Welcome to the Art Storefronts Family!
Below you will find detailed instructions, broken down into 23 steps, on how to set up your website to our best practices. To get started, click on one of the steps and you will be led to the article explaining how to complete the selected step.
To complete these steps, you need to be logged in to your Art Storefronts Account. This article will walk you through the process of logging in and finding your Site Manager. How To: Access Your Account and Site Manager
If you get stuck on any of the steps, our team is more than ready and eager to help! Feel free to email us at cs@artstorefronts.com , Book a call with us (lower left corner of this page) or hop on Live Chat Support (lower right corner of this page) and get in touch with us!
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |