# Quickstart

> Set up BuyingGroupPro in about 15 minutes: create an account, connect an inbox, add the Chrome extension, connect your buying groups and send your first tracking numbers.

This quickstart sets up BuyingGroupPro so that new orders arrive on their own and tracking numbers go to your buying groups. It takes about 15 minutes.

## 1. Create an account

Sign up at [www.buyinggrouppro.com](https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/auth/?tab=signup) with an email address or with Google. Every new web account starts a 14-day Pro trial. You do not need a credit card, and nothing is charged when the trial ends: the account moves to the Free plan.

## 2. Connect an email inbox

Go to **Settings › Inboxes** and connect the inbox that gets your order emails. BuyingGroupPro supports Gmail (Google Workspace too), iCloud Mail, Yahoo Mail and AOL Mail. You sign in with an app password, not your normal password. Then click **Sync Now** to read your recent order emails.

Full steps for each provider: [connect an email inbox](https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/docs/email-sync/).

## 3. Add the Chrome extension

Install the [BuyingGroupPro extension](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/buyinggrouppro-extension/jfpkmbhkkbicnagponcnfdeehlbjmibg) from the Chrome Web Store. Open the [Extension page](https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/extension/) in BuyingGroupPro, copy your API key, and paste it into the extension. The extension imports orders from Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Costco and Sam's Club order pages. See [the Chrome extension](https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/docs/chrome-extension/).

## 4. Connect your buying groups

Go to **Settings › Integrations › Buying group connections** and connect each group you use. What each group asks for:

- **BFMR:** an API public key and API secret key from BFMR's Developer Tools page.
- **Every other group:** the email address and password you use on that group's site.

Details: [supported buying groups](https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/docs/buying-groups/).

## 5. Tell BuyingGroupPro where each group ships

Open **Settings › Library › Buying groups**, choose **Manage** on a group, and add the warehouse addresses you ship that group's orders to and the email aliases that get its order emails. New orders that match are linked to the group without any work from you. See [auto-link orders to buying groups](https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/docs/auto-link-orders/).

## 6. Review your imported orders

Orders found by email sync and the extension wait in the review queue at **Alerts › Imports**. Check them and click **Import**. When you trust the results, turn on **Skip review queue** in **Settings › Automation & alerts** so they import on their own. See [the import review queue](https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/docs/review-queue/).

## 7. Send tracking

When an order has a tracking number and a buying group, send the tracking to the group from the dashboard, one order at a time or in bulk. On Pro, turn on auto-submit and tracking goes to the group as soon as it arrives. See [send tracking to buying groups](https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/docs/send-tracking/).

## 8. Watch the money

When a group pays, BuyingGroupPro marks the order paid. The **Action Needed** cards on the dashboard list payment mismatches, missing tracking and orders still unpaid after 30 days. See [payouts and reconciliation](https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/docs/payouts-and-reconciliation/).

Source: https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/docs/quickstart/ (updated 2026-10-30)