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How do I build my free store on storebuilder.ai?

A step-by-step walkthrough: choose what you want to sell, pick a theme, preview your store, claim it on Shopify and go live.

Written by Rochelle

You can build a complete Shopify store on storebuilder.ai in a few minutes. You don't need an account, a password or a Shopify store to start. Go to app.storebuilder.ai and follow these steps.

Step 1: Choose what you want to sell

Pick one or more product categories, for example Fashion, Beauty, Pets, Electronics or Kids & Baby. Click More to see 12 more categories, such as Kitchen, Gadgets or Eco-friendly. Then click Continue. If you choose several categories, your products are split evenly between them.

The storebuilder.ai category screen with the Beauty and Home and Garden categories selected

Step 2: Pick a theme

Choose one of four themes. The theme sets your store's look and how many products it starts with:

  • Basic — free, 10 products

  • Premium — $99, 30 products

  • Luxury — $199, 50 products

  • Signature — $299, 80 products

See Which storebuilder.ai theme should I choose? for the differences. Click a theme, then click Continue.

The theme screen showing Basic, Premium, Luxury and Signature with their prices

Step 3: Preview your store

storebuilder.ai picks products from your categories. Click See my store to see them in your theme.

The Products added screen showing products picked for the chosen categories

Take a look around your preview, then click Finalize my store.

The Your store is ready screen with a preview of the store and the Finalize my store button

Step 4: Pay for your theme (paid themes only)

If you chose Premium, Luxury or Signature, pay for the theme by card. The price is shown before you pay. If you chose Basic, there's nothing to pay and you go straight to the next step. Changed your mind? Click Skip, use the free Basic theme in the payment window. You're never charged twice for the same theme, even if you leave and come back.

The payment window for a paid theme, with the Skip, use the free Basic theme link

Step 5: Claim your store on Shopify

Click Claim my store and sign in to Shopify, or create a Shopify account. The store moves into your account. See How do I claim my store on Shopify?

The Claim your store screen with the Claim my store button

Step 6: Activate your Shopify plan

Your store needs an active Shopify plan before it can be finished. Click Activate my store, choose a plan in Shopify, then come back and click I've activated it. See How do I activate my Shopify plan?

The Activate your store screen with the Shopify discount and the Activate my store button

Step 7: Let storebuilder.ai finish your store

storebuilder.ai applies your theme, products, pages and content. When it's done, you can add an optional AI Dropship plan or click Maybe later. Then click Visit my store.

The Congratulations, your store is live screen with Visit my store and Browse AI Dropship catalog

Before you start selling, review everything using How do I edit my store before I start selling?

Need help? Email [email protected].

Ready to start? Build your free store.

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