# Composer

> Open a beautiful online store by describing what you sell.

Composer helps makers, brands, and boutiques open an online store without learning to code or wrestling templates. Describe what you sell in plain language, watch the store come together live, and change anything (wording, products, look, checkout) by chatting. Take orders from day one. Cash out after a short identity check. Linking your own Stripe is optional. Publish on your own domain when you're ready.

## Facts
- Composer is an AI store builder at composer.so.
- You open a store by describing what you sell in plain language.
- The store appears live and you change it by chatting.
- You can take orders from day one. Cash out after a short identity check.
- Linking your own Stripe is optional if you want charges on that account.
- You can publish on your own domain when you are ready.
- There is a free plan. Paid plans start at 29 US dollars a month.
- Composer is built for makers, brands, and boutiques, not for developers.
- A published store can follow the visitor language, including Hebrew.
- Composer publishes product updates at composer.so/changelog.
- Composer publishes live system status at composer.so/status.

## What you can do
- **Describe, then watch**: Say what you sell. A full store with products, pages, and your look appears live.
- **Change it in conversation**: Ask for a tweak in plain language. The preview updates on the spot.
- **Sell for real**: Take orders from day one. Cash out after you confirm your identity. Linking your own Stripe is optional.
- **Your brand, your domain**: Publish when you're ready, on a custom domain that looks like you.

## How it works
1. **Describe**: Tell Composer what you sell and the feeling you want.
2. **Refine**: Ask for changes. Edits land on a live draft you can see.
3. **Sell**: Take card orders from day one. Cash out after a short identity check.
4. **Publish**: Go live on your own domain when it feels right.

## FAQ
### What is Composer?
An AI store builder for people who sell. Describe a store, watch it build live, and run it by chatting. No coding required.

### How is it different from Shopify or Wix?
Those give you templates and dashboards to click through. Composer gives you an agent that builds and edits the store with you in conversation.

### Do I need to know how to code?
No. You build and change the store through conversation. Composer handles the technical work.

### How do payments work?
Checkout takes cards from day one through Composer. You cash out after a short identity check. You can instead link your own Stripe if you want to be the merchant of record.

### Can I use my own domain?
Yes. Each store can publish to a custom domain or subdomain, with its own brand, catalog, and orders.

### What does Composer cost?
There is a free plan. Paid plans start at 29 US dollars a month. You pick a credit pack. Shoppers pay at checkout. Every plan takes a small platform fee on sales, and the fee shrinks as the plan goes up.

### Who is Composer for?
Makers, brands, and boutiques who want a beautiful store without learning a dashboard or hiring a developer.

### Can I edit the store without chatting?
Yes. You can change plain static text by clicking it on the live preview. Ask the agent when you want a bigger change, a new product, or a new look.

### Can a store be in Hebrew or another right to left language?
Yes. A published store can follow the visitor language, including Hebrew and other right to left languages. The builder itself stays in English.

### Is Composer a Shopify alternative?
For people who want to open a store by describing it, yes. Shopify is a dashboard and app ecosystem you configure. Composer is an agent that builds and edits the store with you.

### How do I know if Composer is running?
Open composer.so/status. It shows live checks for the builder, storefronts, checkout, and sign in.

## Pages
- [AI store builder](https://composer.so/ai-store-builder): Composer is an AI store builder for makers, brands, and boutiques. Describe what you sell and get a live store you can edit by chatting.
- [Pricing](https://composer.so/pricing): Composer has a free plan. Paid plans start at 29 US dollars a month. You take orders from day one and cash out after an identity check.
- [FAQ](https://composer.so/faq): Answers about Composer, the AI store builder: how it works, payments, domains, pricing, and how it compares to Shopify or Wix.
- [Composer versus Shopify](https://composer.so/vs/shopify): Shopify is a dashboard and app store you configure. Composer is an AI store builder that opens a store from a description and edits it in conversation.
- [Composer versus Wix](https://composer.so/vs/wix): Wix is a drag and drop website builder that can add a store. Composer is store first: you describe what you sell and an agent builds the shop with you.
- [For makers](https://composer.so/for/makers): Open an online store for handmade work by describing what you make. Composer builds the shop live so you can sell without learning website tools.
- [Changelog](https://composer.so/changelog): What is new in Composer, the AI store builder. Product updates for people who sell, newest first.
- [System status](https://composer.so/status): See whether Composer, storefronts, checkout, and sign in are running. Live checks, refreshed on load.

## Docs
- [Welcome](https://composer.so/docs): Learn how to build, edit, and run your online store with Composer.
- [Getting started](https://composer.so/docs/getting-started): From sign in to a live store you can share.
- [Create your store](https://composer.so/docs/getting-started/create-your-store): Describe what you sell and let Composer build the first version with you.
- [Chat with the agent](https://composer.so/docs/getting-started/chat-with-the-agent): Change your store by describing what you want in plain language.
- [Publish](https://composer.so/docs/getting-started/publish): Put your draft on the web so shoppers can visit your store.
- [Keyboard shortcuts](https://composer.so/docs/getting-started/keyboard-shortcuts): A short set of chords for Home, the live editor, and chat.
- [Editing](https://composer.so/docs/editing): Shape your store in the preview and with the agent.
- [Edit text and images](https://composer.so/docs/editing/text-and-images): Fix copy and photos directly in the live preview.
- [Live preview](https://composer.so/docs/editing/live-preview): See every change instantly before shoppers do.
- [Pages and layout](https://composer.so/docs/editing/pages-and-layout): Add pages, rearrange sections, and keep the shop easy to browse.
- [Selling](https://composer.so/docs/selling): Catalog, checkout, orders, and bookings.
- [Products](https://composer.so/docs/selling/products): Add, import, and present what you sell.
- [Payments](https://composer.so/docs/selling/payments): Connect Stripe so customers pay into your own account.
- [Orders](https://composer.so/docs/selling/orders): See what customers bought and keep fulfillment moving.
- [Bookings and forms](https://composer.so/docs/selling/bookings-and-forms): Collect requests, bookings, and leads without a separate tool.
- [Your store](https://composer.so/docs/store): Domains, SEO, settings, and how shoppers find you.
- [Settings](https://composer.so/docs/store/settings): Day to day controls for your published store.
- [SEO](https://composer.so/docs/store/seo): How Composer lists your store for search and AI answers.
- [Custom domain](https://composer.so/docs/store/custom-domain): Point your own URL at your Composer store.
- [Share and preview](https://composer.so/docs/store/share-and-preview): Send a link before or after you publish.
- [Account](https://composer.so/docs/account): Plans, access, and how Composer fits your business.
- [Plans](https://composer.so/docs/account/plans): Free and paid plans for building and running stores.
- [Team and access](https://composer.so/docs/account/team-and-access): Who can edit your stores today, and how access works.

## Links
- [Home](https://composer.so/)
- [Docs](https://composer.so/docs)
- [Start building / sign in](https://app.composer.so)
- [System status](https://composer.so/status)
- [Full brief for language models](https://composer.so/llms-full.txt)
- [Terms of Service](https://composer.so/terms)
- [Privacy Policy](https://composer.so/privacy)

## Full page copy

### The AI store builder for people who sell

The category
The AI store builder for people who sell
Composer opens a real online store from a description. You watch it come together, then change anything by chatting. No templates to wrestle and no code to learn.
What an AI store builder is
An AI store builder is a way to open an online shop by saying what you sell, in ordinary language. You do not pick a theme, drag boxes around, or hire someone to set the site up.
Composer is that kind of builder, made for makers, brands, and boutiques. You describe the products and the feeling you want. A full store with pages, a catalog, and checkout appears live. Then you keep talking to refine it.
How Composer builds the store
You start with a short brief: what you sell, who it is for, the tone. Composer writes the storefront, places products, and picks a look that fits. The preview updates while you watch.
Edits stay in conversation. Ask for warmer wording, a new product, or a clearer checkout and the draft updates on the spot. Plain text can also be changed by clicking it on the preview.
Describe the shop in plain language
Watch pages and products appear live
Change copy, catalog, and look by chatting
Take orders from day one, then publish on your domain
Who it is for
Composer is for people whose job is the product, not the website. If you make things, run a small brand, or keep a boutique, you should not need a weekend of website tools to start selling.
It is not a general website builder and it is not a developer studio. The store is the product.
Selling for real
You can take orders from day one. Cash out after a short identity check. Linking your own Stripe is optional if you want to be the merchant of record on that account.
Publish on a Composer subdomain while you try it, then move to your own domain when the shop feels like you.

