Getting started
Team & roles
Access in CrowPrime is role-based and evaluated on the server for every request. A member's role decides which navigation entries appear and which actions the API will accept.
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Available roles
CrowPrime has nine roles. Owner is set at organization creation; the other eight can be assigned to members. There is no separate Operations role — warehouse and fulfillment work is split across Supervisor, Manager and Picker.
| Role | Intended for | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | Business owner | Full access to everything, including billing and role-permission management |
| Admin | Operations lead | Everything except billing and managing role permissions |
| Supervisor | Shift / team lead | Warehouse, picking, orders, returns and Crow AI; can cancel pick lists |
| Manager | Category / shop manager | Orders, inventory, listings, research, sourcing and dropshipping |
| Picker | Warehouse staff | Picking queue, stock adjustments, warehouse locations |
| Finance | Accountant / bookkeeper | Invoices, expenses, VAT report, exports and reconciliation |
| Support | Customer service | Orders, returns, customer messages and profiles |
| Dropshipping | Dropship operator | Listings, sourcing, dropshipping and AliExpress order IDs |
| Viewer | Stakeholders, auditors | Read-only on data, but can complete pick lists and open warehouse pages |
Owner
- Intended for
- Business owner
- Summary
- Full access to everything, including billing and role-permission management
Admin
- Intended for
- Operations lead
- Summary
- Everything except billing and managing role permissions
Supervisor
- Intended for
- Shift / team lead
- Summary
- Warehouse, picking, orders, returns and Crow AI; can cancel pick lists
Manager
- Intended for
- Category / shop manager
- Summary
- Orders, inventory, listings, research, sourcing and dropshipping
Picker
- Intended for
- Warehouse staff
- Summary
- Picking queue, stock adjustments, warehouse locations
Finance
- Intended for
- Accountant / bookkeeper
- Summary
- Invoices, expenses, VAT report, exports and reconciliation
Support
- Intended for
- Customer service
- Summary
- Orders, returns, customer messages and profiles
Dropshipping
- Intended for
- Dropship operator
- Summary
- Listings, sourcing, dropshipping and AliExpress order IDs
Viewer
- Intended for
- Stakeholders, auditors
- Summary
- Read-only on data, but can complete pick lists and open warehouse pages
Permission matrix
Page access per role (simplified from Settings → Roles & permissions). Owner can open everything.
| Page | Owner | Admin | Superv. | Manager | Picker | Finance | Support | Dropship | Viewer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dashboard, Orders, Organizations, Settings | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Warehouse, Picking, Stock movements | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Returns, Messages, Customer profiles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Invoices | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Expenses, VAT report, Export, Tax & compliance | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Listings, Research, Projects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Listings* | No |
| Sourcing, Dropshipping | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Integrations (marketplace connections) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Billing (subscription) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Crow AI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Dashboard, Orders, Organizations, Settings
- Owner
- Yes
- Admin
- Yes
- Superv.
- Yes
- Manager
- Yes
- Picker
- Yes
- Finance
- Yes
- Support
- Yes
- Dropship
- Yes
- Viewer
- Yes
Warehouse, Picking, Stock movements
- Owner
- Yes
- Admin
- Yes
- Superv.
- Yes
- Manager
- Yes
- Picker
- Yes
- Finance
- No
- Support
- No
- Dropship
- No
- Viewer
- Yes
Returns, Messages, Customer profiles
- Owner
- Yes
- Admin
- Yes
- Superv.
- Yes
- Manager
- Yes
- Picker
- No
- Finance
- No
- Support
- Yes
- Dropship
- No
- Viewer
- No
Invoices
- Owner
- Yes
- Admin
- Yes
- Superv.
- Yes
- Manager
- No
- Picker
- No
- Finance
- Yes
- Support
- No
- Dropship
- No
- Viewer
- No
Expenses, VAT report, Export, Tax & compliance
- Owner
- Yes
- Admin
- Yes
- Superv.
- No
- Manager
- No
- Picker
- No
- Finance
- Yes
- Support
- No
- Dropship
- No
- Viewer
- No
Listings, Research, Projects
- Owner
- Yes
- Admin
- Yes
- Superv.
- Yes
- Manager
- Yes
- Picker
- No
- Finance
- No
- Support
- No
- Dropship
- Listings*
- Viewer
- No
Sourcing, Dropshipping
- Owner
- Yes
- Admin
- Yes
- Superv.
- No
- Manager
- Yes
- Picker
- No
- Finance
- No
- Support
- No
- Dropship
- Yes
- Viewer
- No
Integrations (marketplace connections)
- Owner
- Yes
- Admin
- Yes
- Superv.
- No
- Manager
- No
- Picker
- No
- Finance
- No
- Support
- No
- Dropship
- No
- Viewer
- No
Billing (subscription)
- Owner
- Yes
- Admin
- No
- Superv.
- No
- Manager
- No
- Picker
- No
- Finance
- No
- Support
- No
- Dropship
- No
- Viewer
- No
Crow AI
- Owner
- Yes
- Admin
- Yes
- Superv.
- Yes
- Manager
- Yes
- Picker
- No
- Finance
- No
- Support
- No
- Dropship
- No
- Viewer
- No
- Supervisors can edit invoices but not cancel them; cancelling is Owner, Admin and Finance. Supervisors cannot open expenses, VAT, export or tax pages.
- Listings*: the Dropshipping role can work on listings and sourcing but not on research or projects.
- Support cannot see order amounts by default; an Owner can grant it via overrides.
- Deleting products, creating warehouses and deleting locations need Owner or Admin; creating products and adjusting stock is also open to Supervisor, Manager, Picker and Dropshipping.
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Shop or category manager. Orders, inventory, listings, research and sourcing.
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Permission overrides
Owners can fine-tune individual roles under Settings → Roles & permissions. Overrides are stored per organization and applied on top of the defaults at runtime.
- Each override is a single role + permission switch, for example granting Support the right to view order amounts.
- Managing role permissions itself is Owner-only and cannot be delegated.
- Changing a member's role is Owner-only; inviting and removing members is Owner and Admin.
Permission checker
Unsure about one specific action? Combine a role with an action for an instant verdict — handy before assigning roles or answering “why can't I open this?”.
Can they do it?
Combine any role with any action for an instant verdict.
Inviting members
- 1
Open the team page
Settings → Team lists current members, pending invitations and roles.
- 2
Send the invitation
Enter the email address and pick one of the eight assignable roles. The invitee receives a link that expires after seven days; unaccepted invitations can be resent or revoked.
- 3
Acceptance
The invitee accepts via the invitation page and lands in the organization with the assigned role. If they already have a CrowPrime account, the new organization simply appears in their switcher. Seats are checked at acceptance: if the plan seat limit is reached, acceptance is blocked until a seat is freed or the plan is upgraded.
Note
Seats are counted per active member. If your plan seat limit is reached, invitations are blocked until you remove a member or upgrade.
Changing or revoking access
- Role changes take effect on the member's next request — no re-login required.
- Removing a member immediately invalidates their sessions for that organization only.
- Ownership transfer requires selecting an existing Admin; the former Owner becomes Admin.
Access rules to know
- Roles never grant cross-organization access, even for Owners of several organizations.
- Suspended account status narrows every role to read-only, including Owner, until billing is resolved.
- Crow AI answers are scoped to the asking member's permissions, so a Viewer cannot extract data they could not open in the UI.