If your yearbook provider offers Online Sales, Creator Studio allows you to publish your yearbook through an online storefront so customers can purchase books before production.

Pre-Order is the most common online sales method. Customers place their orders before your selected deadline, and all books are printed after your yearbook has been submitted for production.

🛒 Step 1: Open Your Store

• From the Creator Studio Home page, click Sell.
  
   
• Locate the storefront that contains your yearbook.
  
   

⚙️ Step 2: Open Manage Sales

Locate your yearbook and click Manage Sales.

🏷️ Step 3: Select Pre-Order

• Choose Pre-Order.
• Click Next.

🚚 Step 4: Choose a Distribution Method

Select how completed yearbooks will be delivered.

• Ship to One Location:
  
  • All books are shipped together to a single location, such as your school.
  • A distribution manifest is included to assist with student distribution.
     
• Ship to Customer:
  
  • Each order ships directly to the customer's shipping address.
  • NOTE: Ship to Customer may not be available for all organizations. Contact your Account Manager if you would like to use this option.
     
• Click Next.

📅 Step 5: Set Your Pre-Order Deadline

Select the final date customers can place pre-orders.

• Customers may continue placing orders until the deadline you choose.
• Click Next.

📘 Step 6: Choose Products and Add-Ons

Book Types

Choose which products customers may purchase.

Options may include:

• Hardcover
• Softcover
• eYearbook

Note: Available book types may vary based on your yearbook provider and the products enabled for your project.

Ensure hardcover/softcover options are enabled in the yearbook editor before publishing.

Cover Finish

If offered by your yearbook provider, choose the available cover finish for printed books.

Options may include:

• Matte
• Glossy
  
  

Optional Add-Ons

If your yearbook provider offers add-ons, you may see additional options during setup.

Available add-ons may include:

• Name Plate
  • Allows customers to purchase an engraved nameplate.
     
• Personalized Cover Stamping
  • Allows a customer's name to be stamped on the cover.
  • Name Stamped products may require additional production time.
     
• Personalized Pages
  • Allows customers to add custom pages to the back of their yearbook.
  • Personalized products may require additional production time.

Click Next.

💸Step 7: Set Pricing

The Estimated Page Count displays the current number of pages in your yearbook. As you adjust the page count, Creator Studio automatically updates the estimated production cost for each available book type.

Set a Sale Price for each product you want to offer.

Depending on your Online Sales program, you may be able to:

• Earn profit by setting a sale price above the estimated production cost.
• Subsidize the cost of your yearbook by reducing the sale price.
  
  
  
  As you adjust pricing, Creator Studio displays the estimated profit or loss for each available product.

Note: Profit eligibility and available pricing options vary by yearbook provider. Profit is only available for qualifying Online Sales programs.

Click Next to continue.

💳 Step 8: Enter Financial Contact Information

Enter the contact information for the person responsible for payment information.

If you earn profit, choose one of the following:

• Have the profit sent to the school 
  • Profit Check - Receive an eCheck for your profit minus a 10% processing fee.
  • Voucher Code - Receive the full amount of your profit in a code that can be used to purchase future yearbooks
• Donate it to the Yearbooks for Everyone Fund, which helps schools provide books to students in need.

Click Next.

⚙️ Step 9: Configure Store Settings

• Note to Customer: This message appears on the store page and in a pop-up during checkout.
  
  
   
• Cover Preview:
  • Show current cover design
  • Or select Top Secret to hide the cover until printed
    
    
     
• Book Distribution: (for bulk Pre-Orders)
  • Student names collected at checkout are included in your distribution manifest.
  • Personalized books will have labeled covers with student name and grade.
     
• Donate a book (Optional for bulk Pre-Orders):
  • When enabled, your store can offer customers the opportunity to donate additional copies of the yearbook directly to your organization (e.g., for students in need or classroom libraries).

Click Next.

✅ Step 10: Publish Your Store

Carefully review all settings on the Publish step. 

Once ready, click Publish.

Your yearbook is now available for pre-order through your online storefront.