### Simple pricing for an AI store builder

Plans
Simple pricing for an AI store builder
Try Composer free. Paid plans start at 29 US dollars a month. You pick a credit pack that matches how often you build. Take orders from day one. Cash out after an identity check.
How billing works
The free plan lets you open a live store and try selling. Paid plans put your own domain on the door, drop the Composer badge, and keep more of every sale.
By default, sales land in your Composer balance. Every plan takes a small platform fee on those sales. The fee shrinks as the plan goes up. Business still has a fee, just a low one.
What you get on every plan
A live store you build and edit in conversation. Products, orders, bookings, and quotes next to the chat. Card checkout from day one. Storefronts that follow the visitor language, including Hebrew.
Free: a live store you build in conversation, catalog and orders, bookings and quotes, card checkout from day one, your own domain, collaborators, and storefronts that follow the visitor language including Hebrew. One store, a 3 percent fee, no credit card needed
Pro from 29 US dollars a month: no Composer badge, a 2 percent fee, up to three stores, email support
Business from 59 US dollars a month: a 0.5 percent fee, up to ten stores, priority support
Enterprise: volume credits, unlimited stores, a custom fee, named onboarding. Book a demo.
Credits, in plain language
The agent spends credits when it builds or makes a heavy edit. Light copy changes cost less than opening a store from scratch. Paid plans let you pick a monthly pack, billed monthly or yearly (two months free on yearly).
Is there a free plan?
Yes. You can open one store on the free plan and try the agent with 25 credits a month. No credit card needed.
Do customers pay Composer?
They pay at checkout. By default Composer is the merchant of record and you withdraw earnings after an identity check. You can link your own Stripe instead.
What is a credit pack?
A monthly allowance of AI work. A full store build uses more credits than a small copy change. On Pro and Business you pick the pack size when you subscribe.

### Questions about Composer

FAQ
Questions about Composer
Short answers about the AI store builder: what it is, how payments work, what it costs, and how it compares to a dashboard you click through.
The short version
Composer is an AI store builder. You describe what you sell, watch a store appear, and change it by chatting. You take orders from day one, cash out after an identity check, and publish on your own domain when you are ready.
What is Composer?
An AI store builder for people who sell. Describe a store, watch it build live, and run it by chatting. No coding required.
How is it different from Shopify or Wix?
Those give you templates and dashboards to click through. Composer gives you an agent that builds and edits the store with you in conversation.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. You build and change the store through conversation. Composer handles the technical work.
How do payments work?
Checkout takes cards from day one through Composer. You cash out after a short identity check. You can instead link your own Stripe if you want to be the merchant of record.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes. Each store can publish to a custom domain or subdomain, with its own brand, catalog, and orders.
What does Composer cost?
There is a free plan. Paid plans start at 29 US dollars a month. You pick a credit pack. Shoppers pay at checkout. Every plan takes a small platform fee on sales, and the fee shrinks as the plan goes up.
Who is Composer for?
Makers, brands, and boutiques who want a beautiful store without learning a dashboard or hiring a developer.
Can I edit the store without chatting?
Yes. You can change plain static text by clicking it on the live preview. Ask the agent when you want a bigger change, a new product, or a new look.
Can a store be in Hebrew or another right to left language?
Yes. A published store can follow the visitor language, including Hebrew and other right to left languages. The builder itself stays in English.
Is Composer a Shopify alternative?
For people who want to open a store by describing it, yes. Shopify is a dashboard and app ecosystem you configure. Composer is an agent that builds and edits the store with you.
How do I know if Composer is running?
Open composer.so/status. It shows live checks for the builder, storefronts, checkout, and sign in.

