Set up your store
Name your business, choose where it is based, and create your first store.
The first time you sign in, the console asks three questions, one per screen: your business, where it is based, and your store. Nothing is created until the last step, so you can go back and change an answer until then. If you leave partway, the console picks up where you left off the next time you open it in the same browser.
1. Your business
Enter the Business name you sell under, then choose Continue.
If someone referred you to Sorai and the screen shows I have a referral code, choose it and enter their code. If you followed a referral link, the code is already filled in. A code Sorai doesn't recognise is ignored.
2. Where you are
- Country: where your business is based. Payouts and verification follow this country.
- Currency: what your prices and orders use. Sorai pays out in a few currencies for now, so your country's own currency may not be listed. If it isn't, pick one Sorai can pay you in.
Your country can't be changed after setup. Check it before you create your store.
3. Your store
- Store name: what buyers see.
- Store address: the first part of your store's web address. Use lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens only. You can connect your own domain later; see Custom domains.
- Store language: the language buyers see on your storefront and at checkout.
Choose Create store. If the address is taken, the console says That address is taken. Try another. Pick another and create again.
Your store uses the currency you chose in step 2. By creating your store, you agree to Sorai's Terms and Privacy Policy.
Activate your plan
This step appears only if you picked a paid plan before signing up. Your store already exists at this point. Pay now to start on that plan, or choose Not now, start free and activate it later from Organization, then Billing.
If you leave a payment unfinished, the dashboard shows Continue payment. Your store runs on Free until the payment lands.
What happens next
You land on your store's dashboard. Your store starts with a draft homepage, and a short tour points at the three things between you and your first sale: a product, your page and, where it applies, verification.