BestWebby Academy
Learn BestWebby, one screen at a time
Short narrated lessons drawn from the real dashboard, with English and French captions. Follow the path from sign-up to your first sale, or look up any feature in the library.
The onboarding path
Eleven modules, in the order you build a store
Each lesson runs two to four minutes. Modules marked as coming next already have manual pages you can read today.
- 01Watch · 3:54
From sign-up to your first product
Create your account, confirm your billing email, activate your plan, check your store details and add a first product.
Getting Started with BestWebby Billing and Your Plan Managing Products
- 02Watch · 2:15
Set up your store
Your store currency, your shop policies, tax, and the address you ship from.
- 03Watch · 2:19
Your products in depth
Categories, photos, sizes and colours as variants, stock, and importing a catalogue from a CSV file.
- 04Watch · 2:06
Theme and brand
A design brief, a generated storefront and logo, your theme, and the page builder basics.
- 05Watch · 2:03
Edit your pages
Building pages from sections, drafts and publishing, header and footer menus, and the policy pages every store shows.
- 06Watch · 2:05
Connect your domain
Your setup address, finding a domain, connecting one you own with two DNS records, the certificate, and moving your store onto it.
- 07Watch · 2:08
Take payments
Connecting your own Stripe account, Interac e-Transfer for Canadian shoppers, and automatic tax with Stripe Tax.
- 08Watch · 2:16
Shipping
Zones and rates, labels through your own EasyPost account, local delivery, and in-store pickup.
Orders and Shipping Buy Online, Pick Up In Store (BOPIS) & Multi-Location Stock
- 09Watch · 2:06
Go live
Previewing your store, the checks before it goes live, switching the site on, and naming the person in charge of personal information.
- 10Watch · 2:25
From first order to refund
Working an order to delivery, answering the customer, returns, refunds by card and by Interac e-Transfer, and disputes.
Orders and Shipping Inbox Accept Interac e-Transfer Disputes
- 11Watch · 2:09
Grow
Promotions, customer segments and flows, review requests, and the sign-up pop-up for your mailing list.
Promotions and Discount Codes Segments and Flows Review Requests Sign-up Pop-up Loyalty Points and the VIP Club
Feature library
Every page in your dashboard
One entry for each page a store can open, grouped the way the dashboard menu groups them, with the plan that includes it. Where a lesson is not recorded yet, the manual page covers it.
Home9 pages
Home
Every planYour daily briefing and everything that needs you, in priority order.
Lesson coming Getting Started with BestWebby
Detailed metrics
Every planRevenue, orders, activity feed, and key metrics at a glance.
Lesson coming Analytics
Suggestions
Every planRestocks, win-backs, and drafted replies to review and approve.
Lesson coming Approvals and Limits
Notifications
Every planEverything that needs your attention, in one feed.
Lesson coming Notifications
Shop health
Every planA graded score of how your store is performing.
Lesson coming Shop Health
Help
Every planGuides, contact support, and account help.
Lesson coming Getting Help
Docs
Every planProduct and developer documentation.
Lesson coming Getting Started with BestWebby
Support
Every planAsk BestWebby for help, follow your requests, and vote on the feature board.
Lesson coming Getting Help
Feature requests
Every planTell us what the product is missing. Private to your store, and we reply.
Lesson coming Getting Help
Orders16 pages
Orders
Every planView, fulfil, and refund customer orders.
Appointments
Growth and upBookable services, staff calendars, deposits and reminders.
Lesson coming Appointments
Custom orders
Growth and upTrack made-to-order requests, quote a price and turn a request into an order.
Lesson coming Custom Orders
Subscriptions
Growth and upRecurring orders and plan billing.
Lesson coming Subscriptions & Subscribe-and-Save
Standing intents
Every planRecurring purchase authorizations shopping apps hold against your store.
Lesson coming Standing Intents
Abandoned carts
Growth and upRecover carts that never checked out.
Lesson coming Segments and Flows
Returns
Every planProcess returns, refunds, and exchanges.
e-Transfers
Every plane-Transfers waiting for you to confirm they arrived in your bank.
Shipments
Every planTrack outbound shipments and labels.
Lesson coming Orders and Shipping
Post-purchase
Growth and upUpsells and flows after checkout.
