What kind of roles can be assigned with Access Manager?
The roles available in the Access Manager depend on the owner's Small Business plan.
Each role includes a set of features to which the assigned user will have access. Note that only the plan owner can access the account billing information, or cancel or buy services for the account.
Web Hosting
If you have a Web Hosting plan, you can make another user an administrator of your account.
The administrator can manage your entire web site, with access to all of your control panel features, including site design tools, such as Yahoo! Site Solution; the Getting Started Wizard; site statistics and other management features; promotion tools; and domain settings. This user can also add other administrators and contact customer care for support.
NOTE: If the domain is locked, a user who has been set up as an administrator will not be able to change the names ervers. While the domain is locked, only the account owner will be able to unlock and then modify the name servers.
Merchant Solutions and Store
If you have a Merchant Solutions or Store plan, you can choose from these Access Manager roles:
| Administrator | The administrator can manage your entire store, with access to all of your Store Manager and Web Hosting Control Panel features, including the Store Editor; order processing (except for viewing full credit card numbers, see the Credit Card role); Yahoo! Web Analytics (if enabled); promotion tools; and domain settings. This person can also add administrators, store administrators, the Credit Card role, and other users, and can contact customer care for support. NOTE: If the domain is locked, a user who has been set up as an administrator will not be able to change the nameservers. While the domain is locked, only the account owner will be able to unlock and then modify the name servers. |
| Store Administrator (Store accounts only) |
The store administrator can access your entire Store Manager (but not the Web Hosting Control Panel), including the Store Editor; order processing (except for viewing full credit card numbers, see the Credit Card role); Yahoo! Web Analytics (if enabled); and promotion tools. This person can also add store administrators and other users, and can contact customer care for support. |
| Store Consultant | A store consultant can create and edit pages of your store, review your store metrics, and publish order settings. This user can also access all site design tools, store statistics, Yahoo! Web Analytics reports (if enabled), some site and order settings, and most promotion tools but cannot view orders, make user-access changes in Store Manager, or assign access to other users. |
| Store Editor | A store editor can build and edit your store pages and add products using the Store Editor, Design Wizard, the Add Product Wizard, and, in Merchant Solutions plans, the Catalog Manager and Store Tag Hub. This user does not have access to any order settings or tools, store metrics, or promotion tools and cannot assign access to other users. |
| Store Analyst | A store analyst can only review store metrics using site statistics and Yahoo! Web Analytics reports (if enabled). This user cannot enable Yahoo! Web Analytics, edit pages, view orders, publish order settings, make user-access changes in Store Manager, or assign access to other users. |
| Order Processor * role modified on Sept. 27, 2012 |
An order processor can manage your order fulfillment. This person has access to the Order Manager, Catalog Requests, and Gift Certificates, and can publish order settings, but cannot process payments or view full credit card numbers, manage inventory, edit pages, view statistics, or modify site and order settings. This user also cannot assign access to other users. |
| Payment Processor * new role added Sept. 27, 2012 |
A payment processor can perform payment processing and manage order fulfillment, with access to Order Manager, Catalog Requests, and Gift Certificates, and has the ability to publish order settings. A payment processor cannot manage inventory, edit pages, view full credit card numbers, view statistics, or modify site and order settings. |
| Credit Card * new role added Sept. 27, 2012 |
Users assigned the credit card role can perform payment processing and view full credit card numbers in Order Manager. A user with this role can also manage order fulfillment, with access to Order Manager, Catalog Requests, and Gift Certificates, and has the ability to publish order settings. This user cannot manage inventory, edit pages, view statistics, or modify site and order settings. Temporary assignment of this role only when full credit card numbers are needed for payment processing is strongly advised. The Payment Processor role may be used for all payment processing actions except viewing full credit card numbers. Owner and Administrator users may add the Credit Card role to their own access permissions if they require access to view full credit card numbers. Assigning this role temporarily only when full credit card numbers are needed for payment processing is strongly advised. |
Not Included in Access Manager
Please note that access to some services must be set separately. Access to these tools cannot be granted through the Access Manager:
- Email: To create new email accounts or administrators, visit your Email Control Panel. Learn more about Business Email.
- FTP: Use your Password Manager to provide FTP access to your Web Hosting account (or the Web Hosting side of your Merchant Solutions account). Learn how to set up FTP access.
- Site access: You can hide part or all of your web site using the Password Manager in combination with your File Manager (both available in your Web Hosting Control Panel). To set up password protection for your store, click the Customer Access link in your Store Manager.
- Blogs: Use your blog software to create a new author or administrator for your blog. Learn more about blogs.
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