Create your store
Pick your store's address, name it, point it at your website, and start your plan.
You create your store yourself, from my.greatstore.ai. It takes about a minute, and your store itself isn't made until the last step.
Before you start
That's all. You don't need a plan or an organization set up in advance: both are handled as you go, and the plan is the very last thing you're asked about. See Plans & billing for what it costs.
Steps
Pick your address
Every store has its own address, which names it everywhere and is what your site loads the assistant from.
Type one and we'll tell you straight away whether it's available.
Your address can't be changed later. Pick one you're happy to keep: it's what your embed and every link to your store are built from.
Lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens, between 2 and 63 characters. Some addresses are held back and won't be offered.
Name it and point it at your website
The store name is what shoppers see in the chat header, and how the assistant refers to your store. You can change this whenever you like.
The website is where your products live today. If your organization already sells through Maker, we offer that catalogue straight away, ticked and ready. Otherwise we take a look at your website and, if we recognise a catalogue we can talk to, offer that instead. Leave it ticked and your assistant can discuss your products from the first message.
Found nothing? That's fine. Your store still works, and you can connect a catalogue later from Connectors.
Review and start your free trial
Check the address, the name, the website, and what's being connected.
Then press Start free trial. GreatStore comes with Maker's Ultra plan, and your first 14 days on it are free if you haven't used your trial yet. If you have, you'll be asked to subscribe instead.
A Maker window opens for you to set that up. Leave the wizard where it is: it picks up on its own once your plan is live, then builds your store and opens it.
If your organization is already on Ultra, there's nothing to start: the button just says Complete setup. If it's on one of Maker's smaller plans, you'll be asked to move to Ultra first; see Plans & billing.
Starting a plan is an admin's job. If you're not one, this step says so: ask an admin of your organization to start it, then press Check again. Your answers are kept while you wait.
One store per organization
An organization has one GreatStore store. If yours already has one, my.greatstore.ai opens it rather than offering to make another. And if a teammate creates one while you're partway through, we'll show you theirs instead; it's the store you'll both be working in.
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