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# Initial Configuration

Once you've signed up for the full platform and confirmed your email (see [Setting up a new Club](/for-club-admins/setting-up-a-new-club.md)), your club is created and you land on a **setup checklist**. Work down it and your club is ready to go live.

## The setup checklist

1. **Complete your club's full profile** — a short, focused form with your club's contact and billing details (the bits we need before your trial converts to a paid plan). You can fine-tune everything else later in **Club Settings**.
2. **Set up your membership types** — the kinds of membership you offer and their prices. Not sure how to configure one? Start from a **template** (Full member or Probationary) and we'll fill in the fiddly settings for you to tweak.
3. **Set up your locations** — your ranges/venues. Add as many as you need.
4. **Connect Stripe for payments** — so you can take membership and booking payments **from your members** online. This step is optional for now — you can **skip it and set it up later** from your payment settings.
5. **Complete your own membership profile** — as the club's admin you're also a member, so finish your own member details and pick your membership type. We keep this light and handle the rest.

When the required steps are done, an **Activate** button appears — click it and your club is live.

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Steps 2 and 3 let you **Save & add another** so you can quickly add all your membership types and locations in one go, then **Save & finish** to return to the checklist.
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Connecting Stripe is the one step you can defer — but until you do, you won't be able to take card payments from members.
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Once the checklist is complete you're ready to start [onboarding your members](/for-club-admins/setting-up-a-new-club/onboarding-existing-members.md).


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