Distributor Theme Documentation

This documentaion contains full instructions on how to retreive a Citron store ownership and use it to sell Citron products online in your market.

There are two main sections in this documentation. First, the handover process, walks you through the steps required by you to gain ownership of Citron's Distributor's Theme. The second section, FAQs, aims to answer some commonly asked questions about dos and don'ts while managing the Citron Distributor's Theme.


  • Created: 27 October, 2022
  • Update: 27 October, 2022

If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this documentation, please feel free to contact our developer directly or your main contact at Citron.


1. Store ownership transfer

Follow the steps below to setup your site template:

  1. Register a Shopify account

    Please go to Shopify and register your account by signing up to a free trial.

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    Follow the instructions on screen and leave the “Store name (Optional)” blank

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    Once you have finished setting up your new account it should take you to the main dashboard.

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  2. Share your email with us

    Once you have verified your email address, please send it to our developer at developer@newwindowmarketing.com so we would know to whom to transfer the store.

    Please remember to verify your email address before sharing it with us

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  3. Accept store ownership

    Once we have received your details we’ll send an invite for you to manage the store. Look out for an email that would look something like this:

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    Click on the link and accept the invite

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    Shortly after we have seen that you have accepted the invite, we will be able to transfer the store ownership to you. You will receive an email confirmation from Shopify.

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    8. Now when you click ‘View settings’ you should be taken to a screen that presents you to pick a Shopify plan or continue trial. For the theme to work properly you are free to select a plan that suits you best

    Here is a useful link explaining the differences between the plans. In general though, if your planned monthly sales are less than $10,000 then Basic Shopify should suit you, but if you plan to take above $10,000 then Shopify or Advanced Shopify account would be most cost effective assuming you’re planning to use Shopify’s built in payment provider.
  4. Add us as to your account as collaborators

    All fresh stores start with fresh staff count as well, therefore, you would need to add us to your collaborators list. You will receive an email with a collaborator request:

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    Click on the link and it should take you to the screen below:

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    Or you can find this in Settings -> User and permissions screen.

    Click ‘Review request’ and then Accept request at the bottom of the page.

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    This concludes the store ownership transfer process. However, the shop is empty. There are no products and apps yet and it is not yet localised for your area. We will take care of it in the next step - Content update.


2. Content update

To ensure the content on your new Citron store is correct we kindly ask you to provide information relating to products and local info. Please see below a list of required information/content.

  • List of products you’re planning to sell in your store.

    Note: We are going to import your listed products exactly as they appear at the time in Citron Dubai store. However, the following product fields won’t be imported:
    • Pricing fields (Price, Compare at price, charge tax checkbox, cost per item)
    • Inventory (SKU, quantity)

  • Content for the following pages:
    • Privacy Policy
    • Shipping Policy
    • Returns Policy
    • Terms & Conditions
  • Your public store info for website’s contact us page and footer (email, physical address (if applicable), opening hours, phone number)
  • Additional info for the FAQ page (if necessary)

Once we receive all the information it would take 1-2 working days to implement everything depending on the number of products you’re planning to sell.

Please send the content listed above to developer@newwindowmarketing.com

Once we receive all the information it would take 1-2 working days to implement everything depending on the number of products you’re planning to sell.

At this stage we are also going to activate some apps that are necessary for the theme to function properly. Please find a list of applications that will be installed on your system below:

# App name Monthly cost
1 ReStock: Back in stock notification $39
2 Zoorix ~$49 (depending on products sold monthly)

Our developer will notify you when the content update is complete.


3. Store configuration

Now is your turn to configure the store’s settings. Below are the settings that need to be configured in order for the store to be able to function:

  • Store details - if anything is remaining after your initial registration.
  • Payments - setup what payment methods you will accept and integrate.
  • Shipping and delivery - setup shipping zones and methods.
  • Taxes and duties - configure the tax information.
  • Notifications - configure email notifications.
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Since the products were imported with empty inventory and price fields, please update those for each product:

  • Pricing
  • Inventory
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Please notify our developer at developer@newwindowmarketing.com once you have completed the store configuration.


