diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 533f5616..24848520 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
  - Add `ArraySubset::{overlap,overlap_unchecked}` and `ArraySubset::{relative_to,relative_to_unchecked}`
    - These replace `ArraySubset::{in_subset,in_subset_unchecked}`, which are now deprecated
+ - Add `From<String>` for `StorePrefixError` and deprecate `StorePrefixError::new`
 
 ### Fixed
  - Fix `cargo test` with `async` crate feature disabled
diff --git a/src/storage/store_prefix.rs b/src/storage/store_prefix.rs
index 7e17a54c..7e34f064 100644
--- a/src/storage/store_prefix.rs
+++ b/src/storage/store_prefix.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use derive_more::Display;
+use derive_more::{Display, From};
 use std::path::Path;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ use crate::node::NodePath;
 pub struct StorePrefix(String);
 
 /// An invalid store prefix.
-#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+#[derive(Debug, Error, From)]
 #[error("invalid store prefix {0}")]
 pub struct StorePrefixError(String);
 
 impl StorePrefixError {
-    /// Create a new invalid store prefix.
+    #[deprecated(since = "0.7.3", note = "please use the From::<String> method instead")]
+    /// Create a new invalid store prefix error.
     #[must_use]
     pub const fn new(prefix: String) -> Self {
         Self(prefix)
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ impl StorePrefix {
     /// Create a new Zarr Prefix from `prefix`.
     ///
     /// # Errors
-    ///
     /// Returns [`StorePrefixError`] if `prefix` is not valid according to [`StorePrefix::validate`()].
     pub fn new(prefix: impl Into<String>) -> Result<Self, StorePrefixError> {
         let prefix = prefix.into();
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ impl StorePrefix {
     /// Create a new Zarr Prefix from `prefix`.
     ///
     /// # Safety
-    ///
     /// `prefix` is not validated, so this can result in an invalid store prefix.
     #[must_use]
     pub unsafe fn new_unchecked(prefix: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
@@ -107,3 +106,21 @@ impl TryFrom<&NodePath> for StorePrefix {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn valid() {
+        assert!(StorePrefix::new("").is_ok());
+        assert!(StorePrefix::new("a/").is_ok());
+        assert!(StorePrefix::new("a/b/").is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn invalid() {
+        assert!(StorePrefix::new("a").is_err());
+        assert!(StorePrefix::new("a/b").is_err());
+    }
+}