The store activation
After completing the process of creating an online store on YouCan, you will need to activate your store in order to use all the features we offer you so you can build, design, and prepare your store to be available to your customers.
You will notice that you have three red notifications at the top of the page instructing you to complete the remaining simple steps.
This is what your store will look like before activation:
In order to preview the changes you make to your store, and discover how it looks for your customers, first verify your email address, by going to your email inbox and making sure that you got the verification email. Press the “Verify your email” button, then enter your verification information.
Buying credit
There are several ways to purchase credit for your store, the simplest one is to click on the same notification that asks you to buy credit for activation. There, you can choose the type of card you want to use in the purchase process, determine whether you are using a local Moroccan card or an international card, and then specify the balance you want to buy, starting from 1$. Enter the card information and press buy credit.
For those living in Morocco, they have another option for payment, which is "Cash Plus", and soon, PayPal will also be available.
If the purchase was completed successfully, you will see your money in the balance field, and you can now access all the benefits offered to you by YouCan. You can also find here a video explaining how to buy credit.
Payment gateway activation
The last step to start your adventure with YouCan is to activate a payment gateway. YouCan offers you several choices, where you can choose from four different payment gateways, in addition to the ability to customize another method if you have a specific one you want to add.
- To approve cash on delivery (COD), as a payment gateway, you simply need to activate it here. It is the fastest way to get paid which will allow you to establish a relationship of trust with your customers since you give them a choice to pay only when they will receive their orders.
- If you are in Morocco or can withdraw money from Morocco, and you prefer to use an electronic payment gateway, here is the good news: YouCan Pay has been provided as an effective solution to facilitate online payment for your customers. You can now (in minutes) open an account on this portal, easily connect the service to your store, and then activate it as your payment gateway.
- You can also activate Paypal payment by entering your email address for your Paypal account.
- If you already have a Stripe account and you want to use it as a payment gateway, just tap +Add new account and you'll be redirected to Stripe to grant access to YouCan. So once you add a Stripe account, activate this option.
In addition to the payment gateways suggested above, if you have any other method you want to use for getting paid, you can simply add it from the last given choice, by clicking on add custom payment, and finally, save the activation settings.
If you have already responded to the three notifications shown at the top of the page, then you have completed the activation process successfully.
Well done! Your store is now ready for business.
If you still have any confusion about how to activate your store, visit our YouTube channel for more details.