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      Using The Shop Now Wizard To Build Your Store and Other Basic Settings

      Here's a step by step tutorial on how to get your store ready for selling. When you click on 'Dashboard you'll see '6 Step Wizard' to build out your store'. It's a good place to get start. Then continue with other important setting listed below.

      Don't Have A Store Yet? Start Here

      Step 1 Create Account -

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      This step is complete when you get logins to your brand new store, from there complete out the remaining steps

      Step 2 (Create Your Online Store) 

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      – Please note that this step involves you setting your online store live/integrating your new store with your existing website and does not need to be completed immediately, you can come back to this step later - 

      • Navigate to Dashboard from the left side menu, from this screen click “Create your online store” 
      • The next screen will ask “Do you have a website or Facebook page?”, if you choose Yes, I have a website skip to Step 2a, if you choose No, I do not have a website skip to Step 2b below 

      Step 2a (Yes, I have a website) 

      • You will be prompted to choose which platform your website is built on – Wordpress, Joomla, Facebook & Other 
      • After selecting your website platform follow the instructions on screen, further details for each platform can be found below: 
      • Wordpress – click here 
      • Joomla – follow the steps shown on screen 
      • Facebook – click here 
      • Other Platform – follow the steps shown on screen 

      Step 2b (No, I do not have a website) 

      • You will be prompted to Specify your store address, for this you can enter your business name or preferred domain name e.g. mycompanyname.shopsettings.com. It is important to Once you have decided upon your store name click save 
      • Once saved, you will be brought to a screen showing your live store link, click proceed to next step 

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      • Click on the Add Products box from the Dashboard 
      • On the next screen you will be prompted to “Start building your product catalog”, to do this: 
      • Click on the Product image to upload the image from your computer files (High quality imagery is very important for ecommerce store – it is crucial to display your product images in a neat, professional manner), further details on photographing your products can be found here 
      • Add the Product name 
      • Add the Product price 
      • You can also click the “More powerful options” link on this screen to allow you to add Product descriptions, SKU numbers, Weight and many more options (We highly recommend you choose this option, it is very important to add detailed, keyword rich descriptions to each of your products so search engines can display your ecommerce store for relevant search terms) 
      • For further details on adding & editing products click here 

       

      Step 4 (Verify Geo Settings)

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      • Click on Verify Geo Settings from the Dashboard 
      • On the next screen click the Edit button to change your settings: 
        • Select your Country
        • Select your Currency
        • Select your Weight
      Click save and you will be brought to the Company Info screen, from here you will set your: 
        • Store Name 
        • Company Name 
        • Phone Number
        • Street Address
        • Apartment, suite, unit, building etc
        • City
        • County
        • Zip/Postal code 

      Click Save when you have finished 

      Step 5 (Set up Shipping or Pick up) 

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      Step 6 (Get Paid) 

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      • Click on Get Paid from the Dashboard 
      • You will be brought to the “Set up your preferred payment option” screen, by default, Paypal will be prompted as your preferred payment option along with your store admin email as your Paypal Account email. You can change the Paypal Account email address by clicking the “Change Paypal account” link and clicking the “Enable Paypal” button when finished. 
      • If you wish to use another payment option instead of Paypal click on the Advanced payments setup link towards the bottom of the page, this will bring you to all of the payment options available 
      • We recommend using either Paypal, Stripe or both Paypal and Stripe as your payment gateway 
      • To add Paypal or Stripe follow the details on screen – you will be prompted to sign in to your Paypal/Stripe account in order to connect it to your store 
      • Further details on accepting payments online can be found here 

      Now that you've finished with the 6 step wizard it's time for further setting for store set up –  (These steps are essential to fully completing your store set up) 

      Cart & Checkout

      • From the left menu navigate to Settings -> General, then navigate to “Cart & Checkout” tab to edit any settings you wish to utilize

      Legal Pages

      • From the left menu navigate to Settings -> General, then navigate to “Legal Pages” tab to add your company Terms & Conditions documentation, (please note that we highly recommend that all of your policies are reviewed by your solicitor prior to selling online): 
      • From the left menu navigate to Settings -> General, then navigate to Tracking & Analytics tab to enter: 
      • Snapchat Pixel 

        VAT & Taxation

      • From the left menu navigate to Settings -> General, then navigate to Settings -> Taxes (please note that we highly recommend that you consult your accountant on how to display your VAT/tax rate when selling your goods or services online) 
      • From the left menu navigate to Settings -> General, then navigate to Settings -> Mail and scroll to the bottom of the page to enter: 
      • Mail address that will receive notifications (if you need to alter this to a different email than the store was created with) 
      • Company logo 
      • From the left menu navigate to Settings -> General, then navigate to Settings -> Product Filters and click to enable 

      Creating your Storefront Design & Content

      Adding Product Categories to your Store

      Selling Products on Facebook

      Selling Products on Instagram