Creating Your Store

Creating Your Store

After registering your account, you'll be guided through the store creation process.

Steps

1. Register — Create your account with your name, email, and password.
2. Verify Email — Check your inbox and click the verification link.
3. Create Store — Enter your business name, address, currency, and timezone.
4. Set Up Basics — Add your first products, payment types, and staff members.

Store Settings

After creation, visit Settings > General to configure:

• Business name and address
• Currency and timezone
• Tax settings
• Receipt header/footer

Operating Hours: Three Ways to Publish

On Stores → Edit, the Operating Hours card starts with a choice of how your hours work:

• Open on selected hours — the weekly schedule below decides when customers see you as open or closed. Each day supports multiple shifts, so a lunch break (9AM–12PM and 2PM–6PM) is two slots on the same day.
• Always open — your store is open 24/7. Customers never see a closed warning, and the web store shows an "Open 24 hours" badge.
• No hours available (the default for new stores) — you don't publish hours at all. Customers never see a closed warning and no schedule or badge is shown.

Your weekly schedule is kept while one of the other modes is active — switch back to "Open on selected hours" and it's restored exactly as you left it.

What Customers See

When a store is closed under its selected hours, the KukuExpress app shows a notice on the store page and closed stores sink below open ones in lists and search — customers can still browse and order for later. Stores set to "Always open" or "No hours available" are treated as open around the clock: no notice, no sinking. A store that has never configured any hours also counts as open.

Adding Shifts Without Duplicates

The + button adds an empty time slot — fill in both times to make it count. A slot left empty is simply ignored when you save, and identical slots on the same day are collapsed to one automatically, so a stray click can't clutter your schedule.

Creating a Store from the POS App

Since POS app 2.41, you can create a store without leaving the app. On the store picker (the screen where you choose which store to open), tap Create a new store — it's also offered front and center when your account has no store yet, such as right after signing up with a join code.

The wizard has four short steps:

1. Basics — the store name (required), plus business name, phone, and address.
2. Location (optional) — drop a pin on the map or search for the place, so deliveries and the storefront know where you are. You can skip this and set it later.
3. Category (optional) — pick the category that best describes the store.
4. Features — choose the modules to start with. Free and trial modules are labeled, and you can add more from the module store at any time.

When you finish, the store list refreshes and the new store is ready to select and open. Everything here can be refined later from the web back office — the wizard just gets you to a working store fast.