Start your account

Setting up takes one sitting. You can stop at any step that offers Set up later and finish it from Home.

Create your sign-in

1. Choose Start your account.

2. Enter your First name, Last name, Email address and Password.

3. Choose Start your account. We email a link to the address you gave.

4. Open the link. It confirms your email, signs you in and takes you to the next step.

If nothing arrives after a minute, check your spam folder, then choose send it again on the "Check your email" page.

Set up your business

The next page is Set up your business. A row of steps at the top shows where you are. You can go back, and the review at the end has a Change button beside each answer.

1. Your business. Enter your Business name, choose What you do, then your Country, Time zone and Business phone. Answer Do you have a website already? with either "Yes, I'll use my own website" or "No, I'll make one with RedStick Studio". The phone number is optional. Choose Add your services.

2. Your services. Select the services you offer, set a price and the minutes each takes, or choose Add a service to write your own. Choose Add your team.

3. Your team. Start with yourself and add anyone else by first and last name. Choose Add your location.

4. Your location. Choose where you see customers, add an address if you have one, and set the hours you are open. Choose Choose your look.

5. Your look. Pick a layout and colors for your first page, or keep the standard look. This step is skipped if you chose your own website. Choose Choose a plan.

6. Your plan. Choose Self-Managed or Managed, and monthly or yearly billing. Choose Review.

7. Review. Check your answers and what you will be charged. Choose Continue to payment. If your plan starts with a free trial, the button reads Continue to add a card.

Pay or start your trial

Continue to payment (or Continue to add a card for a trial) opens Stripe's secure page. Nothing is charged and nothing goes live until you finish there.

If you leave before finishing, sign in again and you land on a page called "Start your free trial" or "Complete your subscription". Its button says what happens, such as Add a card and start your 14 free days. That page also has a button to change your plan. Only the owner can pay for a business.

Open your dashboard

When the payment goes through, the page says "Your booking is ready" and Open your dashboard takes you to Home. On the Managed plan the page says "Your team takes it from here" and lets you send your logo and photos, request a consultation or skip for now.

Next, go through the list on Home. See Finish setting up from Home.