Guide

How to use ZENZKO

A quick, step-by-step walkthrough for going from nothing to a live store with a shareable link.

1. 1

   Create your store

   Head to Create your store and fill in the form. Only a product name, a photo, and a price are required — everything else (shop name, description, delivery info, social links) is optional and can stay blank for now.

   Your store address is generated automatically from your product name, but you can edit it before you publish.

2. 2

   Sign up to Stripe

   Once you've saved your product details, click Connect Stripe in the Payments section. This takes you to Stripe to create your own free Stripe account (or link an existing one) — this is who actually receives your money, not us.

   Follow Stripe's onboarding steps (business details, bank account, ID verification). When you're sent back, your store will show "Stripe is connected and ready" once verification is complete.

3. 3

   Upload your photo with Cloudinary

   The photo field needs a direct image link rather than a file upload, so you'll need somewhere to host your image first. Cloudinary has a free plan that works well for this:

   • Create a free Cloudinary account and go to your Media Library.
   • Click Upload and choose your product photo.
   • Once it's uploaded, click the image and copy its Secure URL (it'll end in .jpg, .png, etc.).
   • Paste that link into the Photo URL field on your store form.

   Any host that gives you a direct link to an image works the same way — Imgur and Google Drive (with public sharing turned on) are common alternatives to Cloudinary.

4. 4

   Copy and manage your links

   After saving, you'll get two links from your dashboard:

   • Public store link — this is the one you share with buyers.
   • Manage link — this is private and lets you edit, publish, or delete your store. Anyone with it can manage your store, so keep it safe. There's no account system, so if you lose it, it can't be recovered.

   Use the Copy link buttons next to each one, or enter your email under "Email me these links" to keep a backup copy somewhere other than this browser.

5. 5

   Share your store

   Once Stripe is connected and you've hit Publish store, your public store link is live. Drop it in your Instagram bio, a story, a group chat, or anywhere else you'd normally send buyers — it opens straight to a page they can pay on, no app or account needed on their end.