GroovyCart is an online shop hosting service that allows anyone to set up an online shop.
There are only 6 fields that you need to fill in to open a Groovy Cart online shop.
Registration Page
Required Information
Shopping Cart Name:
This will be used as the name and URL of your online shop. We recommend that you do not use the word shop in your shop name as we will put this on in all the necessary places.
The URL to your shop will be www.groovycart.co.uk/YOUR SHOP NAME so if you called your shop JillsSocks the website address for your site would be www.groovycart.co.uk/jillssocks We do allow users to use spaces in their shop name but we feel this is not recommended because customers may not be used to putting blank spaces in URLs and may find it hard to find your shop.
Examples of shop names are:
- JillsSocks
- The Photo Company
- Funky Furniture
Login Name:
You must remember your login name because without it we will not reset your password.
Login Password:
Your password should contain numbers and letter, we also recommend that you do not use words that are in the dictionary because this will make your password easy to guess.
Repeat Password:
We ask that you retype your password that you used above to look for mistyped letters.
Your/Company Name:
This is what you want people to know you by, this could be your name or if you own and shop/company you may wish to enter that.
This may be displayed to your customers in E-mails sent by us on behalf of you, or on orders that people have made with you.
Examples of names could be:
- Joe Blogs
- The Picture Company
- The Art Shop
E-mail Address:
This is the E-mail address that will be used as your contact address. It will be used for:
- GroovyCart administrators to contact you
- To update you about information about your shop (new orders ect)
- It will be put on all of your shop pages as your contact E-mail address
- It will be put in E-mails to your customers
You must enter a valid E-mail address format before you are allowed to open your shop.
Once you have filled in Shopping Cart Name, Login Name, Password, Repeat Password, Your Name, Your E-mail address you have filled in the 6 essential fields needed to open a groovy cart shop, you can skip all the other fields if you wish but it it not recommended.
Optional Information
Optional Link to your Website:
If you already have a website you can put your website address in this box and we will link to it on all of your shop pages.
You must use your full path name including the HTTP://
Examples of domains are:
You are not required to provide a website.
Initial Style:
This will change the starting colours that your shop will use.
Create/select a Cart Category:
This is the category that you would classify your shop as.
The first box allows you to type a new Category for your online shop, you should use this feature if you feel there are no items in the dropdown that describe your shop.
The second box allows you to select a category that is already in use, we recommend that you select a category from this box because your shop will be categorized with these other shops and will be easier for people to find.
Examples of cart categories are:
- Arts and Crafts
- Clothes
- Furniture
It is possible for you to provide any category of shop you like, but it is recommended that you select a category that other people use because this will mean your shop will be grouped with them and will be easier to be found.
Optional Payment Information
To access the optional payment settings you must click on the link saying "click here to insert optional payment information" this will then be displayed below the link.
Cheque made payable to:
If you wish to accept cheques you can put the name that people should make their cheques out to here.
If you do not wish to accept cheques then you should leave this field blank and it will remove all the payment by cheque methods from your online shop.
Your PayPal Address is:
PayPal is a method that money can be sent/received over the internet without having to give out any personal information like a credit card number.
Your PayPal address should be in E-mail format and is the E-mail address that you used to sign up to PayPal with.
For more information on this field see
Paypal.
Your Google Checkout Merchant ID is:
Google Checkout is a method that allows credit cards to be be used easily online.
Your Merchant ID is a unique, numeric code assigned to your business by Google.
To find your Merchant ID, sign in to Google Checkout and click the settings tab. Your Merchant ID will appear under 'Primary contact information.'
Your Google Checkout Merchant Key is:
Google Checkout is a method that allows credit cards to be be used easily online.
Your Merchant Key is a unique, alphanumeric code that helps secure your communications with Google
To find your Merchant Key, sign in to Google Checkout and click the Settings tab, then click Integration. Your Merchant Key will appear under 'Account information'.
Check this if you accept payment via post:
If you wish to allow your customers to pay you via post (i.e. cheque, postal order) you should tick this box.
If you tick this box you will have to provide an address to us because this address will be provided to your customers that select to pay via post.
Optional Contact Information
To access the optional contact settings you must click on the link saying "click here to insert optional contact information" this will then be displayed below the link.