After you create your BuyItLive store, you can see a list of the links associated with your store on your home page. Below we’ll explain what each link is for and how to use them to your advantage.
You will only see links that are pertinent to your store. If you don’t have a Facebook group connected in your Social settings, you won’t have a pre-register link. If you don’t have a Storefront, you won’t see a Storefront link.
Storefront
A BuyItLive Storefront acts like a store website and is available to BuyItLive Professional sellers. Your Storefront link will give your customers access to all of the products you’ve made available on your Storefront. If you haven’t set up a Storefront yet, you can learn how to do that here.
Once you’ve created and enabled collections for your Storefront, you can customize it even further to make it more “your own.” Find out how by reading our article on Customizing Your Storefront.
Customers can shop your Storefront at any time, even if you don’t have any other active sales. You can have a wide range of products available on your Storefront and then narrow what’s available in each individual sale to keep your customers focused. That way, they can hone in on specifics during your sales and then visit your Storefront later on to see more options.
Pre-Register
This link is only needed if you plan to post a sale to a Facebook GROUP. BuyItLive needs to be able to read comments and associate them with each of your customers. Due to Facebook privacy restrictions, we must receive permission from each customer in order to read their comments and create carts for them in BuyItLive. Read this article to learn more about pre-registration.
When you create a sale in BuyItLive that will be posted to a Group, the automated post description will include your store’s pre-registration link. However, we suggest you post the link earlier in the day before you post your sale so that customers have time to pre-register prior to your sale. You can create a Facebook event to promote and publicize your sale and include the pre-registration link in the description.
When your customers pre-register for your store, they do not automatically get added to your customer list. Learn more about the Customers Tab here.
Your Cart
Any time a customer clicks on this link, it will take them to their cart for your store. Since carts are combined across sales, each customer only has one cart for your store.
This link is helpful if you have a customer who can’t find their cart. Maybe you have multiple sales going at one time and so you aren’t sure which sale they shopped from. Simply send them your store’s cart link and it will take them straight to their cart so that they can check out.
Your Sales
This link will take your customers to the home page of YOUR store. From there, they can select to view your Storefront, visit your “About Us” page, or find your contact information. They can also see a list of your past sales and shop from any of them as long as they’re still active.
This is a good link to share with your customers if they’re wanting to look through all of the sales you’ve created without having to scroll through your Facebook page or group. It’s also just a good general BuyItLive link for your store that can be used like a website link.
Associate Referral Link
As a BuyItLive seller, you have the chance to earn some extra income by referring stores to use our program. When you sign up as an Associate with BuyItLive, you can earn 30% of the subscription payments your referred stores make to BuyItLive, all at no cost to you. To learn more about our Associate program, read our article on Becoming an Associate.