Sign up

Sign-up shows one question per screen. Milkcrate starts building your site as soon as you say who you are, so it is already under way while you finish the rest.

Choose your account type

The first screen is “Choose your account type”. Pick Creator if your audience is the product, like a musician, artist or influencer. Pick Professional if your clients book your time, like a barber, trainer or consultant. Pick Business for a venue or company, like a bar, salon or shop. Pick Other for anything else, like a charity or community group. You can change your account type later in Settings, under Account. See account types and capabilities for what each one changes.

Your business or your Instagram

A Business account searches for the business on Google. Pick your listing from the results. A Creator, Professional or Other account types an Instagram handle. Milkcrate builds your site from that listing or profile, in the background, from this point on.

Email, password and code

Type your email and choose “Continue with email”. Then choose a password: at least 8 characters, with a letter and a number. Milkcrate emails you a six-digit code. Enter it to confirm the address is yours. “Send it again” is on that screen if the email doesn’t arrive.

If that email already has an account, the screen says so and links to “Log in instead”.

“Continue with Google” on the email screen replaces all three. You sign in with Google and go straight to your name.

Your name, your address and what you do

A Creator, Professional or Other account enters a first name, a last name and the display name shown on the site. A Business account enters just the business name. Milkcrate fills these in from your listing or profile where it can.

The “Your address” screen shows a handle Milkcrate worked out from your listing or profile, followed by .milkcrate.site. It tells you if the handle is available or taken. Change it here if you want something else. See your handle and address for the rules.

The last screen asks “What do you do?” (a Business account is asked “What industry are you in?”) and has you search for the closest match. Milkcrate uses it to suggest integrations. Choose Finish. Setting up your site can take up to two minutes, so keep the page open.

Your site is public at your address once you finish. You then land in Get started. You can pause the site later. See going live and pausing.