Lesson coming Post-Purchase
Disputes
Growth and upManage chargebacks and payment disputes.
Shipping
Every planCarriers, rates, and shipping zones.
Fulfilment network
Scale and upPost surplus stock for other stores, or source theirs.
Lesson coming Micro-Fulfilment
Micro-fulfilment
Scale and upFind stock other stores hold near a city.
Lesson coming Micro-Fulfilment
Distribution
Scale and upKeep your retail and wholesale partners on file, and record shipments by hand.
Lesson coming Distribution
Supply chain
Scale and upMonitor supply-chain risk and flow.
Lesson coming Supply Chain
Catalog14 pages
Products
Every planCreate and manage your product catalog.
Collections
Every planCurated sets of products with their own page on your store, picked by hand or filled by rules.
Lesson coming Collections
Inventory
Growth and upStock levels across locations.
Lesson Buy Online, Pick Up In Store (BOPIS) & Multi-Location Stock
Bundles
Growth and upGroup products into bundles and kits.
Lesson coming Bundles
Purchase orders
Growth and upRestock from suppliers with POs.
Lesson coming Purchase Orders and Suppliers
Suppliers
Growth and upManage suppliers and lead times.
Lesson coming Purchase Orders and Suppliers
Supplier returns
Growth and upSend faulty stock back and track the credit owed.
Lesson coming Purchase Orders and Suppliers
Pricing rules
Growth and upAutomated and tiered pricing.
Lesson coming Promotions and Discount Codes
Product insights
Scale and upOrigin, ingredients, certifications, and sustainability.
Lesson coming Product Insights
French for Québec
Every planWhat shoppers reading your store in French still see in English, and French drafts of your product text to review and approve.
Lesson coming French for Quebec (Bill 96)
Fit Studio
Every planSize charts, Will it fit me? on clothing and made-to-measure orders: shoppers measure themselves with their own camera.
Lesson coming Fit Studio
Recalls
Scale and upFreeze, notify, and report on recalls.
Lesson coming Regulatory Radar
License keys
Growth and upIssue and track digital license keys.
Lesson coming License Keys
Gift cards
Growth and upSell and redeem store gift cards.
Lesson coming Gift Cards
Customers14 pages
Customers
Every planProfiles, history, and lifetime value.
Lesson coming Customers
Sales pipeline
Growth and upLeads, scoring, and the deal pipeline through to quote.
Lesson coming Sales OS
Sales console
Scale and upProvision, assign, and monitor field and tele sales reps.
Lesson coming Sales OS
Dialer
Scale and upTele-sales agent console: screen-pop, dial, and disposition.
Lesson coming Sales OS
Segments
Growth and upGroup customers for targeting.
Inbox
Growth and upCustomer conversations and support.
Shopper chat
Every planQuestions your storefront chat could not answer, and live conversations.
Lesson coming Chat
Care metrics
Growth and upResolution rate and time-to-resolve across support.
Lesson coming Inbox
Reviews
Growth and upModerate and respond to reviews.
Lesson coming Review Requests
Review requests
Growth and upAsk buyers to leave reviews.
Loyalty
Growth and upPoints, tiers, and rewards.
Lesson coming Loyalty Points and the VIP Club
VIP club
Growth and upPerks for your best customers.
Lesson coming Loyalty Points and the VIP Club
Waitlist
Growth and upBack-in-stock and launch waitlists.
Lesson coming Back-in-Stock Waitlist
Gift registry
Scale and upGift registries you set up for your customers.
Lesson coming Gift Registry
Marketing19 pages
Promotions
Growth and upAutomatic and code promotions: percentage, fixed amount, buy-one-get-one, volume tiers and shipping offers.
Discount codes (legacy)
Growth and upOlder discount codes created before Promotions — kept reachable so existing codes can still be seen and managed.
Lesson coming Promotions and Discount Codes
Campaigns
Growth and upEmail newsletters and promotions to customers who agreed to hear from you, all of them or a segment, now or scheduled.
Lesson coming Email Campaigns
Push
Every planBrowser notifications to subscribed shoppers, and a notice when their order ships.
Lesson coming Push Notifications
SMS
Growth and upSend text-message campaigns — with consent and opt-out built in.
