Getting Started

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Adding SalesCart App to Facebook

You need a Facebook Account

If you don't have one, and need a Facebook account, click here to create one. 

SalesCart uses Facebook as a "hosting container" to display your online store anytime with/without a website or hosting.  You can always add your store to a website later but you will maintain your store independently of your hosting in the cloud.  There are lots of advantages to this.

What you are doing		Instructions
Click Here for Larger Image		Create a Facebook Account by clicking here.  Creating a Facebook account is pretty easy and most people already have one.  However, for comprehensive instructions on creating a Facebook account, click here.

Create a Facebook Page for your Store

If you don't have a separate Facebook Page for your company, click here to create that now.

In addition to your personal Facebook account, you need a separate Facebook Page ("container")  to contain your store.  In Facebook, this is called a Business Page rather than an account or personal page.  It operates similar but has lots of other features.  This will keep your private facebook account information separate from the public information of your business and store.  A business page also has lots of other features that are important to open your page to the public but still being able to control it that a personal page doesn't have.  Also a personal page has lots of other things that don't apply to a "business" that keep the business page much cleaner.   You also cannot customize or create new tabs on a personal page.

What you are doing		Instructions
Click Here for Larger Image		Create a Facebook Page by clicking here.  Click on the type of picture for you company Fill out the details about your business and store.

Add the SalesCart App to Facebook

Next, add the SalesCart App to your Facebook user account by following the instructions below †.  You will go here to create your store, administer your store, and view your store.  You will also add a tab to your new page for the user to shop from.  When you customers go to this tab, they only see your store and the products you sell.

What you are doing		Instructions
Click Here for Larger Image		Make sure you are NOT using Facebook as your new Page.†  Switch Facebook from using Facebook as Page, to using Facebook as You † (Note: Important!! For ALL steps, you must be logged into Facebook as a user and NOT as a Page!)
Click Here for Larger Image		Add the SalesCart app to your Facebook Account by clicking here.†  After clicking on the Link, click on Use Now on the right side of the page.
Click Here for Larger Image Click Here for Larger Image		Finishing the Installation of the app: Give the SalesCart app Permissions! In order for SalesCart to manage the tab on your new Page, it must have permissions to do so via the "manage pages" permissions.  Also, keep in mind that the minimum permission for all Facebook apps requires access to your email and friends list.  However, SalesCart does not view, or access your friends list in any fashion!  We wish that this permission was separate from the basic permission, but Facebook has for some reason made this a part of the basic permission. Click on the link that says: Step 1: Give SalesCart App Permissions to see Pages. This will launch a separate window from Facebook with the permissions prompt.  You must say Ok to both permissions prompts from Facebook to enable the app. After you have granted the app permissions to Facebook, go back to the SalesCart Cloud App window and press the Reload App button so that it can get the required information from Facebook to finish the installation.
Click Here for Larger Image		Finishing the Installation of the app: Adding the SalesCart Tab to your Page After you have pressed the Reload App button, the SalesCart app will display the final steps for installation to your Page. Click on the link that says: Step 2: Choose the Facebook Page. Select the Facebook Page you created initially for  your SalesCart store. Go to Step 3: Add Tab to Page and press the Add Tab button. Facebook will prompt you that it is adding the app to the page.  If it gives you an opportunity to select a page, make you select the same Facebook page and click ok. Once complete, return back to the SalesCart Cloud App tab
Click Here for Larger Image		Finishing the Installation of the app: Register the Store With the Facebook Store Page Name still selected in the drop down, press the Register button in Step 4. You will receive a Message box Prompt that says you will need to confirm you email.  Click Ok.    You will continue building your store as prompted by the SalesCart Cloud Validation Email.  Note: If you don't get the email, check your spam folder.  You can also resend another email following this same procedure and clicking on the link that says: You have registered a Store, check your email and validate the email we sent you to continue! Send another Validation Email to my FaceBook email

Register and Create the Demo Store

You will be sent an email to validate you are not a bot and to finalize the registration phase of building your store.

What you are doing		Instructions
Click Here for Larger Image		Accept License Click on the Link you receive in your SalesCart Validation Email. Read the license and to accept it, scroll to the bottom.  Select the I understand and agree check mark, enter the validation code and press Next.
Click Here for Larger Image		Complete Registration: Final Step Complete the registration information relative to you and your company and press the Create Store Button. This is the final step and both your user account and store will be created simultaneously
Click Here for Larger Image		View your Demo Store: Log back into Facebook as a user. On the Facebook menu, hover your mouse all the way to the right side of the menu in blue and select the down arrow/upside down triangle. Select the Store Page you created with your mouse.
Click Here for Larger Image		View your Demo Store: Visit the Store You will see that after adding the SalesCart App to Facebook, a new icon button and graphic will appear on your store page that says: Shop Press the Shop button on your Facebook Store to visit your demo store. A new tab will also be created at the top of your Facebook page that says: Click to Shop!  However, this tab will be hidden under the More tab by Facebook. To move this tab so it has more prominance, go to top of your Facebook page and click on the down triangle next to the More Tab.  Select and Click on Manage Tabs.  Left click on the Click to Shop tab and while holding the mouse button down, move the tab closer to the top of the page.  This will move the tab from the More drop down so that it is always visible.