--- title: Setting up your store with the Hub description: "From an empty account to a live shop: what to set up in which order, and what can safely wait until after launch." url: https://recordflower.com/blog/setting-up-your-store-with-the-hub lang: en author: Recordflower published: 2026-09-08 updated: 2026-09-08 --- # Setting up your store with the Hub From an empty account to a live shop: what to set up in which order, and what can safely wait until after launch. Setting up a shop in the RecordFlower Hub is a short list of decisions rather than a technical project. The Hub holds one inventory; everything else, your webshop, Discogs, Bol.com, eBay and your till, hangs off it. This guide walks through the setup in the order that saves the most time, and marks what can wait until you are live. ## Before you begin You need three things: an email address for your account, a Stripe account for the payments in your webshop, and some stock. The stock can come from three places: a one-off import from Discogs, a CSV file, or your first crate through Scan and Go. One record is enough to see the whole flow work. Create your Stripe account early. Stripe verifies your identity once, which can take a few minutes or a day depending on your country and business type, and your webshop cannot take payments until that is done. Start it first and set up the rest while Stripe is checking. ## Step 1: get your stock into the Hub Under Settings → Integrations you choose your starting point. If you already sell on Discogs, run the one-off import: the Hub reads your listings once, with their prices, conditions and quantities, and from then on the Hub is the place where your stock lives. If you have a spreadsheet, upload it as CSV. If you are starting from the shelves, open Scan and Go and scan your first crate. Whichever route you take, the result is the same: one copy per physical record, with a condition, a price and a quantity of one. That copy is what every channel shows. The import runs once After the import, Discogs is no longer a source. New records enter through Scan and Go or manual entry in the Hub, and the Hub pushes them out to Discogs as to any other channel. If you keep adding records on Discogs itself, the Hub will not see them. ## Step 2: connect the channels you want Under Channels you switch on where your stock is sold. Your own webshop is always on. Discogs, Bol.com and eBay are each a toggle plus an authorisation with that platform. For each channel you set a price rule: the base price from the Hub, optionally with a markup or a discount to absorb that channel's commission or shipping costs. You do not have to switch everything on at once. Many shops start with the webshop and Discogs, and add Bol.com and eBay once the daily routine is settled. ## Step 3: give your webshop your look Under Webshop → Design you upload your logo, pick your colours and a theme, and write the texts on your homepage. Fill in your company details, your terms and your return conditions; the shop shows them where the law expects them. If you have a physical shop, add your opening hours. Your webshop lives on a RecordFlower address from the first minute. An own domain can be connected at any time and does not have to hold up the launch. ## Step 4: shipping and tax Set the countries you ship to and a rate per country: per order, per item or by weight, with an optional threshold for free shipping. Answer the short tax questionnaire so the Hub knows your VAT regime; if you are established in the EU, VAT is calculated for you at checkout from that point on. ## Step 5: the shop floor (Shop plan) If you run a physical shop, connect your till under Settings → Integrations. From then on a sale at the counter is what removes a copy from every online channel. Order a scanner and a label printer through the Hub if you do not have them yet; records without a barcode get a label with their own number, and that number is what the till and Scan and Go recognise. ## What can wait - Your own domain name. - Bol.com and eBay. - Discount codes, sets and own items such as merch. - Google Search Console and the product feed. None of these change how your stock works, so they are safe to add once the first orders are coming in. A realistic first day Stripe started, import or first crate done, webshop dressed, shipping set: most shops are taking orders within an hour of signing up. Your trial runs for 60 days, long enough to add the shop floor and the extra channels at your own pace. Stuck at any step? Support reaches one of the founders directly.