# Add e-commerce powered by Snipcart

Snipcart is a shopping cart platform for developers.

This recipe will guide you through enabling e-commerce on your Gatsby site.

## Create a Snipcart account

If you do not already have a Snipcart account, please register [here](https://app.snipcart.com/register).

You can use this account for FREE to test things out as long as you like!

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## Install Gatsby plugin for Snipcart

<NPMPackage name="gatsby-plugin-snipcart-advanced" />

<GatsbyPlugin
  name="gatsby-plugin-snipcart-advanced"
  options={{
    publicApiKey:"[YOUR_PUBLIC_API_KEY]"
  }}
/>

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## Pull Snipcart setup script

<Directory path="bin" />

<File
  path="./bin/snipcart-setup.js"
  content="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/thatfrankdev/4544e73bce47d90d0b1db1c8305198a6/raw/8ad06e2fbb1032df0faf214bf09029627c1e8321/snipcart-setup.js"
/>

<NPMScript
  name="snipcart-setup"
  command="node ./bin/snipcart-setup.js"
/>

<NPMPackage
  name="abstract-syntax-tree"
  dependencyType="development"
/>

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Snipcart has been installed to your gatsby site!

The documentation of the plugin can be found [here](https://github.com/ipatate/gatsby-plugin-snipcart-advanced/blob/master/readme.md).

Please set your account's public API key in the plugin config to get started.

OPTIONAL: To automate the plugin configuration, you can run this command in your terminal: `npm run snipcart-setup`.

Here's how to add your first Snipcart buy button: https://docs.snipcart.com/v3/setup/products.

Happy selling!