Set up your store in about ten minutes
You are about ten minutes away from a store your guests can actually buy from. This guide walks you from a fresh account to a published store link, in the same order the dashboard does: sign in, connect Stripe, create your property, add a few extras, publish, and share the link. Your guests never need an app or an account - they open your link, pick what they fancy, and pay. The money lands in your own Stripe account.
Grab your property photos and your bank details for Stripe, and let's go.
1. Sign in
There is no password to remember. Enter your email on the sign-in page and we send you a one-time link - click it and you are in.
2. Connect Stripe
Payments run through your own Stripe account, so the next step is connecting one. Stripe asks for the usual details it needs to verify any business - your bank account, some basic identity checks - and it does this on its own secure pages, not ours.
This can take a few minutes or a couple of days, depending on what Stripe needs to confirm. You can safely close the tab and come back later - if your checks are still in progress, we pick up exactly where you left off and show you what is still outstanding. Payments cannot go live for your store until Stripe finishes its checks, so it is worth starting this step early.
3. Create your property
Give your property a name, set your check-in and check-out times, and add a short welcome message - this is what your guests see first. You can also pick an accent colour and add a host note, and upload a hero photo (a brand placeholder is used until you do).
4. Add extras from the library
Pick three or four extras from the template library to start - early check-in, late checkout, a welcome hamper, a mid-stay clean. Each template comes with a benchmarked price range so you are not guessing, and you can set your own price, lead time, and whether it needs your approval.
Approval is on by default for anything time-sensitive, like early check-in - that keeps you in control of your calendar. You can turn it off for extras that never conflict with anything, like a welcome hamper.
5. Publish and preview
Once you are happy with your extras, publish your store. Open your own store link on your phone to see exactly what your guests will see.
6. Share the link
Your dashboard's share kit has ready-made messages for Airbnb, Booking.com, email and a printable QR poster - each one links back to your store with the right slug and a bit of tracking so you can see what is working. See the share guides for the full walkthrough of each channel.
7. Your first order
When a guest buys something instant, it is confirmed straight away - you will get an email, and it shows up in your orders list. When a guest buys something that needs your approval, their card is authorised but not charged; you get an email asking you to approve or decline, and nothing is charged until you say yes. See the payments FAQ for exactly how approval extras work, and Airbnb, Booking.com and QR/email guides for getting your link in front of guests in the first place.