TaskGate: Granular Access Hub for Staff-Limited Stores
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Demand Score
Merchants are forced into costly plan upgrades or risky password sharing to give partners access; agencies need immediate, safe access during peak seasons.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$149-799
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
60 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
TaskGate is a secure, task-scoped portal that lets merchants invite unlimited external collaborators (agencies, warehouses, CX outsourcers) to perform pre-approved actions without consuming ecommerce
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Competitor Landscape
- Upgrading to enterprise plan for more staff seats (e.g., Shopify Plus)
- Password managers (1Password/LastPass) for shared logins
- Automation tools (Shopify Mechanic, Mesa, Alloy)
- In-house portals built on platform APIs
Must-Have Features for MVP
Action policy builder with limits (scope, value, time)
Prebuilt action packs (orders, products, content, discounts)
Approval workflows and dual-control for sensitive actions
Comprehensive audit logs with session replay
SSO/OTP, IP allowlisting, device trust
Temporary access links with expiry
Just-in-time “break glass” access with reason codes
Webhook-based notifications and SLA monitoring
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Ensuring ToS compliance across platforms
- Mapping platform permissions to safe, atomic API actions
- API rate limits under peak collaborator activity
- Change management for teams used to direct admin access
Risk Level: Low
🎯 Keys to Success
- Demonstrable reduction in plan upgrade or additional-seat costs
- Frictionless collaborator onboarding under 5 minutes
- Zero password sharing incidents
- Executive-ready audit/exportable activity reports
- Sub-2 minute mean time to approve common requests
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