Create your MarginOS account

Creating a MarginOS account takes a single click. You sign in with Google, and MarginOS creates both your account and the workspace that will hold your brand’s data. There is no form to complete — no email field, no password, no company name — because MarginOS uses Google exclusively for identity. That means there is no MarginOS password to be reused, phished or leaked.

What a MarginOS workspace is

Everything in MarginOS belongs to a workspace: one brand’s store connection, its costs, its settings and its profit history. Signing up creates yours and makes you its administrator — the role that can run setup, connect data sources and invite colleagues.

Workspaces are completely separate from one another. One person can hold access to several — an agency running multiple clients, or a founder with two brands — without data crossing between them.

Before you start

• You need a Google account. It is the only way to sign in, so choose the one you are content to have permanently attached to this workspace as its first administrator.
• You do not yet need your Shopify store, your product costs, or a credit card. Signing up puts you on the free plan.
• If a colleague has already connected your store, do not create a second workspace for it. A Shopify store can belong to only one workspace — ask them to invite you instead.

How to create your account

1. Open the MarginOS sign-up page. The card is headed Get started on the Free plan.
2. Click Continue with Google. It is the only control on the form; the What happens next box beneath it previews the rest of onboarding.
3. Choose your Google account. MarginOS always presents the account chooser, even when you are already signed in to Google elsewhere, so the account is picked deliberately rather than inherited from whichever session your browser had open.
4. Approve the sign-in. Google returns you to MarginOS with your account created and ready.

Creating an account means accepting the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, both linked beneath the button.

What gets created

Where you land next

MarginOS takes you straight into Express Setup, the three-step wizard that turns an empty workspace into a working profit view. Until setup is finished, MarginOS keeps returning you there rather than showing you a dashboard with nothing in it — an empty Command Center would tell you nothing useful, and a populated one needs a connected store first.

Step two of that wizard is connecting your Shopify store, which is the only connection strictly required. Once setup completes, you land in the Command Center from then on.

Common questions

Can I sign up with an email address and password instead?

No. Google is the only identity provider MarginOS supports, by design: a system that holds your cost and margin data is a poor place to store another password. If your team does not use Google Workspace, a personal Google account signs in perfectly well.

Why does Google ask me to choose an account every time?

Because MarginOS explicitly requests the chooser rather than accepting whichever Google session is already open. The account you select becomes the workspace administrator, so it is worth a deliberate choice — particularly on a shared machine or when you hold both a personal and a work Google account.

I signed in, but MarginOS says “No Workspace Found”.

You reached MarginOS with a valid Google identity but no workspace attached — usually because sign-up was left part-finished for too long, or because you signed in directly without going through the sign-up page. Sign-up holds your details for roughly fifteen minutes while you complete the Google step; past that, it starts over. Click Register a New Brand on that screen to run sign-up again. If you were expecting access to a colleague’s workspace, you need an invitation from their administrator rather than a new account.

I got “Store Already Connected”.

The Shopify store you authorised already belongs to another MarginOS workspace. A store can be claimed only once, so MarginOS stops rather than silently attaching it to a second account or splitting your history across two. Ask that account’s administrator to send you an invitation. If you are already a member of the workspace that owns the store, you are simply taken into it instead.

Why is my workspace called “(my first name) Business”?

That is the placeholder MarginOS uses at the moment of creation, when the only thing it knows about you is your Google profile. It is replaced automatically with your store’s real name as soon as you connect Shopify, so it is not worth worrying about during sign-up.

Do I need a credit card to sign up?

No. Sign-up puts you on the free plan, and connecting Shopify keeps you there. Nothing in account creation asks for payment details.

Related

• Set up MarginOS: the 3-step Express Setup — what happens immediately after sign-up.
• Connect your Shopify store — the one connection that is required.
• Read the Command Center — where you land once setup is complete.
• Account & Billing — managing your workspace, profile and team.