Manage Users in Solution Provider Portal
Learn how to add employees to your Solution Provider Portal account, manage permissions, delegate client access, and remove users when needed.
As an SP-API developer or service provider, you might need to give multiple employees access to your company's Solution Provider Portal account so that your employees can help manage your SP-API applications and client relationships. Multi-user access is particularly common for service provider companies.
This topic describes how to manage users in your Solution Provider Portal account, including how to add employees, manage employee permissions, delegate client access, and remove users when needed.
Administrator procedures
As an administrator, you can add employees to your account, manage employee permissions, delegate client access, and perform other user management tasks.
Add employees to your Solution Provider Portal account
To add an employee to your Solution Provider Portal account, take the following steps:
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Sign in to Solution Provider Portal as an admin.
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Choose Services, and then choose Permissions Management.
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Choose Global Account Permissions, and then choose Add User.
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Enter the user's name and email.
Important
Add the employee's Seller Central email address if the employee has one, or ask new employees for their preferred email address. In any case, this email address will become the sign-in email for both Solution Provider Portal and future Seller Central access.
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Choose Send Invite.
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A confirmation pop-up window appears, which confirms that the invitation has been sent to the user's email.
Tip
The pop-up also contains the invitation link. You can share this link directly with the employee if the employee has issues receiving the email invitation.
Grant access to Solution Provider Portal pages
After you add employees to your account, you can control which Solution Provider Portal pages the employees can access by managing the employees' permissions.
To grant access permissions to an employee, take the following steps:
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Sign in to Solution Provider Portal as an admin.
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Choose Services, and then choose Permissions Management.
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Choose Global Account Permissions.
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Next to the employee's name, choose Manage Rights.
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Select the permissions that you want to grant to the employee.
Important
Be sure to select the Global Account when you grant permissions.
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Save your changes.
After you grant permissions, the employee will be able to access the corresponding pages in Solution Provider Portal.
Grant admin permissions to employees
You can delegate admin-level permissions to employees. Admin permissions allow employees to manage clients and user permissions on your behalf.
To grant admin permissions to an employee, take the following steps:
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Sign in to Solution Provider Portal as an admin.
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Choose Settings, and then choose User Permissions.
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Choose Global User Permissions.
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Next to the employee's name, choose Manage Rights.
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Select Global Account.
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Choose the admin permissions that you want to grant:
- Manage Clients: Allows the employee to manage client relationships.
- Manage Global User Permissions: Allows the employee to manage other users' permissions.
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Save your changes.
After you grant admin permissions, the employee will be able to perform administrative tasks in Solution Provider Portal.
Delegate client access to employees
After your company has been authorized by sellers, you can delegate access to specific seller accounts to individual employees.
To delegate seller account access to an employee, take the following steps:
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Sign in to Solution Provider Portal as a primary account user or admin.
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Choose Services, and then choose Permissions Management.
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Choose Global Account Permissions.
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On the Users tab, search for the employee.
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Next to the employee's name, choose the dropdown menu, and then choose Add user to client.
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Select the seller account that you want to assign to the employee.
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Choose Submit.
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Next to the employee's name, choose Manage Rights.
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In the Clients list in the sidebar, choose the assigned seller.
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Select the access rights that you want to grant to the employee for the selected seller.
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Choose Save Changes.
The employee can now access the assigned seller account with the specified permissions. These permissions are linked to the email address that the employee used to set up their account, which the employee must use to log in to Seller Central and Solution Provider Portal.
View employee access to seller accounts
You can view which employees have access to a specific seller account to manage and audit permissions.
To view employees who have access to a specific seller account, take the following steps:
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Sign in to Solution Provider Portal as an admin.
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Choose Services, and then choose Permissions Management.
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Choose Global Account Permissions.
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In the Clients list in the sidebar, choose the seller account that you want to review.
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On the Users tab, you will see a list of employees who have access to the selected seller.
This view enables you to review and manage which employees can access each of your client accounts.
View seller assignments for employees
You can view which seller accounts are assigned to a specific employee to manage their workload and permissions.
To view seller assignments for an employee, take the following steps:
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Sign in to Solution Provider Portal as an admin.
