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

# Install & Connect Your Store

> Install Nudj from the Shopify App Store, approve the permissions, and let it connect to your store so you can start configuring your loyalty programme.

Installing Nudj takes a few clicks from the Shopify App Store. Once it's installed, the app lives inside your Shopify admin and connects itself to your store automatically — there's nothing to copy, paste, or configure by hand.

## Install the app

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Nudj listing in the Shopify App Store">
    Find Nudj in the Shopify App Store and select **Install**. You'll be taken to your Shopify admin to continue.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review and approve the permissions">
    Shopify then shows you the access Nudj needs — for example, reading your products and orders so it can power rewards and track activity. Review the list and select **Install** again to approve it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Wait for the connection to finish">
    Nudj connects to your store and sets itself up in the background. This usually takes a few seconds. When it's done, the Nudj app opens inside your Shopify admin.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Your store is connected to a Nudj **community** — the container that holds your points, rewards, members, and settings. This happens automatically on install; you don't need to create one yourself.
</Note>

## Where to find Nudj after installing

Nudj runs as an **embedded app** inside your Shopify admin. To open it any time:

1. In your Shopify admin, go to **Apps** in the left sidebar.
2. Select **Nudj**.

Everything in this guide — rewards, achievements, referrals, members — is managed from this embedded app. You never need to log in to a separate dashboard for day-to-day work.

<Tip>
  Nudj's embedded admin is optimised for mobile, so you can manage your programme from the Shopify mobile app on your phone, not just on desktop.
</Tip>

## Finish the onboarding checklist

The first thing you'll see after install is a **getting-started checklist**. It's the fastest path from a fresh install to a working programme. Each step is checked against your real settings, so a step only ticks off once it's genuinely done — and it reappears if you later remove the thing it was tracking.

The checklist covers the minimum needed for your storefront widgets and rewards to work:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Confirm your store is connected">
    Verify the store is linked to your Nudj community. This is done for you during install.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick a theme for your widgets">
    Choose a theme preset so the storefront widgets match your brand. You can fine-tune it later.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enable the loyalty widget">
    Turn on the storefront loyalty widget so shoppers can see and use your programme.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add your first reward">
    Configure a baseline reward shoppers can earn. See [Set up your loyalty programme](/shopify/loyalty-program#rewards).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add an achievement">
    Add at least one achievement so there's something to earn points for. The [achievement template library](/shopify/loyalty-program#achievements) is the quickest way to do this.
  </Step>
</Steps>

A built-in wizard can walk you through these first steps without leaving the checklist, ticking each item off as you complete it.

## Nudj admin vs. the embedded app

Almost everything a merchant needs lives in the **embedded app inside Shopify**. There's also a full Nudj admin at `admin.nudj.cx` for organisation-level features and advanced settings. Some screens in the Shopify app deep-link you straight into the full admin when you want to go deeper — for example, to tweak an advanced leaderboard or game setting.

## Next step

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    <span className="font-semibold text-gray-900 dark:text-white">Next: Set up your loyalty programme</span>
    <span className="text-sm text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">Configure points, rewards, achievements, referrals, and promotions.</span>
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> Last reviewed: 2026-06