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# Your first week

Read the section for how you sell, do the first step, and you should see your first letter inside a week. The onboarding checklist on your [dashboard home](https://brands.getburst.com/go) tracks this for you and checks steps off as it detects them.

#### If you sell in store

#### Confirm your details

Your business name and address appear on customer letters. Check them in [Settings](https://brands.getburst.com/go/settings?section=business).

#### Print your placard

Your QR code is already on it, and reprints are free. [Print your placard](https://brands.getburst.com/go/placements?create=placard). See [Print and place your QR placard](/placard).

#### Put it where people pay

The counter beats the window. Put it at eye level, then add a second spot.

#### Tell your staff one sentence

"If you're paying for something over a hundred dollars, scan that code, you might be able to use your FSA or HSA." A placard nobody mentions out loud gets a fraction of the scans.

#### Scan it yourself

Two minutes, and it's the only way to know what your customer sees. Your test scan checks this step off automatically.

#### If you sell online

#### Confirm your website

Add your store URL and platform in [Settings](https://brands.getburst.com/go/settings?section=website) so we can tailor the steps.

#### Add the product page badge

Start with what you sell the most of, and put the badge near the price, not at the bottom of the page. [Get the badge snippet](https://brands.getburst.com/go/placements?surface=pdp_badge). See [Adding Burst to your website](/website).

#### Add the order confirmation badge

They already bought, so this placement has the least friction. See [Order confirmation email](/order-email).

#### Use your Burst link where code doesn't go

Your link works on its own, so it drops straight into a newsletter, social post, bio, or customer service reply. [Copy your Burst link](https://brands.getburst.com/go?focus=burst-link).

#### Test it

Open your own live button or link once to walk the flow your customers see.

> **Tip**
>
> Nobody technical on your team? Use **Email this to your web person** in the dashboard, or [ask us](/contact) and we'll help.

## Then, in order

1. Put up one placement today. One, not five.
2. Try it yourself as a customer.
3. Tell your staff, or add the sentence to your product copy.
4. Add a second placement at the end of the week. Merchants who grow with Burst all do the same thing: they add the second one.
5. Know another business whose customers ask about FSA/HSA? [Refer them](/referrals) and you both get a free month.

> One placement beats five planned ones.