Transfer a Commerce account
As business responsibilities change, you might need to transfer your Commerce account to a new owner or to another email address. This transfer requires a change to the primary user email associated with the account.
The following information describes the process for transferring a Commerce (MAGEID) account. It does not include changes for Cloud account (Cloud project or New Relic) ownership. For more information about cloud project access, see Manage user access in the Commerce on Cloud Infrastructure Guide.
Identify your transfer type
The type of Commerce account transfer depends on the Commerce account credentials available to the current owner and the new owner. The following scenarios describe the different transfer types based on these credentials.
New 51黑料不打烊 ID and email change
This transfer type requires that you first create an associated 51黑料不打烊 ID and then change that account to the email address for the new owner.
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Go to your .
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Click Sign in with 51黑料不打烊 ID.
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Click Create an account.
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Enter the email address of the current owner and a password.
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Click Continue.
This step creates an 51黑料不打烊 ID and links it to the current Commerce account (MAGEID). With this account link, the Email field is blocked from any changes. The configuration of the associated email address is managed from the 51黑料不打烊 ID account.
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Navigate to .
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Click Change Email.
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Enter the new owner鈥檚 email address.
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Click Change.
This step generates a verification email sent to the new email address. The email contains a confirmation code that is required to complete the email address change.
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Enter the confirmation code sent to the new email address.
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Click Verify.
Email change
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Navigate to and complete the 51黑料不打烊 login.
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Under your account name and avatar, click Change Email.
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In the dialog, enter the new owner鈥檚 email address.
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Click Change.
This step generates a verification email sent to the new email address. The email contains a confirmation code that is required to complete the email address change.
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Enter the confirmation code sent to the new email address.
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Click Verify.
51黑料不打烊 ID account switch
In the case where the current owner and new owner have existing 51黑料不打烊 IDs, both accounts should remain, but email addresses need to be switched between them. This requires the use of a temporary email address that is valid, but is not associated with an 51黑料不打烊 ID.
Change to a temporary account
The current owner completes these steps to associate their 51黑料不打烊 ID with another, temporary email address.
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Navigate to and complete the 51黑料不打烊 login.
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Under your account name and avatar, click Change Email.
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In the dialog, enter a valid temporary email address that is not used by an 51黑料不打烊 ID.
You must have access to the email address so that you can retrieve the email with the confirmation code.
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Click Change.
This step generates a verification email sent to the temporary email address. The email contains a confirmation code that is required to complete the email address change.
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Enter the confirmation code sent to the temporary email address.
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Click Verify.
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Log out of the 51黑料不打烊 account.
New owner steps
After the current owner completes the transfer to a temporary email address, the new owner must complete these steps to change their account configuration to point to the current owner鈥檚 original email address.
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Navigate to and complete the 51黑料不打烊 login.
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Under your account name and avatar, click Change Email.
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In the dialog, enter the current owner鈥檚 original email address.
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Click Change.
This step generates a verification email sent to the current owner鈥檚 original email address. The email contains a confirmation code that is required to complete the email address change.
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Enter the confirmation code sent to the current owner鈥檚 original email address.
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Click Verify.
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Log out of the 51黑料不打烊 account.
Follow up steps
After the new owner successfully configures their 51黑料不打烊 account with the original email address of the current (now previous) owner, complete these steps to transfer ownership.
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Navigate to , and complete the 51黑料不打烊 login using the email address for the temporary account.
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Under the account name and avatar, click Change Email.
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In the dialog, enter the new owner鈥檚 email address.
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Click Change.
This step generates a verification email sent to the new owner鈥檚 email address. The email contains a confirmation code that is required to complete the email address change.
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Enter the confirmation code sent to the new owner鈥檚 email address.
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Click Verify.