Agency Plus allows you to create a fully customised white-label SEO service for your clients. The Merchant Center is a feature of Agency Plus. Setting up the Merchant Center may seem daunting at first, but with this step-by-step guide, we'll walk you through each process and make it as simple as possible.
Step 1: Setting Up the Custom Domain
The first step is to set up a custom domain name. Under the "Custom Domain" tab, enter your custom domain name without including "https". Once submitted, our development team will manually push the custom domain live, which takes one working day to validate.
Step 2: Setting Up Custom Email
Under the "Custom Email" tab, enter your custom email address and validate it. If you plan to use the Merchant Center, submit a custom email address that does not include "Hike" in it. This ensures that no emails go out to your customers with "Hike" in them.
Step 3: Create a Stripe Account
Setting up a Stripe account is mandatory to use for the Merchant Center. Click on the Stripe account setup link and follow the instructions on the Stripe website to create or link your Stripe account.
Step 4: Setting Up Taxes
Setting up taxes is optional and depends on whether you need to apply tax to purchases. In the platform, you can set up tax rate percentages and which countries this tax rate applies to. Once set up, the platform automatically applies the tax rate to purchases.
Step 5: Setting Up Pricing
You can set up a platform-only and/or a platform-plus monthly support product priced in USD and GBP. You can choose monthly, yearly, or both options. The minimum monthly and yearly prices are determined by the cost of Stripe and the minimum cost of Hike plus VAT. This price will be shown to customers.
Step 6: Creating Add-Ons
You can add the content wizard, additional locations, actions, content, citations, competition credits, and 50 keyword blocks to your plan. Each add-on has its own minimum pricing.
Step 7: Setting Up the Checkout Page
You can customize your checkout page by adding your logo and page heading. Preview how it will look before continuing, and the platform will generate two checkouts for you to use - the software and the support package.
By following these seven simple steps, you can create a customised white-label SEO service for your clients. If you encounter any issues, our support team is always available to help you through the setup process.