How to set up your shop

1. Sections: These are the main categories or tabs that appear at the top of your shop, allowing visitors to easily navigate and browse different types of products. Sections help organize your shop's content in a way that makes sense for your viewers to navigate where certain products are.

2. Collections: Within each section, products are grouped into specific collections. A collection is essentially a curated selection of items that share a common theme, category, or characteristic. These help streamline the shopping experience, making it easier for customers to find related products. Collections can be dynamic and regularly updated based on your shop's offerings.

3. Links: These are clickable product links that can be embedded within each collection. Links can direct customers to individual product pages or external resources, and in many cases, these links are commissionable, allowing you to earn from the sales generated through them.

How to Create a Section

1. Navigate to the section creation area: Click the "+" icon located on the far right of the page within the shop settings. This option can be found under the My Shop tab in the app.

2. Choose a section type: Once you click the "+" icon, you'll be presented with two choices:
• Recommended Section: This is a pre-made, suggested section template that aligns with popular categories or product types.
• Custom Section: Select this option if you want to create a section tailored specifically to your products or unique needs.

3. Name Your Section: After selecting your section type, give it a clear, descriptive title. This name will appear as the heading for the section on your shop's main page, so make sure it reflects the products or theme within the section. Examples are (Beauty, Closet, Home, Pets, Kids, OOTD).

4. Save and Organize: Once you're satisfied with your section setup, save your changes. You can then begin adding collections and products to the section to build it out.

How to Create a Collection

1. Navigate to the "My Shop" tab: Open the app and go to the "My Shop" tab, where you'll manage your shop's content.

2. Create a new collection: On the app go to the bottom right of the screen, click the "+ Collection" button. This will prompt you to start the process of creating a new collection. On your desktop, this will be located in the middle bottom of the page.

3. Choose a section for your collection: Select which section you want your new collection to be located under. You can organize your collections according to the sections you've already created or add them to new sections as needed.

4. Name your collection: Give your collection a clear, descriptive title. This title will help customers understand the type of products within the collection, so choose something that’s easy to identify and relevant to the theme.

5. Add products: Once your collection is created and public (or hidden, if preferred), you can start adding items to it. You can manually select products or automatically generate collections based on filters like tags, categories, or types.

How to Add Products to Your Collection

1. From our Catalog of products: To add via our catalog, just click "search our catalog" after clicking the "add new" or “create a new link” button. Search by product name. You can filter on the retailer website and brand name. ShopMy has a multitude of brands and different products in our catalog that are easy to grab and place in your shop. When you select an item, a new panel will appear where you can edit the product title, select shade variants where applicable, and add a description if desired. Once you've revised that to your liking, click "Add Product" to add to your collection.

2. Add by URL: To paste in a product URL, just visit any retailer website online and copy the URL from prior to the “?”. When you go to add the new item, select “Add By URL” and paste the link in the designated area. ShopMy may ask if you want to paste from Safari. Click “Allow Paste” and select “Create Link”.

It may take a minute for your image and title to appear. When the modal pops up, you can edit the product title, select shade variants where applicable, and add a description if desired. Once you’ve revised that to your liking, click “add product” to add to your collection. If the image and title do not show up, you can upload an image yourself and add the title manually.

3. Searching your existing products: To quickly grab pre-existing products already in your shop, just go to Add New” and tap the “Search Your Products” tab and search for the product name. By hitting the plus sign you can easily add this to your shop.

4. Using the “Links” Tab: To quickly grab pre-existing links, just tap the “Links” tab and search for the product name.Then click “copy” to instantly copy that link. If you want to add a product you already have a link for to another collection just click “add new” and then “search your products”. You will then be able to add any of your products. Adding the same item to more than one collection will create two separate links for that product so you can track your earnings in both collections and see which is gaining more traction.

5. Mobile Snapshop: This allows you to create links directly from a retailer’s website. Steps for using this feature are as follows:

a. Make sure your ShopMy app is updated to the latest version on the app store.

b. Navigate to the desired webpage and press the share button at the bottom of your screen.

c. Select the ShopMy app. If you do not see it right away, select “More.”

d. You will be redirected to a new screen to customize your link. Once you’re done making changes hit “Create Link.”

e. Click “Copy” and add that link to your socials or your most recent collections.

6. Changing the retailer on a link: If you have created a link to a product, but you find that another retailer offers a better rate or you just want to support another retailer, you can easily configure the link to lead to another retailer, by following the directions below.
1. Find the link you would like to change in your links tab.
2. Click “edit”.
3. In the top left, it will show you the retailer and the commission that retailer offers.
4. Under that, if the item is available from other retailers, you will be able to click “see other retailers”.
5. You will see a list of other retailers that offer that item and their commission rates.
6. Simply select the retailer you would like to switch to and your link will be automatically updated.