Complete New Merchant Setup Checklist

Every task from this series, in one checklist. Use this as your working reference while setting up — check items off in order.

Store setup

Store created via AI generation (Article 2 “How to Create and Configure Your Shopiators Store“)

Business information added (Article 4 “How to Add Your Business Information“)

Store information configured — currency, name, time zone (Article 5 “How to Configure Your Store Information“)

Logo uploaded (Article 6 “How to Upload Your Business Logo“)

Commerce

First product category created (Article 8 “How to Create Your First Product Category“)

First product added (Article 7 “How to Add Your First Product”)

Payments configured, including COD if wanted (Articles 9–10 “How to Configure Store Payments” to How to Enable Cash on Delivery)

Shipping configured (Article 11 “How to Configure Shipping”)

Storefront

Custom domain connected (Article 12 “How to Connect Your Custom Domain“)

Storefront design customized (Article 13 “How to Customize Your Storefront“)

Navigation menus configured (Article 14 “How to Configure Store Navigation“)

Important pages added — About, Contact, policies (Article 15 “How to Add Important Store Pages“)

Testing and launch

Test order placed successfully (Article 16 “How to Place a Test Order“)

Checkout tested, including on mobile (Article 17 “How to Test Your Checkout“)

Full store previewed end-to-end (Article 18 “How to Preview Your Store Before Launch“)

Store switched to public (Article 19 “How to Launch Your Shopiators Store“)

One last thing

💡 Tip: This checklist gets you launched — it isn’t the end of the work. Category 1, Articles 17–18 “My Shopiators Store Is Live. What Should I Do Next?” to “How Do I Get My First Online Order?” cover what to focus on right after launch, including getting your first real order.