Track 1 of 10

Open Your Shop

Everything between deciding to sell and being able to take an order. Have your identity documents and bank details to hand before you start lesson two.

7 lessons46 min end to endAll 7 shippedFree, no account needed

The lessons

What each lesson prepares you to do.

Written as outcomes, not topics. Every lesson says how long it takes and whether the feature exists on Helm today.

Shipped works on Helm today. You can do this right now. Coming is being built. We will not teach it as though it already exists.

1.1

Creating your seller account

This lesson prepares you to: Complete seller registration and know which details you cannot change later.

5 minShipped
1.2

What documents you need, before you start

This lesson prepares you to: Gather the right identity and business documents the first time instead of stalling halfway through.

6 minShipped
1.3

Stripe Connect onboarding, step by step

This lesson prepares you to: Finish Stripe Connect Express onboarding and understand why Helm is the merchant of record.

9 minShipped
1.4

Tax details and why we ask for them

This lesson prepares you to: Supply the tax information Helm needs and understand what happens to your payouts if you do not.

6 minShipped
1.5

Setting up your storefront

This lesson prepares you to: Publish a storefront with a name, description and image that a buyer will trust.

7 minShipped
1.6

Connecting a Shopify shop

This lesson prepares you to: Connect an existing Shopify store to Helm and know which fields sync and which do not.

8 minShipped
1.7

Your first look at My Store

This lesson prepares you to: Navigate My Store and find your products, orders, payouts and expected payout dates.

5 minShipped

Keep going

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