Build an online store with a cart

Buildy can build a full online store: product pages, a cart, checkout with Stripe and an order list for you. Describe your products in chat and Buildy builds it.

Steps

1. Set up Stripe first, or let Buildy ask for the key while it builds.
2. In chat, describe the store: "Build an online store for my candle shop. Six products with a photo, name, price and description. Add a cart and Stripe checkout. Collect a shipping address."
3. Give the real products. Paste a list or attach a spreadsheet with name, price and description. Attach photos, or ask Buildy to generate them.
4. Test in Preview: add to cart, check out with Stripe's test card, and look at the order under Advanced > Data Management.
5. Click Publish & Share.

Manage products and orders

• Add or change products in chat ("Add a lavender candle for $18") or in Advanced > Data Management under the product entity.
• Orders are saved in Data Management. Ask Buildy to "email me every new order" or to "add an orders page for admins".
• Buyers are not added to Contacts on their own. To add them, ask Buildy to "add each buyer to my contacts as a customer".

Good to know

• Start with a small set of products, then add more. For a long list, attach a spreadsheet in chat.
• Shipping rates, discount codes, stock counts and variants like sizes are all possible. Ask for them one at a time.
• Digital products work too: "After payment, show a download link for the PDF."

Common problems

The cart empties when I reload

Ask Buildy: "Keep the cart when the page reloads."

Stripe shows the wrong total

Check the prices in Data Management and ask Buildy to "recalculate the cart total including shipping".

Related

• Accept payments with Stripe
• My checkout button does not work
• Add user accounts and login to your app