4. Review

At this stage our developer will check the following:

  • Review navigation, design, page content
  • Place a test order without customisation
  • Place a test order with a customised product (if applicable)

We kindly ask you to check the following:

  • Review content that relates to shipping, taxes and contact details
  • Review product prices
  • Place a test order and ensure that shipping is charged correctly

Please notify our developer at developer@newwindowmarketing.com when you're finished with review and feel free to ask for support if necessary.

If you would like to improve, add or remove a feature, please refer to the Theme updates section in FAQs.


5. Launch

Happy days! The theme is ready to launch.

At this stage you agree with our developer on the exact date and time of the store launch.

Next, in order to launch the store all we need to do is to connect your domain to the Shopify store. Our developer is going to send you data for your domain’s DNS configuration. If you’re not a technically minded person then feel free to provide access to your domain’s provider and our developer will do all the configuration for you.

Shortly after the DNS records are updated your domain will be connected to Shopify store.

Your theme is now live and ready to sell Citron products to your market online 🥳

FAQs

Please note that in order to keep our brand looking consistent across the world, many elements that are not related to your local market are not editable. Below is a list of FAQs about what to do if you'd like to add, edit or delete features or products from your Citron store.

Theme updates

Please get in touch with your main contact at Citron and propose the new feature. If we will be happy to go ahead with it, we will notify our developer and implement it.
Please get in touch with your main contact at Citron and propose a removal of an existing feature. If we will be happy to remove it, we will notify our developer and remove it.
We continuously strive to improve the functionality and conversion rates of our e-commerce stores. Sometimes we conduct new feature tests before rolling out the new feature accross all other stores.
Please report it directly to our developer at developer@newwindowmarketing.com (office hours: 7am - 3pm GMT+1 London, United Kingdom)

Product updates

Please send a list of products you'd like to add to your store directly to our developer at developer@newwindowmarketing.com. Agree on the new product publishing schedule and they will do the rest.
Feel free to delete products that you are not selling anymore from Shopify's admin panel.
Please refrain from updating product links. We use these links to cross-reference products accross all our websites in order to provide a speedy update when necessary.

Apps

Feel free to install apps that don't affect the look of the front end theme. For example an app that helps you with shipping, stock management, etc. However, if you would like to add apps that would affect the front end design, such as a different filter, additional checkout options, etc. please get in touch with your contact at Citron and propose the new feature/app.
If the app wasn't added by us then feel free to remove it. However, if we installed it then please contact our developer directly at developer@newwindowmarketing.com.

Text only updates

If the text is related to your locality, such as contact information, tax info, policies, etc. then feel free to update it yourself or contact our developer for support: developer@newwindowmarketing.com.

However, if the text is product or collection related, such as title or description, please get in touch with your main contact at Citron for approval.

Sure, if you haven't already then please get in touch with your main contact at Citron and our developer at developer@newwindowmarketing.com to devise a plan for translation and usage of a different language in your Citron site.
No problem. We would install an app called Langify which would help us translate Citron site to different languages and place a language switcher bar on your site. Please contact our developer at developer@newwindowmarketing.com to get started.

Blog

Sure, feel free publish your own blog articles in your citron site. Go to Sales Channels > Online Store > navigate to the Blog Posts tab on the left and start writing.

Support

If this documentation doesn't answer your questions, please use the contact details below:

  • Technical enquiries: Francis at developer@newwindowmarketing.com (GMT+1 timezone | 7am to 3pm | aiming to respond to your enquiries within 24 hours during weekdays).
  • Everything else: Your main contact at Citron.
Note: While we aim to provide the best support possible, please keep in mind that Shopify and installed apps regularly update their systems meaning some screenshots or guides might sometimes look different than in this documentation. If you feel like anything could be improved or updated to provide you a better experience please don't hesitate to contact us.