# Authorization

### Overview

Merchant accounts have the following permissions:

| Name         | Description                                                     | Relevance         |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- |
| `home`       | Access to dashboard home section                                | Dashboard only    |
| `orders`     | Access to order information, including payments and shipments   | Dashboard and API |
| `reports`    | Access to order summary analytics                               | Dashboard and API |
| `products`   | Access to product catalog                                       | Dashboard and API |
| `customers`  | Access to shopper information                                   | Dashboard and API |
| `appearance` | Access to store front content and design customization features | Dashboard only    |
| `settings`   | Access to store configuration settings                          | Dashboard and API |

The various store management functions exposed in [API Endpoints](/management-api/orders.md) are protected with the same permission model. For example, attempting to access an order endpoint using an API key for a user lacking the `orders` permission will return a 403 Forbidden response.

### Changing Account Permissions

At the moment, merchant account permissions can be modified in the "Staff Accounts" subsection (under the dashboard's "Settings" section).

Every store has an owner account. Owner accounts always have full permissions.

Permission information can be queried programmatically by calling the [Get Permissions](/management-api/orders.md#get-permissions) endpoint.

### Trial Expiration

If an account is on an expired trial, a subscription has to be purchased to use most of the API endpoints. Attempting to make API calls to a account whose trial has ended (and without a subscription) will return a 402 Payment Required response.


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