Agency ad accounts can help Shopify brands reduce paid-social operating friction, but only when the provider uses a transparent, policy-compliant access model and the brand retains ownership of its store, domain, data assets, and customer relationships. Quick Decision Framework Who This Is For: Shopify brands spending at least $1,000 per month on paid social that are dealing with account capacity, billing, access, or support constraints. Skip If: Your campaigns are paused because the offer, landing page, or creative violates advertising policy. Key Benefit: Evaluate an agency-account arrangement without giving up control of the business assets that make your paid-media program portable. What You’ll Need: Your store URL, product details, target regions, current policy status, business-manager access, tracking assets, and expected monthly ad spend.