AdminGuard RBAC Control Plane for Shopify
8/10
Demand Score
Seat caps and coarse roles force risky workarounds or extra plan costs; compliance requires audited, least‑privilege access now.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$99-499
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
6 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
A control‑plane that gives unlimited users and fine‑grained roles by moving risky admin operations out of Shopify Admin into a governed UI. Staff authenticate via SSO (Google/Microsoft). Actions run t
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 2 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- Native Shopify staff permissions
- Mechanic
- Rewind (indirectly, for change safety)
- Okta/OneLogin (SSO baseline)
Must-Have Features for MVP
Role builder with resource‑level and action‑level policies
SSO/SCIM provisioning and deprovisioning
Approval workflows with SLAs and escalations
Service‑account execution with token vaulting
JIT elevation with time‑boxed privileges
Immutable audit logs and diff previews
Guardrails for bulk edits (simulate -> apply)
Alerting to Slack/Email with one‑click approve/deny
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Coverage of long‑tail admin workflows
- API rate limits for bulk operations
- Change‑management for teams used to native Admin
- Ensuring minimal privileges on Shopify accounts to prevent bypass
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Cut paid Shopify staff seats by 50–90%
- Zero unauthorized catalog/price changes
- <15 minutes MTTA for approvals
- Pass SOC2/ISO controls for access and change management
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This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.