> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cartble.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get your Cartble store from signup to live in minutes

> Go from signup to a live storefront by completing onboarding, adding your first product, configuring checkout, and publishing your store.

This guide walks you through the fastest path from a new account to a live Cartble store. You'll complete the onboarding wizard, add a product, configure checkout, and publish—all in one sitting. New accounts start on a 15-day free trial with no credit card required.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Sign up for Cartble">
    Go to [cartble.com](https://cartble.com) and create your account using your email address. After email verification, Cartble takes you directly to the onboarding wizard.

    <Info>
      Your 15-day trial starts the moment your store is provisioned at the end of onboarding. No credit card is required to begin.
    </Info>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose your industry">
    The first onboarding step asks you to select a business type—your **Blueprint**:

    * **Retail** — physical or digital products with standard delivery or in-store pickup
    * **On-Demand** — food or craft delivery with express delivery, curbside, and dine-in
    * **Booking** — services or space rentals with scheduling and session management

    If you select **On-Demand** or **Booking**, a follow-up screen asks you to pick a sub-strategy. On-Demand offers **Food-based** or **Craft-based**; Booking offers **Service-based** or **Rental-based**. Your choice shapes the features and checkout options available to your store.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Configure regional settings">
    Set your store's language (English or Portuguese), currency (USD or BRL), and physical address. Cartble uses your address to enable geo-based features and applies region-appropriate defaults—for example, selecting Portuguese automatically sets the metric measurement system and the America/Sao\_Paulo timezone.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set up your checkout delivery types">
    Choose the fulfillment methods your customers will see at checkout. The options depend on your industry:

    | Industry  | Available options                          |
    | --------- | ------------------------------------------ |
    | Retail    | Standard Delivery, In-store Pickup         |
    | On-Demand | Express Delivery, Curbside Pickup, Dine-In |
    | Booking   | On-site, Online Session                    |

    You can enable multiple options. You can change these later in your store's checkout settings.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Claim your store address">
    Enter a unique slug to set your store's public URL. Your store will be live at `your-slug.mycartble.com`. Slugs must be at least 3 characters and can only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens.

    <Warning>
      You cannot change your slug after the store is created. Choose carefully—this becomes part of your store's permanent URL unless you connect a custom domain later.
    </Warning>

    Click **Finish** to provision your store. Cartble creates your default catalog category, adds sample resources, and redirects you to your store dashboard.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add your first product">
    From your store dashboard, go to **Catalog** and add a real product to replace the sample items Cartble created during onboarding. Fill in the name, price, description, and at least one image, then set the status to **Active**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Go live">
    Your store is already publicly accessible at `your-slug.mycartble.com` the moment onboarding completes. Share the link, or connect a custom domain under **Storefront > Custom Domain** to use your own URL.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Complete the onboarding wizard" icon="list-checks" href="/onboarding">
    A detailed walkthrough of every onboarding step and what each field controls.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Customize your storefront" icon="palette" href="/storefront/themes">
    Choose a theme, configure your brand colors, and build out your homepage sections.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set up payments" icon="credit-card" href="/payments/overview">
    Connect Stripe or configure a manual payment method so you can accept orders.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect a custom domain" icon="globe" href="/storefront/custom-domain">
    Replace your `.mycartble.com` address with your own domain.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>