Completing onboarding

The moment you finish signing up, TribeNest hands you a short setup flow. It's two parts — first you create your tribe's identity, then you work through a checklist of starter steps from your dashboard home.

Create your first profile

A profile is your tribe's home on TribeNest — its name, its address on the web, and the container that holds everything you publish. You'll create one the very first time you log in.

1. Type your Profile name in the first field. This is the public name fans will see — your artist name, band name, or brand. You can change it later.
2. Type your Subdomain in the next field. This becomes the address fans visit to find you on the web — pick something short, memorable, and easy to spell.
3. As you type the subdomain, TribeNest checks whether it's available. The website URL preview underneath updates to show what the final address will look like.
4. When the form is happy, click Create profile.

If a subdomain is already taken or doesn't meet our format rules, you'll see an inline message asking you to try another one. Tweak it until the message clears, then click Create profile again.

Finish your setup checklist

After your profile is created, TribeNest drops you onto your home dashboard. Front and centre is a Setup progress card with a progress bar and a list of starter steps tailored to your account.

Each step has:

• An icon and a short title — so you know at a glance what it covers.
• A one-line description.
• An action button on the right that opens the page where you can finish it.
• A small Next step badge on the row that's up next, so you always know what to tackle first.

Some rows also have an external link icon — clicking it pops open a help article for that step in a new tab.

How to work through the steps

1. Look at the progress bar at the top of the card to see how far along you are.
2. Find the row marked Next step — it's highlighted and has a pulsing dot.
3. Click the action button on that row.
4. Complete the step on the page that opens.
5. Come back to your home dashboard. The step now shows a green checkmark and the next one lights up.

You don't have to do them in order — every row with an unfinished status has its own action button, so you can skip ahead if you'd rather start somewhere else.

What the steps cover

The starter checklist walks you through everything a new tribe needs to start earning and publishing:

• File storage — getting ready to upload images, audio, and video.
• Payment configuration — connecting how you'll get paid, so fans can buy from you.
• Profile address — adding your business address (used on receipts).
• Membership tier — opening your first paid tier so fans can support you. See Memberships.
• Website configuration — turning on your public site. See My Website.
• PWA configuration — letting fans install your tribe as an app on their phones.
• Create your first post — writing something for your members to read.
• Upload your first music — putting a track in your store. See Store.

Your exact list may vary slightly depending on your plan and what's already been set up.

All done

When every step has a green checkmark, the setup card flips into a celebration view — a party-popper icon, a congratulations message, and a collapsible list of all the steps you completed in case you want to revisit any of them.

You can click that collapsible to peek back at any step you finished — useful if you ever need to remind yourself where a particular setting lives.

Where to go next

From here, the rest of TribeNest is yours to explore. A few good first stops:

• Take the full sidebar tour in Navigating the dashboard.
• Style your public site in My Website.
• Set up paid tiers in Memberships.
• List your first product in Store.
• Send your first email in Emails.
• Bring teammates on board from Team.