Marko Davitkov
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Welcome to the Art Storefronts Family!
Setting up your website is the first step in your Art Storefronts journey. This article will guide you through the process of setting up your website if you use Automated Fulfillment. We've broken down the process into 23 easy-to-follow steps, and we'll guide you through each one.
To get started, just click on the step you're working on and we'll send you to the article that explains how to complete it. Please note that in order to complete these steps, you must be logged in to your Art Storefronts Account. If you need assistance with logging in and finding your Site Manager, check out our article on. How To: Access Your Account and Site Manager
If you encounter any challenges while completing the steps, please do not hesitate to contact our customer support team for assistance. You can find information on how to contact us in our article on: Contact Customer Support
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Steps |
Step Description |
Estimated Completion Time |
| 1. Art Storefronts Terminology |
Before proceeding, make sure to read this article to learn all the terms you will frequently hear in our documentation |
5 - 15 Minutes |
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This Article will walk you through entering the Business Information to your Website. |
5 Minutes |
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Here we will learn how to create Products for Sale on the Website. We'll cover both Auto and Self Fulfilled Products |
30 minutes - 1 Hour |
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| 4. Set Prices for Products in your Art Print Store |
Next step is to set up prices of your Automatically Fulfilled Products |
15 minutes |
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Enable or disable media types you want to offer on your site |
10-30 Minutes |
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| 6. Select Style Finishes and Print Options for your Art Print Store Products |
Enable or disable the Finishes and Print Options you want to offer for your media types |
5 minutes |
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Enable or disable the frames you want offered on your site |
5 minutes |
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Set up miscellaneous Art Print Store info |
30 minutes |
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Homepage is one of the Most important pages on your site, and we need to ensure that it is set up correctly. This article will show you how |
30 minutes |
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10. Set up and Integrate MailChimp to your Art Storefronts Website |
This article will walk you through the setup, integration and correct use of a mailing service called Mailchimp |
30 minutes |
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Next up, we need to enable a payment method on the site to allow customers to complete their purchases. |
30 minutes |
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Test transaction is the only sure way to know that your Payment Gateway is working properly |
10 minutes |
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This article will walk you through the process of placing a wholesale order. |
30 minutes |
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If you are offering products that you are shipping yourself, you'll need to set up a custom Shipping Method and add the correct costs |
15-20 minutes |
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Taxes are a big part of running a business, and we want to ensure that yours are set up correctly. |
30-60 minutes |
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In this guide, we'll cover how to add Logo images for different purposes on your website. |
20 minutes |
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This article will walk you through selecting the appropriate theme for your Website. |
5 minutes |
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Here we'll cover setting up the customized address of your website, or custom domain. |
30 minutes |
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Set up Frequently Asked Questions/Policies page |
5 mins |
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| 20. Set Up your About The Artist Page |
About the artist page is one page where you can talk about your artistic journey, and bring yourself as an artist closer to your audience. |
10-30 mins |
| 21. Request a Technical Site Audit |
Ask the support team to review your site to make sure it is ready to begin marketing. |
5 minutes |
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Join our Small Wins Facebook Group and our Discord Channel |
5 minutes |
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Congratulations on completing your website. You are now ready to start Marketing! This article will show you where and how to start! |
1-2 Hours |
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Extras and Additional Updates
Once you complete the basic setup of your website, you might want to look into adding a few "good-to-have" features as well. These features are not part of the 14 day guide, and are not crucial to website function, but serve as a way to further optimize your site and make sure you are using Art Storefronts Website to it's full capacity.
| Feature | Description | Estimated Completion Time |
| Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel | Setting up these 2 integrations will help you track and analyze your traffic and effectiveness of your ads | 30-60 mins |
| Order Bump and Upsell Products | These 2 features are what we call "Revenue Boosters" as they have been very efficient in selling additional items on your site | 10-30 mins |
| Enable Auto-Fulfilled Merch Products on your Website | This article will walk you through activating Merch products that are Automatically Fulfilled by Gooten | 10-30 mins |
| Upload Tax Certificates to Remain Tax Exempt | This article will walk you through correctly filling and submitting Tax Exempt forms that will allow you to remain Tax Exempt. | 10-30 mins |