14 Day Website Quick Launch Guide: Automated Fulfillment

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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, please do not hesitate to contact customer support team. This article will walk you through the correct correspondence for your questions: How To: Contact Customer Support

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
2. Enter Business Information	This Article will walk you through entering the Business Information to your Website.	5 Minutes
3. Create Products for Sale on your Website	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
4. Set Prices for Products in your Art Print Store	Next step is to set up prices of your Automatically Fulfilled Products	15 minutes
5. Select Mediums for your Art Print Store products	Enable or disable media types you want to offer on your site	10-30 Minutes
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
7. Select Frames for your Art Print Store Products	Enable or disable the frames you want offered on your site	5 minutes
8. Set up general Info in your Art Print Store	Set up miscellaneous Art Print Store info	30 minutes
9. Set up your Product Galleries and your Homepage	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
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
11. Set Up Payment Gateway to Accept Payments on the Site	Next up, we need to enable a payment method on the site to allow customers to complete their purchases.	30 minutes
12. Run a Test Transaction	Test transaction is the only sure way to know that your Payment Gateway is working properly	10 minutes
13. Place a Sample Order at a Wholesale Cost	This article will walk you through the process of placing a wholesale order.	30 minutes
14. Create Shipping Methods for Self Fulfilled Products	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
15. Set Up Sales Taxes for Sales Made Through the Website	Taxes are a big part of running a business, and we want to ensure that yours are set up correctly.	30-60 minutes
16.Upload Logo	In this guide, we'll cover how to add Logo images for different purposes on your website.	20 minutes
17. Select a Theme For Your Website	This article will walk you through selecting the appropriate theme for your Website.	5 minutes
18. Connect a Custom Domain	Here we'll cover setting up the customized address of your website, or custom domain.	30 minutes
19. Set up FAQ page	Set up Frequently Asked Questions/Policies page	5 mins
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
22. Join the community	Join our Small Wins Facebook Group and our Discord Channel	5 minutes
23. Launch!	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
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