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title: "Pre-built Stores"
description: "Create your store on Shopify, then fill it with researched products, AI listings, and optimized settings."
lang: en
updated: 2026-11-01
source: "https://www.drilify.com/documentation/pre-built-stores"
version: c63334282e9b
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# Pre-built Stores

A pre-built store on Drilify means skipping the blank-page start: you create your store on Shopify, connect it to Drilify, then fill it with researched products, supplier options, AI-prepared listings, and optimized SEO settings.

## What this path gives you

- A real Shopify store under your own account and branding
- Researched product picks from the Product Library, Shop Library, and Ad Spy
- Supplier sourcing through CJ Dropshipping, Hertwill, and the Supplier Catalog (beta)
- AI-prepared product listings you can review and edit before publishing
- SEO optimization for titles, descriptions, and schema through Store Optimizer
- Margin and profitability checks before you commit to a product

## Setting up

:::steps
### Create your store on Shopify
Open [shopify.com](https://www.shopify.com) and start a store. Pick your store name, theme, and basic pages.

### Connect Shopify to Drilify
From your Drilify dashboard, connect the store so imports, listings, and optimization can reach it. See [Connect Your Store](https://www.drilify.com/documentation/connect-shopify).

### Research products
Use the Product Library, Shop Library, Trending, and Ad Spy to shortlist products with real demand and store-momentum signals. Check margins with the Profitability Calculator.

### Source and import
Find suppliers through CJ Dropshipping, Hertwill, or the Supplier Catalog, then import products into your Shopify store.

### Publish and optimize
Prepare listings with the Listing Engine, review and edit them, publish to Shopify, then run Store Optimizer for SEO and schema.
:::

:::callout info Where the store actually lives
Your store, theme, checkout, and orders stay inside your own Shopify account. Drilify supplies the research, sourcing, listing, and optimization work around it.
:::