Build the assortment, design and purchase flow and check the shop before opening it to customers.

This is a basic checklist for new Go, Plus and Pro shops. You need administrator access; agreements must be signed by an authorised representative. Theme editing paths apply to Diversity. Images show older admin views whose labels can differ from your shop. Functions and external agreements must be ready even when a checklist item is marked complete.

Open Catalogue → Product groups, choose New product group or Add your first product group and enter its name and placement. Add introductory text and an image if needed, then save with Add. Groups can be used in navigation, but check the theme menu and that the group is not hidden.

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Go to Catalogue → Products. Choose New product to create manually or use import if you already have a checked file. Enter the name, identification, description, images, price, VAT, stock and any weight or customer choices. Give variants their correct individual details and try a small import before loading a larger assortment.

Under Appearance → Themes → Theme templates , view available themes, read about them and add one. The number changes; you are not limited to the eight mentioned in older material. My themes shows those you have added. The editing icon opens settings and preview shows the theme. Previewing is different from activating it.

Check which theme is active before saving. Make larger changes in a copy where appropriate and check mobile and desktop. Settings in a copy do not automatically change the active shop.

Arrange the required agreement with your payment provider. Open Settings → Payment methods, select a method under Add a new payment method and click Add. Then enter the provider's current account details and activate according to that method's instructions. Adding its name does not prove account approval, currency support or completed payouts.

Open Settings → Shipping → New shipping method. Enter the customer-facing name, description and correct active status and save. Create a tariff with the correct fee and any weight brackets and connect it to delivery countries. An active method without a valid tariff may be absent from checkout. A flat shipping fee does not require invented product weights.

Check countries you do not deliver to; a worldwide default tariff can make the method available there too. A checkout shipping option is not a transport agreement or booking. Follow the shipping guide for tariffs, limits and connections.

Open Pages and Terms & information. Older admin images call the menu Custom pages. Click inside the content block's text editor, select only the existing text you want to replace and type or paste your own. You do not need to delete the entire system page to edit its text. Save the page and reopen it to check the result.

Replace example details and review every heading, including text without yellow highlighting. Adapt contact details, payment, delivery and applicable return and complaint conditions to your actual customers and markets. A Swedish template is not a completed translation or proof of compliance for both business and consumer sales. Add a working page link where customers need the information; a page title alone does not create a menu link.

As authorised shop owner, open My profile → Agreements. Read the current agreement and appendices, check the parties and follow the available signing process. Dashboard may also link to an unsigned agreement. Older images show that route and BankID options. Marking a checklist does not replace a signature, and the agreement does not replace the shop's own privacy information.

You can build and use the assigned Abicart address without first buying a custom domain. For your own domain, buy it from a provider and add it under Settings → Domains and SEO → Domains. Configure the correct DNS and wait for working HTTPS before selecting it as the shop address under URL settings and saving. Check each relevant language and hostname.

Follow the domain guide for current DNS records. Do not change email MX records or assume the domain is ready merely because it appears in the list.

Review products, variants, stock, VAT, currency, shipping, payment, terms and order confirmation. Use intended test flows when testing a purchase; real orders can reserve money, change stock and reach external systems. Check provider agreements and the correct test or live mode before admitting real customers.

Open Settings → General settings, clear Hide shop and save when ready. Then visit the address without an administrator login and check mobile and desktop. An active theme and correct domain are also needed; Google indexing happens separately and is not immediate.

The basic steps apply to Go, Plus and Pro. Some product, customer and integration functions require a higher plan or a separate provider agreement. Check the actual function; a new shop does not automatically have every connection configured.