---
title: MerchantUser - Partner API
description: |-
  A merchant account. This might be a shop owner, a staff member, or a user that isn't associated with a shop.
  A single merchant account can be associated with many shops.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: partner
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/MerchantUser
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/MerchantUser.md
---

# Merchant​User

object

A merchant account. This might be a shop owner, a staff member, or a user that isn't associated with a shop. A single merchant account can be associated with many shops.

## Fields

* avatar​Url

  [Url](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/scalars/Url)

  A URL referencing the avatar associated with the actor.

* id

  [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/scalars/ID)

  non-null

  A globally unique identifier for the actor. Example value: `gid://partners/Shop/1234`.

* name

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/scalars/String)

  non-null

  The user's full name.

* timezone

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/scalars/String)

  non-null

  The user's time zone.

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## Map

### Fields with this object

* {}[Conversation.merchantUser](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/objects/Conversation#field-Conversation.fields.merchantUser)

### Possible type in

* [Message​Sender](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/unions/MessageSender)

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## Interfaces

* * [Actor](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/interfaces/Actor)

    interface

  * [Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/interfaces/Node)

    interface

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## ||-MerchantUser Implements

### Implements

* ||-[Actor](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/interfaces/Actor)
* ||-[Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/partner/latest/interfaces/Node)