### Composer versus Shopify

Compare
Composer versus Shopify
Shopify is a powerful dashboard with an app store. Composer is an AI store builder for people who want to open a shop by describing it, then keep editing in conversation.
The honest split
Shopify is the right tool when you already know ecommerce operations and want a huge app ecosystem, staff accounts, and a dashboard you will live in for years.
Composer is the right tool when you do not want to learn that dashboard to get a first beautiful store live. You talk, the shop appears, and you take orders from day one.
How you build
On Shopify you pick a theme, install apps, and click through settings. That flexibility is the point, and it takes time.
On Composer you write a brief. The agent builds pages, products, and a look. You ask for changes in everyday language. Point and click covers small text edits.
How you get paid
On Composer, shoppers pay from day one. Composer is the merchant of record unless you link your own Stripe. Composer plans add a small platform fee on sales. The fee shrinks as the plan goes up.
Shopify has its own payments and plan fees. That is a mature, well documented system. If you already run on Shopify and like it, stay. If you have not started and do not want to study a dashboard, start with Composer.
When to pick which
Pick Composer to open a branded store this week without hiring help. Pick Shopify when you need a large app catalog, complex wholesale, or a team that already knows that admin.
Composer: conversation first, cards from day one, made for small brands
Shopify: dashboard first, huge apps, made for scaling operations
Is Composer trying to replace Shopify?
No. It is an alternative for people who want a store from a description, not another admin to learn.
Can I move later?
You own the catalog. You can export or rebuild elsewhere if your needs outgrow a conversational builder.

### Composer versus Wix

Compare
Composer versus Wix
Wix is a drag and drop website builder that can add commerce. Composer is store first: an AI store builder that opens a shop from what you sell, then lets you edit it by chatting.
Website builder versus store builder
Wix starts as a website. You design pages by dragging, then you can turn on a store. That is a good path if the site is the product and selling is a section.
Composer starts as a store. Products, checkout, and orders sit next to the chat. The pages exist to sell, not to be a general brochure you have to assemble by hand.
How edits feel
Wix editing is visual: select a box, move it, tweak a style. It rewards people who enjoy layout.
Composer editing is conversational, with click to change on plain text. You say what should be different. The agent handles layout, type, and the storefront structure.
Payments and publishing
On Composer you take orders from day one and publish on your own domain when it feels right. Linking your own Stripe is optional.
Wix has its own commerce stack and plans. If you already like building pages by dragging, Wix fits. If you want a shop without learning a canvas, Composer fits.
Does Composer include drag and drop layout?
No. You describe changes and click plain text to edit it. Composer handles the layout so you do not have to.

### An online store for makers, built by chatting

For makers
An online store for makers, built by chatting
You already make the work. Composer turns a description of what you make into a live shop, so selling does not become a second craft.
Made for the studio, not the office
Makers lose weekends to website tools. Themes do not sound like the work. Hiring a developer for every copy tweak does not scale when you also have to make the next batch.
Tell Composer what you make, the materials, the feeling. It opens a store that can carry that story, then you refine the words and the catalog in conversation.
A catalog that stays in reach
Add a new piece, change a price, hide something that sold out. The catalog sits next to the chat, and the storefront stays in sync. You do not log into a separate admin to do the work of selling.
Get paid without setting up Stripe first
Take orders from day one. Cash out after a short identity check. Linking your own Stripe is optional if you want charges on that account. Publish on your own domain when the shop looks like you.
Also a fit for small brands and boutiques
The same path works if you run a small label or a shop with a tight edit of goods. The brief changes; the builder does not. Describe the mix, watch the store, keep talking until it feels right.
Can I sell one of a kind pieces?
Yes. Add each piece as a product, mark it sold out when it is gone, and keep writing the story in chat.
Do I need photos before I start?
A clear description is enough to open the first draft. Add photos as you have them; the store updates live.

