Launch checklist: ready to open your shop

Steps

1. 1

   Step 1 of 9

   Logo and contact details

   Your logo and browser icon are set, and Store details has the email, phone and WhatsApp customers should use.

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2. 2

   Step 2 of 9

   Products are live

   Your products are set to Active, with photos and prices, and each is in a category.

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3. 3

   Step 3 of 9

   Pages say what you do

   Your home, about and contact pages read like your business, not a template. The Contact page has a form, and its messages arrive in Inquiries.

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4. 4

   Step 4 of 9

   Legal pages are written

   Open Website → Legal pages. Any page marked Needs writing should be edited to match how your business really works, then set to Published.

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5. 5

   Step 5 of 9

   Customers can pay and receive

   Payments shows the ways you accept, and Shipping and delivery has a zone for every country you deliver to.

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6. 6

   Step 6 of 9

   Your web address

   Your domain is Verified and set as primary, if you are using your own.

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7. 7

   Step 7 of 9

   Emails reach customers

   Store emails is on and a test email arrived.

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8. 8

   Step 8 of 9

   Google can find you

   Search and sharing has a shop title and description, and Google Search Console is on.

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9. 9

   Step 9 of 9

   Open the doors

   If the holding page is on, untick Show the holding page instead of my shop and press Save.

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