You can easily determine if your store is open for business based on whether or not you see the Open for Business control panel when you sign in to your account and click the Store Control Panel link. When you first sign up for and enter your store, you will see the Open for Business control panel (see figure 1).
After you complete all the necessary tasks, the Open for Business control panel will show you a link to open your store for business (see figure 2).
Once your store is open, you will always see the Store Manager which provides links into all of the functionality for your store.
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