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Guides for setting up your showroom, managing inventory and invoices, and getting the most out of ChronSeek.

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Getting started

Set up your showroom in under 10 minutes — from sign-up to your first published listing.

  • Create your dealer account

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    Sign up, claim your slug, and complete the onboarding wizard.

  • The 5-step Quick launch wizard

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    What each step does, what you can skip, and how to come back later.

  • Your activation checklist

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    Eight setup tasks tracked on your dashboard. Dismiss it when you're ready.

  • Inviting a teammate vs. flying solo

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    When seats matter, and how to mark yourself as a solo dealer.

Branding & showroom design

Themes, fonts, logos, hero images, and the typography choices that make your showroom feel like yours.

  • Choosing a theme

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    Light vs. dark themes, and what each preset signals to collectors.

  • Uploading a logo

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    Recommended formats, sizes, and background-removal tips.

  • Customising the hero section

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    Pick a default image, upload your own, or use a preset.

  • Fonts & typography pairings

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    Editorial Serif, Tailored Modern, or Modernist Sans — when to pick which.

  • Hero styles (Classic, Centered, Editorial...)

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    Six layout variants and the buyer behaviour each one encourages.

Listings & inventory

Adding watches, photo best practices, drafts vs. published, bulk import from CSV or Instagram.

  • Adding your first watch

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    Photo-first flow, smart defaults, and required vs. optional fields.

  • Drafts, available, on hold, sold

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    How status affects visibility on your showroom and search.

  • Photo guidelines

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    Minimum resolution, lighting, and the case/dial/strap shots collectors expect.

  • Importing from CSV

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    Column mapping, validation rules, and what happens to unmatched rows.

  • Importing from Instagram

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    Enterprise feature: pull a post or full grid into draft listings.

  • AI-generated descriptions

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    How the AI writes copy from your specs, and your monthly cap.

Inquiries, offers & viewings

Capturing buyer interest, handling offers, scheduling viewings, and managing trade-ins.

  • How inquiries reach you

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    Email + dashboard notification when a buyer messages about a listing.

  • Offer & counter-offer workflow

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    Accept, decline, or counter — and what the buyer sees at each step.

  • Scheduling a viewing

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    In-person or virtual viewings, with calendar slots and confirmations.

  • Handling trade-ins

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    Accept a buyer's watch as part-payment with the trade-request flow.

Invoices & payments

Creating invoices, bank/USDT payment methods, and the off-platform payments model.

  • Creating an invoice

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    Manual invoice creation with line items, VAT, and payment options.

  • IBAN, SWIFT & wire transfer

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    How to capture bank details on your invoice and what to communicate to buyers.

  • Crypto (USDT) payments

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    Adding a wallet address and the network options buyers see.

  • Off-platform payment confirmation

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    Mark an invoice as paid once funds clear in your bank account.

  • Guest checkout & buyer-facing invoice

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    What the buyer sees when they open their invoice link.

Custom domain

Connect your own domain so your showroom lives at e.g. timepieces.example.com instead of chronseek.com/your-slug.

  • DNS records you need

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    CNAME and TXT records walkthrough for the most common DNS providers.

  • SSL certificate provisioning

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    How we issue the SSL cert and the verification window.

  • Troubleshooting domain status

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    Pending vs. failed states and what they mean.

  • Switching back to chronseek.com

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    Removing a custom domain and what happens to existing buyer links.

Team & seats

Inviting teammates, role permissions, seat limits per plan, and pausing or removing members.

  • Inviting a teammate

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    Email invitation, acceptance flow, and the 7-day expiry.

  • Owner vs. member permissions

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    What each role can do — and the owner-only surfaces (billing, team management).

  • Seat limits per plan

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    Starter (1), Professional (3), Enterprise (10) — and how to handle overflow.

  • Pausing or removing a member

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    Temporary access freeze vs. permanent removal, and how seats free up.

Account & business settings

Business name, address, VAT, contact details, and the difference between Account and Showroom settings.

  • Account vs. Showroom settings

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    Private/legal info on Account; public-facing stuff on Showroom.

  • Business address & VAT number

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    Used on invoices, never shown publicly on your showroom.

  • Default currency & tax label

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    How your defaults flow into new listings and invoices.

  • Updating your dealer slug

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    When you can change your URL slug and what redirects we set up.

Buyer contact channels

WhatsApp, Telegram and other messengers — so buyers can reach you directly from your showroom.

  • Connecting WhatsApp

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    wa.me link format and the right phone-number formatting.

  • Telegram, Signal & other messengers

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    Supported providers and the link format for each.

  • Contact email vs. messenger

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    When buyers see which channel, and how to handle response expectations.

Plans, subscription & billing

Plan features, upgrading or downgrading, payment methods for your ChronSeek subscription, invoices.

  • Comparing Starter, Pro and Enterprise

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    Feature matrix, listing limits, and the AI / Instagram add-ons.

  • Upgrading or downgrading

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    Pro-rata billing, what happens to listings over the new plan's limit.

  • Managing payment methods

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    Update card on file, view past invoices, switch billing email.

  • Cancelling your subscription

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    Effective date, data retention, and the option to keep Starter access.

Shipping & logistics

Connecting carriers, generating shipping labels, tracking shipments, and inspection photos.

  • Connecting a shipping provider

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    FedEx, DHL, UPS — credential setup and the test mode toggle.

  • Generating a label

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    From invoice to printed label in under a minute.

  • Tracking & buyer notifications

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    Status updates that flow to the buyer's shipment page automatically.

  • Inspection photos for high-value pieces

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    Optional pre-ship photo workflow and timestamped storage.

Troubleshooting & FAQs

Common questions, error messages, and what to do when something doesn't look right.

  • I can't log in

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    Password reset, magic-link claim emails, and 2FA recovery.

  • My listings aren't showing up

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    Draft vs. published, search indexing, and showroom visibility checks.

  • An invoice link looks broken

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    Token expiry, dealer slug changes, and how to regenerate.

  • Custom domain stuck on "Pending"

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    DNS propagation, the 24-hour SLA, and when to contact support.

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