [this guide](https://support.yotpo.com/docs/using-yotpo-loyalty-referrals-with-shopifys-new-customer-accounts) on using Yotpo Loyalty & Referrals with Shopify’s new customer accounts.

## FAQ

**If my customers have an account with my shop, will they also be registered in Loyalty & Referrals?**

That depends on the settings you have configured as your loyalty program opt-in strategy. Learn more in our [Loyalty Opt-in article](https://support.yotpo.com/docs/loyalty-opt-in).