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Free AI Store Builder vs. Paid Done-For-You Store

Tradelle offers two ways to get a ready-made Shopify store: the free AI Store Builder and the paid Done-For-You store. They are easy to mix up, so here is exactly what each one is and how to get started with it.

The most common mix-up: only the paid Done-For-You store sends a claim email. The free AI Store Builder does not. If you built a free AI store and are waiting for an email to claim it, no email is coming. Continue your setup directly at stores.tradelle.io.

The free AI Store Builder

The AI Store Builder is free. You build a niche store yourself, directly in your browser: pick a niche, a store name, and brand colors, and it generates a Shopify store with around 20 products.

There is no claim email. You build and finish the store yourself at stores.tradelle.io.
A new Shopify account is created (an existing one cannot be used). This gives you Shopify's introductory $1/month pricing for the first three months.
It also includes access to PagePilot and a 20% PagePilot discount.

The products it comes with are demo products with no supplier behind them, so they always show as Sold Out and cannot be fulfilled as-is. To actually sell, import real products from Tradelle after connecting the store. See Fixing "Sold Out" Products.

The paid Done-For-You store

The Done-For-You store costs $49 and comes with 100 proven products, already connected to Tradelle's fulfillment.

It is built and delivered within 24 hours of purchase. When it is ready, you receive a claim email with a link to your order tracking page, where you click Get store.
A new Shopify account is created (an existing one cannot be used), which gives you Shopify's introductory pricing.
The 100 products do not need reimporting. Once you connect the store, orders are fulfilled automatically.
It has its own separate 30-day money-back guarantee.

For the full walkthrough, see How To Claim Your Done-For-You Store.

Tradelle cannot restore or change a Done-For-You store after it is delivered. Edits are your responsibility, so duplicate the theme before making big changes.

What is the same for both

Both create a new Shopify account, and both need the same two things before orders can be fulfilled: an active Tradelle subscription (pricing) and the store connected to your Tradelle account. Until then, products can show as Sold Out.

Updated on: 12/07/2026

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