Setup after purchase

Here is what you will end up with. Add the theme and work through the settings, and the store comes together like this.

Caution

Publishing the theme does not open your store. A new Shopify store is protected by a password at first, so shoppers cannot get in. To open the store, you need to choose a paid plan and remove the password protection (→ 7. Open your store).

1. Add the theme

In the Shopify admin, open Online store → Themes → Add theme → Upload zip file and upload the theme ZIP you received after purchase. The added theme is saved as an unpublished theme that you can edit. Button names may differ slightly depending on your Shopify screen. See Shopify’s instructions for adding themes.

2. Register the store that uses the theme

Open Theme settings → Theme license and, under Store myshopify.com domain, enter the one permanent domain of the store that will use this theme. Even if your store is published on a custom domain, enter it in the form your-store.myshopify.com. Hellostore Theme may be used on one store per purchase. The theme files may not be distributed to other stores.

How to find your myshopify.com domain — The myshopify.com domain is the address Shopify first gives each store. It stays in place even if you use a custom domain (for example, example.com).

1. In the Shopify admin, open Settings at the bottom left
2. Open Domains
3. The domain in the form something.myshopify.com in the list is your store’s myshopify.com domain

If the field is empty, or contains a value without .myshopify.com, the theme content is not shown on the storefront your customers see (it is still shown in the theme editor). You do not need to issue or enter a license key. See Theme license.

3. Decide how the store looks

Open Customize on the unpublished theme and set the logo, colors, fonts, and the side spacing of the pages. Under Images and videos, Photo space amount adjusts the space around photos from 0% to 200%. At 0%, photos fill the frame and look larger. The higher the value, the more space surrounds the photo. Adjust it to your taste while watching the preview.

You can turn the subtle reveal-on-scroll motion on or off under Animations. On devices that use a reduce motion setting, the motion is toned down.

4. Build the home page

Start with the Hero section: set one photo, a heading, and a link. You can place the photo on the left or right, or fill the whole area, and you can choose whether the photo is cropped or shown in full. Video works too, but adjusting how it looks is easier if you prepare a mobile image and a preview image.

Next, set up links to your sales areas with Shape navigation, real products with Curated products, and a store introduction with Photo and text story. See the section list to check what each section is for.

5. Prepare products and the pages you need

Add products

In the Shopify admin, open Products → Add product, then fill in at least the following and save.

Field	What to enter
Title	The product name
Description	The product description. For products with sizes, also see How to set up size guides
Media	Product photos (at least one)
Price	The selling price
Inventory	The stock quantity. If you do not manage stock, turn off “Track quantity”
Variants	Add them only if there are options such as size or color
Status	Active (a product left as draft does not appear in the store)
Sales channels	Online Store is included

To show products in groups, create collections under Products → Collections. Also complete Shopify’s Settings → Shipping and delivery (shipping rates) and Settings → Payments (payment methods). These are Shopify-wide settings, not theme settings.

Create the pages you need

For every page, open Online store → Pages → Add page in the Shopify admin, create the page, and choose one of the bundled templates under Theme template on the right.

• Specified Commercial Transactions Act disclosures (needed if you sell by mail order in Japan) — choose the page.tokushoho template to get slots for the 13 legally required items
• Frequently asked questions (FAQ) — register questions and answers in the faq_entry metaobject (question and answer data that the store manages in the admin). You must create the definition first → How to set up the FAQ
• Size guide (if you sell products with sizes, such as apparel) → How to set up size guides

So that shoppers can reach the pages you made, add links under Online store → Navigation, for example in the footer menu.

AI chat (Hellostore AI Staff) is optional. The theme alone provides product selection, the FAQ, favorites, and quick view. When you install the Hellostore AI Staff app, the chat connects automatically. While the app is not installed, the chat is not shown. My size integration is coming soon.

6. Preview and publish

On desktop and mobile, check the home page, product page, collection, cart, and FAQ. Add a product to the cart and read that the size you chose is correct. After checking, choose Publish on the unpublished theme in the Shopify admin. Keep your original theme before publishing so you can compare the settings. See Shopify’s instructions for previewing and publishing.

If something is not visible, photos are cropped, or the FAQ is empty, see the troubleshooting steps.

7. Open your store

Even after you publish the theme, shoppers cannot enter the store while it is password protected. To open it, you need both of the following.

1. Choose a paid plan — In the Shopify admin, open Settings → Plan and choose a paid Shopify plan. A store on a free trial cannot remove password protection until you choose a plan
2. Remove password protection — Under Online store → Preferences, in Password protection, turn off the setting that uses a password, and save

After removing it, open the store in a different browser where you are not logged in, and confirm that the home page appears without a password screen. Button names may differ slightly depending on your Shopify screen.