Start a business

Starting from whodo.it, tap Start and create your account. Already on whodo? Tap Switch at the top, then Start a business (or Create → Start a business).

1. What's your business called? Type the name people know you by. Your page's address is made from it; tap Change beside it to pick another. Continue.
2. What do you offer? Under Type what you do, write it in your words ("dog grooming", "small engine repair") and pick the closest. Pick more than one if you do several things: each one opens on its own, when it's ready.
3. Where do you work? Tick every one that fits: At my place, I go to customers, Online or by phone, Markets and events. Add Your address. Customers see the area; the exact address only when they need it (a pickup, a visit). Going to customers? Say How far do you go?, in minutes of driving.
4. How would you like to get paid? Tick what you take: Card or debit in person, Cash, e-Transfer (with the email for e-Transfers). Card online needs a few details about you: set it up later, when you're ready.
5. Your first offering. Tap Add your first. It starts from what you do, so most answers are already there (see Add an offering).
6. Here's your business. Check it over.
7. A few things before you open. Only what's really needed (Confirm your email, Choose how you get paid, Add your address, Open your first offering). Each has a button that goes straight to it. When it says Everything's ready., tap Open.

Go to your workspace: your business's pages, with everything else.

Finish later

Every screen has Save and finish later. Until your business is open, its pages show isn't open yet with a Next step button that takes you back to where you were. On My whodo, it's under Continue.

After you open

Orders, Calendar or Work orders (whichever fits your work) show Getting started with what's left: your logo, a few words about you, the way you share your link. Tap See all the steps for the list, or Hide this list. Then go through Before your first real customer: a few checks and a test order.

Your page is ready to share: on Orders, tap Share your shop. On a phone it opens your apps (Facebook, Instagram, Messages); on a computer it copies the link.

The menu shows what you use every day. Everything else is under All tools.

Already selling as yourself?

Once your business is open, you can move your listings into it: see Move your listings into your business.

Not sure what to offer?

Find opportunities shows what people near you ask and search for, and ideas from what you have and know.

What your page says about you

Your page shows a few plain facts customers can weigh: your reviews, since when you're on whodo, how quickly you usually answer (once there are enough conversations), and how many orders you've completed, in steps (10+, 25+, 50+…). Only orders customers placed themselves count, never ones you typed in.