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Choose Settings, and then choose User Permissions.
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Choose Global User Permissions.
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On the Users tab, find the employee that you want to review.
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Next to the employee's name, choose Manage Rights.
You see the sellers assigned to this employee and can manage the employee's permissions for each seller account.
View all authorized client accounts
You can view all seller accounts that have granted access to your service provider company.
To view all clients who have granted access to your account, take the following steps:
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Sign in to Solution Provider Portal as an admin.
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Choose Services, and then choose Permissions Management.
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Choose Global Account Permissions.
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In the Clients list in the sidebar, you will see all client accounts that have granted company-level access to you.
This view provides an overview of all your authorized client relationships.
Remove client access from employees
You can remove a specific employee's access to seller accounts when the employee no longer needs access.
To remove seller account access from an employee, take the following steps:
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Sign in to Solution Provider Portal as an admin.
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Choose Settings, and then choose User Permissions.
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Choose Global User Permissions.
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On the Users tab, find the employee whose access you want to remove.
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Next to the employee's name, choose Manage Rights.
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Scroll down to the bottom of the page and choose Remove Access From Account.
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Choose Submit.
The employee will no longer have access to the seller accounts that were previously assigned to them.
Remove client access from your account
You can remove a seller's access from your service provider account to end the client relationship.
To remove seller access from your service provider account, take the following steps:
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Sign in to Solution Provider Portal as an admin.
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Choose Settings, and then choose User Permissions.
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Choose Global User Permissions.
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Choose the Clients tab.
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Search for the seller account that you want to remove.
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Choose Remove from this account.
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Choose Submit.
The seller account will be removed from your service provider account, and you will no longer have access to their account.
Remove employees from your account
You can completely remove an employee from your service provider account when they no longer work for your company or need access.
To remove an employee from your account, take the following steps:
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Sign in to Solution Provider Portal as an admin.
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Choose Settings, and then choose User Permissions.
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Choose Global User Permissions.
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On the Users tab, under the User Management header, find the employee that you want to remove.
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Next to the employee's name, choose the down arrow next to the Actions button.
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Choose Remove User.
The employee will be completely removed from your service provider account and will no longer have any access to your account or assigned client accounts.
Employee procedures
As an employee, you can accept invitations to join your company's Solution Provider Portal account and access assigned seller accounts.
Accept an invitation to Solution Provider Portal
To accept an invitation to join Solution Provider Portal, employees should take the following steps:
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Check your email for the invitation to Solution Provider Portal, and choose that the first step in the email contains.
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You will be directed to Solution Provider Portal. Sign in to your account or create a new one.
Important
Use the email address that received the invitation. If you already have a Secondary User or Seller Central account, you can use the same login credentials for Solution Provider Portal.
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Choose Accept Invitation.
After the employee accepts the invitation, the employee's name will appear under Users in the Current tab. You can also view pending invitations in the Open Invitations tab.
Access assigned seller accounts
As an employee who has been given access to seller accounts, you can access those accounts through Seller Central.
To access a seller account you've been assigned, take the following steps:
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Sign in to Seller Central.
Important
Employees must sign in using the email address that they registered with Solution Provider Portal. Admins can sign in using their primary email address.
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Choose your service provider company's global account name.
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Choose the seller account that you want to access.
You will now be able to work within the seller's account with the permissions that have been granted to you.
Troubleshooting
The following section describes what to do if an employee encounters issues during the invitation acceptance process.
What happens if an employee uses a different email to log in?
If an employee uses a different email address than the email address that the invitation used:
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Solution Provider Portal displays a message to the employee that indicates that the Solution Provider Portal admin must approve their registration.
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The Solution Provider Portal admin receives an email about the employee's use of a different email address.
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The employee should inform the Solution Provider Portal account admin to complete the following steps:
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Sign in to Solution Provider Portal as an admin.
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Choose Services, and then choose Permissions Management.
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Choose Global Account Permissions, and then choose Open Invitations.
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Locate the employee's name with their updated email address.
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Next to Actions, choose the down arrow, and then select Confirm Invitation.
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A green banner that confirms the successful request appears. The name disappears from Open Invites and is now under User Management.
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