Lesson coming Phone Numbers, Calls and Text Messages
Sign-up pop-up
Every planInvite store visitors onto your mailing list, with the consent wording, time and source recorded.
Deliverability
Growth and upSends, opens, clicks and revenue for each email campaign, text broadcast and automation.
Lesson coming Deliverability
Product feeds
Scale and upPublish your catalog to Google, Meta, and TikTok shopping.
Lesson coming Product Feeds
Flows
Growth and upBuild automated customer journeys with email, SMS, and timing. Replaces the legacy Automation page.
Email sequences (legacy)
Growth and upOlder trigger-based email sequences created before Flows — kept reachable so existing ones can still be seen and managed.
Lesson coming Email Sequences (Legacy)
Clearance
Growth and upSchedule step-down markdowns for slow, aging, or overstocked stock — with a hard price floor.
Lesson coming Clearance & Markdown Scheduler
Affiliates
Scale and upRun an affiliate program.
Lesson coming Affiliates
Referrals
Growth and upCustomer referral rewards.
Lesson coming Referrals
Blogs
Growth and upPublish content and SEO articles.
Lesson coming Blog Posts and the Content Calendar
Social
Growth and upSchedule and publish to social.
Lesson coming Social Media
Market intel
Every planCategory trends and competitor digests, synthesized weekly from live search.
Lesson coming Market Intel
Quiz
Growth and upProduct-finder and lead-gen quizzes.
Lesson coming Quizzes
Survey
Growth and upFeedback and lead-gen surveys — collect answers with no scoring.
Lesson coming Surveys
Printing
Every planRequest flyers, signage and other physical print jobs — a team member follows up with a quote.
Lesson coming Printing & Physical Services
Channels20 pages
Sites
Every planYour storefronts, pages, and themes.
Storefront generator
Every planDescribe your shop in plain language and get a designed storefront: brand colour, type, layout and copy, in minutes.
Appearance
Every planStorefront theme: brand colour, corners, and type.
POS
Every planIn-person point of sale.
Lesson coming Point of Sale
Shifts
Every planCash-drawer shifts: opening float, closing count, over or short.
Lesson coming Point of Sale
Time clock
Scale and upClock in and out, breaks and time-off requests for your team.
Lesson coming HR & Timesheets
Sell everywhere
Scale and upConnect other sales channels: bring their orders in and keep their stock in step.
Lesson coming Sell Everywhere
Wholesale
Growth and upB2B catalogs and price lists.
Lesson coming B2B
B2B accounts
Scale and upCompany accounts, price lists, net terms, and draft orders.
Lesson coming B2B
Live Studio
Growth and upHost live shopping broadcasts.
Lesson coming Live Studio
Franchise
EnterpriseLocations, location prices, royalty statements and your store locator.
Lesson coming Franchise
AR showroom
Scale and up3D and AR files for your products, and your showroom page.
Lesson coming AR Showroom
Auctions
Scale and upRun timed product auctions.
Lesson coming Auctions
Flash sales
Growth and upTime-boxed limited offers.
Lesson coming Flash Sales
Network Search
Growth and upSell from your own supplier and affiliate accounts when a search comes up short.
Lesson coming Network Search
Call assistant
Scale and upAnswer inbound calls automatically, and place outbound calls for order follow-ups, appointment reminders and win-backs.
Lesson coming Phone Numbers, Calls and Text Messages
Storefront chat
Every planTurn on chat for shoppers on your storefront, and manage what it knows.
Lesson coming Chat
Offers
Scale and upMake-an-offer and supplier counter-offers.
Lesson coming Offers & Negotiation
Buying network
Scale and upOffers, suppliers and quote requests between participating stores.
Lesson coming Buying Network
Reseller network
By invitationInvite-only supplier↔reseller links, catalog sharing and order allocations — a different relationship than the buying network above.
Lesson coming Reseller Network
Insights17 pages
Analytics
Every planSales, traffic, and conversion reports.
Lesson coming Analytics
Shopping-agent traffic
Every planVisits, orders and revenue from shoppers sent by shopping assistants and shopping agents.
Lesson coming Insights
Engagement insights
Every planWebcam-based attention tracking for a storefront preview — processed locally in your browser, never sent to our servers.
Lesson coming Insights
Approvals & limits
Every planReview what your automations proposed or did, approve what is waiting, and set their limits.