## Docs guides

### Welcome

Learn how to build, edit, and run your online store with Composer.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs

### Getting started

From sign in to a live store you can share.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/getting-started

### Create your store

Describe what you sell and let Composer build the first version with you.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/getting-started/create-your-store

### Chat with the agent

Change your store by describing what you want in plain language.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/getting-started/chat-with-the-agent

### Publish

Put your draft on the web so shoppers can visit your store.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/getting-started/publish

### Keyboard shortcuts

A short set of chords for Home, the live editor, and chat.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/getting-started/keyboard-shortcuts

### Editing

Shape your store in the preview and with the agent.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/editing

### Edit text and images

Fix copy and photos directly in the live preview.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/editing/text-and-images

### Live preview

See every change instantly before shoppers do.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/editing/live-preview

### Pages and layout

Add pages, rearrange sections, and keep the shop easy to browse.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/editing/pages-and-layout

### Selling

Catalog, checkout, orders, and bookings.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/selling

### Products

Add, import, and present what you sell.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/selling/products

### Payments

Connect Stripe so customers pay into your own account.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/selling/payments

### Orders

See what customers bought and keep fulfillment moving.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/selling/orders

### Bookings and forms

Collect requests, bookings, and leads without a separate tool.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/selling/bookings-and-forms

### Your store

Domains, SEO, settings, and how shoppers find you.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/store

### Settings

Day to day controls for your published store.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/store/settings

### SEO

How Composer lists your store for search and AI answers.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/store/seo

### Custom domain

Point your own URL at your Composer store.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/store/custom-domain

### Share and preview

Send a link before or after you publish.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/store/share-and-preview

### Account

Plans, access, and how Composer fits your business.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/account

### Plans

Free and paid plans for building and running stores.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/account/plans

### Team and access

Who can edit your stores today, and how access works.

Canonical: https://composer.so/docs/account/team-and-access

## Changelog

### Live editor opens from Chat, Home, and shortcuts again
2026-09-20
Clicking Live editor (or pressing ⌘⇧E) now shows the store canvas to click and edit, instead of staying on the chat transcript after you had already opened that store.
- Home → Live editor after Chat now switches the cached workspace to the canvas.
- The storefront fills the preview well instead of leaving a blank stage.

### A public page for live system status
2026-08-28
See whether Composer, storefronts, checkout, and sign in are running at composer.so/status.

### A real Team page for store access
2026-08-24
Manage who can open a store from Team: invite by email as admin, editor, or viewer, change someone's role, resend an invite, transfer ownership, or leave.
- The owner handles payouts and billing, and can hand the store to a teammate. Admins can invite and manage the team. Editors build and publish. Viewers can look, not edit.
- People already on a store stay editors — the same full store access they had as collaborators.
- Copy the store link when you want to share access without waiting on email.

### New plans, priced by the credit pack you pick
2026-08-24
Pricing is now Free, Pro, Business, and Enterprise. Pro and Business start higher, you choose a monthly credit pack, and yearly billing gives two months free. Every plan still takes a small fee on sales; the fee shrinks as you go up.
- Free includes 25 credits a month and one store.
- Pro starts at 29 US dollars a month. Business starts at 59.
- The public pricing page and the billing plans page now share the same comparison grid.

### Store email after a custom domain
2026-08-24
A live domain does not create email by itself. Manage → Email now explains forwarding (hello@ lands in Gmail, not a new mailbox), shows what to do next, and only asks for DNS when you actually need to paste records.
- From Domain, a next step opens Email once HTTPS is live.
- Composer-hosted domains get mail DNS written for you; connected domains show copyable MX and SPF.

### A public changelog
2026-08-24
What is new in Composer now lives at composer.so/changelog. Open it from What's new in the builder, or share the page with anyone.

### The Code tab in Live editor shows your source again
2026-08-22
Opening Code in the live editor now shows the store's files and source, instead of leaving the preview on screen.

