What you need before launch

Updated October 19, 2026 in Getting started and go live

Most of these you enter yourself in the Setup Wizard, which shows a check next to each item as it is finished. Have these ready:

  1. Your card processing: a payment gateway and its API keys. See Connect your payment gateway.
  2. Your distributors: the ordering login for each one you buy from. See Connect your distributors: what each one needs.
  3. Your store email: the mailbox your store sends from, and its password or app password. See Connect your outgoing email.
  4. Your FFL, and your SOT if you sell NFA items. They print on packing slips and go to distributors with ship to store orders.
  5. Shipping charges for firearms and for everything else.
  6. Your sales tax rate, at least for your home state.
  7. Your markups. The standard markups are filled in to start with; change them any time.
  8. Your domain. We point it at your new store. Your domain host login, or adding us as a delegate on your domain account, lets us do that for you.

When everything shows a check, place a test order from start to finish, then turn your store on from Go Live.

Still stuck? Email support@2adata.com and tell us which article you were reading.

Comments

No comments yet. Questions and tips from other store owners are welcome.

Leave a comment

Your first comment is reviewed before it appears. We email you a link to confirm it is you; your address is never shown or shared.