Lesson coming Approvals and Limits
Insights
Growth and upHealth score, board report, cash outlook, restock suggestions and keyword ideas.
Lesson coming Insights
Benchmarks
Scale and upSee how you compare against the network.
Lesson coming Analytics
Smart bundles
Growth and upSuggested product bundles based on what customers actually buy together.
Lesson coming Insights
Predictive returns
Growth and upPer-order return-risk scoring, with the reasons and a preventive action for each.
Lesson coming Insights
Digital twin
Growth and upAsk what a price, stock or launch change might do, answered from your recent sales.
Lesson coming Insights
Retention
Growth and upSpot and win back customers at risk of leaving.
Lesson coming Analytics
Cohorts
Growth and upCohort retention analysis.
Lesson coming Analytics
Competitors
Scale and upTrack competitor pricing and moves.
Lesson coming Market Intel
Fraud protection
Growth and upReview and block risky orders.
Lesson coming Fraud Protection and Blocked Visitors
Brand protection
Scale and upCheck products for trademark and IP risks.
Lesson coming Brand Protection
Social listening
Scale and upTrack public mentions of your brand, products and competitors.
Lesson coming Social Listening
Operator
Scale and upRun everyday tasks by typing a command.
Lesson coming Operator
Carbon
Scale and upEstimate shipping emissions per order.
Lesson coming Carbon
Finance6 pages
Billing
Every planYour plan, invoices, and payment method.
Lesson coming Billing and Your Plan
Invoices
Every planYour Best Webby invoices — download or pay online.
Lesson coming Billing and Your Plan
Quotes
Growth and upBuild custom quotes that convert to invoices.
Lesson coming Quotes and Customer Invoices
Accounting
Scale and upLedger, reports, and accounting exports.
Lesson coming Accounting
Tax rules
Growth and upTax rates and collection rules.
HR & timesheets
Scale and upStaff records, timesheets, time off and payroll exports for your payroll provider.
Lesson coming HR & Timesheets
Settings21 pages
General
Every planStore details and integrations.
Shop settings
Every planAnnouncement bar, vacation mode, and shop policies.
Currency
Every planThe currency your store charges and displays prices in.
Locations
Every planStores, warehouses, and pickup points — and stock by location.
Lesson Buy Online, Pick Up In Store (BOPIS) & Multi-Location Stock
POS setup
Every planLocations, registers and card readers for the till.
Lesson coming Point of Sale
Blocked visitors
Every planStop a specific visitor reaching your store — by IP, email, phone or device.
Lesson coming Fraud Protection and Blocked Visitors
WhatsApp
Growth and upConnect a WhatsApp number for customer chats.
Lesson coming Inbox
Phone numbers
Growth and upThe numbers your store texts and calls from, and the Phone & SMS credit that pays for them.
Lesson coming Phone Numbers, Calls and Text Messages
Phone & SMS credit
Growth and upPrepaid credit for numbers, calls and texts: balance, prices, usage and top-ups.
Lesson coming Phone Numbers, Calls and Text Messages
Photo Studio credit
Every planPrepaid balance for Image Studio’s generated lifestyle scenes and A/B variants.
Lesson coming Image Studio
Email
Every planBranded mailboxes on your own domain — set up hosting, DNS, and addresses.
Lesson coming Custom Domains and Branded Email
Email design
Growth and upPreview and brand the transactional emails your store sends — order confirmations, shipping notices, and more.
Lesson coming Email Design
Help center
Growth and upAuthor the public knowledge base your customers see.
Lesson coming Help Center
Team
Every planInvite members and set roles.
Lesson coming Getting Started with BestWebby
Domains
Every planConnect and verify custom domains.
API keys
Every planCreate keys for the API.
Lesson coming API Reference
Apps
Every planIntegrations that can act on your store, and what each one may do.
Lesson coming Apps
Webhooks
Every planSubscribe to platform events.
Lesson coming API Reference
Audit log
Every planWho did what, and when.
Lesson coming Audit Log
Legal
Every planPolicies and legal documents.
Regulatory
Scale and upPublic recall notices matched to your catalog.
Lesson coming Regulatory Radar
PlansPlan labels show the lowest plan that includes a page. Your own plan and invoices are under Billing in your dashboard.