Quickstart: Create Your First Checkout Link
This guide will help you create your first checkout link—a basic example with two products and a free gift. Follow along to get your first link up and running in under 5 minutes.Before you can create a checkout link, make sure your store is subscribed to
at least the Starter plan.
1
Create your checkout link
Start by clicking the Create link button in your dashboard to continue.Once on the creation page, pick a title for your link. This title is only
visible to you in your dashboard and helps you organize your links.
2
Add products to your cart
Toggle on the Cart card.Click Select products to browse your store’s products.Choose the variants you want to include.You can also add discounts to specific products, but we’ll keep it simple for
this quickstart guide.
If you’re not seeing the products you want to add, check that they’re
enabled for the Checkout Links sales channel.
3
Add a free gift
Toggle on the Free gift card.Select the product variant you want to offer as a free gift.
Free gifts are added through Shopify Discount Functions, if they don’t work on your link then visit Settings page to enable the unified discount function.
4
Share your link
Your link is ready! Click Save to generate your link. You can now:
- Visit your link
- Copy the link URL to share anywhere
- Download the generated QR code
- View analytics for your link
You’ve created your first checkout link!