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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.

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Helm University track 1: Open Your Shop
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. 1.1
    This lesson prepares you to: Say whether you are eligible to sell on Helm, and name what you accept when you apply.
    2 min readShipped
  2. 1.2
    This lesson prepares you to: Explain who reads your application, what the three outcomes are, and what you can do while you wait.
    2 min readShipped
  3. 1.3
    This lesson prepares you to: Name the four states a payout account moves through and explain what happens to a buyer if you stop before the last one.
    2 min readShipped
  4. 1.4
    This lesson prepares you to: Explain what the verified badge proves, and why Helm rejects free email providers outright.
    2 min readShipped
  5. 1.5
    This lesson prepares you to: Choose between the DNS and email proofs, and know the timings on each.
    2 min readShipped
  6. 1.6
    This lesson prepares you to: Import an existing catalogue, and know exactly which parts stay in sync afterwards.
    2 min readShipped
  7. 1.7
    This lesson prepares you to: Fill in every storefront field within its real limit, and understand the one security rule behind social links.
    2 min readShipped