Publishing your store, and what verification unlocks

A new store is not public straight away. It stays hidden until you publish it, and publishing waits on two short setup steps.

Step 1. Finish the two setup steps

Your Dashboard shows a Getting started list.

Add your first product. One is enough.
Set up shop location. The address your parcels are sent from.

The Getting started list with Add your first product done and Set up shop location still open

Until both are done, the Your store card says Almost there and Publish store cannot be pressed.

The Your store card saying Almost there, with the Publish store button disabled

Step 2. Set your shop location

Press Set up shop location in the list. It opens Settings, Shipping, on the Shop Location tab. Fill in the address. Shipping costs at checkout are worked out from this address, so a store without one cannot quote a buyer.

The Shop Location tab in Shipping settings, with the address form

Step 3. Publish

Back on the Dashboard, the card now says Ready to go live? Press Preview store to see it as a buyer would, then Publish store.

The Your store card saying Ready to go live, with Publish store and Preview store buttons

Confirm, and the store is open.

The confirmation asking Publish your store, showing the address it will go live at

Step 4. Share the link

The card now reads Live and shows your address. Copy link copies it and View store opens it.

The Your store card marked Live, with the store address and the Copy link, View store and Pause buttons

Note. Pause takes the store offline until you publish it again. Use it when you need to stop taking orders for a while. Your products stay as they are.

Step 5. Your address

A new store opens on a berkedai.com address. To change it, open Settings, then Store, then Advanced settings. Under Shop Domains you can edit the name. It can be changed once a month, and old links stop working, so choose before you share it widely.

The Shop Domains section showing the platform subdomain and the Add a custom domain button

Step 6. Your own domain

A domain you own can be pointed at the store once the storefront is verified. Verification is a check our team does. A verified store also shows a verified badge to buyers.

Before that, entering a domain under Add a custom domain and pressing Add returns a message asking you to verify the storefront first.

The custom domain field with a message saying the storefront must be verified first

Once verified, enter the domain and press Add. You are shown the DNS records to add where you bought the domain. Add them, then press Check again. When the status reads Verified, the domain is live.

A custom domain marked Pending DNS verification, with the DNS records to add and a Check again button

Common questions

Why can I not press Publish store?

One of the two setup steps is still open. The Getting started list shows which.

Do I need my own domain?

No. A store can run on its berkedai.com address for as long as you like.

Can staff publish the store?

No. Only the store owner sees the Your store card.

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