> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bridgeful.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Installing and setup

> Install Bridgeful, choose your main store, link your other stores, choose what syncs, pair locations and start the first sync.

Setting up takes a few minutes. You start on the store you want as your main store, and the setup wizard walks you through each step.

## 1. Install on your main store

Install Bridgeful from the Shopify App Store on the store you run things from. When it opens, choose **This is my main store**. The main store holds the plan and the sync settings, and every other store connects to it.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Not sure which store should be the main store? Pick the one whose products, prices and descriptions you want the others to follow. Inventory moves both ways whichever store you pick.

## 2. Connect your other stores

Enter the domain of a store you want to keep in sync, for example `eu-store.myshopify.com`, then install Bridgeful on that store too. On the other store, Bridgeful shows **wants to sync with this store**. Choose **Connect** and the two stores are linked.

If Bridgeful is already installed on the other store, open it there instead. When you install on a store first, choose **This store connects to a main store**, then enter its domain from your main store. The screen moves on by itself once the domain is entered.

Repeat for each store. You can add more stores now or later from [Stores](https://docs.bridgeful.app/user-guide/stores.md). How many stores you can connect depends on your [plan](https://docs.bridgeful.app/user-guide/plans-and-billing.md).

## 3. Choose what syncs

Turn on what Bridgeful keeps in sync: inventory, products and collections. These apply to every store you've connected. You can fine-tune each one later in [Settings](https://docs.bridgeful.app/user-guide/settings.md), for example which parts of a product sync.

## 4. Pair locations

Inventory levels sync between paired locations. Pair each location on your main store with the location on the other store that holds the same inventory. Locations you leave unpaired are not synced. See [inventory sync](https://docs.bridgeful.app/user-guide/inventory-sync.md).

## 5. Start the first sync

Nothing changes in any store until you choose **Start sync**. Bridgeful then brings your connected stores in line with your main store for everything you turned on, and keeps them in step from then on. Home shows the first sync while it runs, and it finishes on its own.

Products that couldn't be matched by SKU, barcode or handle wait for you to decide. See [matching](https://docs.bridgeful.app/user-guide/matching.md).

## Your free trial

Every new install gets a 14-day free trial with every feature. Nothing is charged automatically: if you don't choose a plan, Bridgeful becomes read-only when the trial ends. See [plans and billing](https://docs.bridgeful.app/user-guide/plans-and-billing.md).


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