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# Create your store

Name your store, point it at your website, pick its address, and start your plan.

You create your store yourself, from [my.greatstore.ai](https://my.greatstore.ai/). It takes about a minute, and your store itself isn't made until the last step.

## Before you start

* [x] A Maker account, which is what you sign in with.
* [x] Your website address: where your products live today.

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](/maker-greatstore/get-started/plans-and-billing.md) for what it costs.

## Steps

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#### 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. It's also where your address is suggested from, and what we look at for a catalogue.
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#### Pick your address

Every store has its own address, which names it everywhere and is what your site loads the assistant from.

We suggest one from your website, so usually this is a glance and **Continue**. Take the suggestion or type your own, and we'll tell you whether it's available.

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**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.
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Lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens, between 2 and 63 characters. Some addresses are held back and won't be offered.
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#### Connect your products

We look for catalogues we can talk to: the one behind your Maker store if your organization sells through Maker, and one your website publishes. Everything offered here has already answered us, so the catalogue you pick is one your assistant can discuss from the first message.

Pick one, or choose to connect one later. You can add the others — and change which answers first — any time from **Connectors**.

Found nothing? That's fine. Your store still works, and you can connect a catalogue later from **Connectors**. If you've just fixed something at your end, **Check again** takes another look.
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#### Review and start your free trial

Check the name, the website, the address, 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](/maker-greatstore/get-started/plans-and-billing.md).

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.
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## One store per organization

An organization has one GreatStore store. If yours already has one, [my.greatstore.ai](https://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.

## What's next?

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[Quickstart](/maker-greatstore/get-started/quickstart.md)
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