### Keyboard shortcuts in their own window
2026-08-22
Settings → Advanced now has a Keyboard shortcuts row that opens the full list in a window, instead of mixing chords into the prefs.

### New chat is ⌘⇧O
2026-08-22
New chat is now ⌘⇧O (Ctrl+Shift+O on Windows and Linux). Command+Option+N was opening a browser window and clashing with some keyboards.

### Plan and usage live on one Settings page
2026-08-22
Settings now shows your plan, remaining AI credits, and billing in a single Plan & Usage page, so you can see what you're on and what you've used without switching tabs.

### Keyboard shortcuts, shown when you hover
2026-08-21
The actions you hit all day on the dashboard now have chords — new chat, send, and Stores — and the shortcut appears on the button only when you hover, so the rest of the workspace stays quiet.
- New chat is ⌘⌥N (Ctrl+Alt+N on Windows) so it does not collide with the browser's New Window. Send from Home is ⌘Enter. Stores is ⌘S.
- In the editor, Enter still sends a chat turn and Esc stops the agent. Hover the matching button to see the chord, or open Settings → Advanced for the full list.

### Add a profile picture from Settings
2026-08-21
Tap your icon in Settings → Account to upload a photo. It shows in the sidebar and the mobile menu, and you can remove it any time.

### A clearer look at your store’s code
2026-08-04
The Code tab now shows folders and files in a real tree beside a readable source view, with line numbers, language badges, and one click copy, so peeking at what the agent wrote feels calm instead of like a flat dump of paths.

### Header and footer logos can be different colors
2026-08-04
Ask to make the top logo white and the bottom logo dark (or any colors) and the agent updates only the surface you named, so both logos no longer flip together.
- Say "header logo" / "top logo" or "footer logo" / "bottom logo" when you want one surface changed.
- The brand mark stays shared; only the color variant for that spot updates.

### Make a logo white (or any color) from chat
2026-08-03
Ask the agent to make your logo white for a dark header (or any solid color) and it recolors the file for you, cutting out the background and placing a transparent PNG, without asking you to upload a new version.
- Recolor keeps soft edges and transparency; no plate behind the mark.
- Already transparent logos recolor instantly; cutting a solid background uses the same image credits as Remove background.

### Logos that just work
2026-07-27
Drop in your logo and the builder handles the rest: it clears the background automatically, sizes it generously, and sets it in the corner of your header. No more asking twice to make it bigger.
- Attach a logo and the builder removes any solid background for you, so it sits cleanly on your header instead of on a white or colored block. You don't have to ask.
- Logos are placed and sized properly the first time: front of the nav, big enough to read, linking home.
- No logo yet? The builder now gives your store a real brand mark in the header corner instead of leaving it plain.

### Clone from several sites at once
2026-07-22
Starting from a URL? Add more than one: attach a few reference sites and the builder blends them into a single store, so you can mix one site's content with another's look.

### Small improvements this week
2026-07-20
No single headline this week, just a handful of things that make building and sharing a store a little nicer.
- Give your store a logo: the builder can now place a real logo in the header, and offers to add one when your header doesn't have it yet.
- Clone a site more faithfully: cloning from a URL now carries the real copy and pictures across, so you're editing your content instead of retyping it.
- Share a build link: send anyone a link that shows your store coming together, instead of a bare signup page.
- Start from a single line: "Enhance" turns a short build description into a fuller brief before building, so a quick prompt still gives you a rich store.
- Cookie consent that fits your visitors: published stores show a proper consent banner and preference centre, shown only where it's expected.

### Try different AI models as you build
2026-07-18
Turn on the model picker in Settings to switch models right from the prompt bar and compare results. Your default stays put until you pick something else.

### Stores render in your customer's language
2026-07-17
A published store now shows up in each visitor's language and switches to a right to left layout where it's expected, automatically, with nothing for you to configure.

### Connect your own domain
2026-07-17
Point a custom domain at a published store from its Settings, so customers see your brand instead of a composer.so subdomain.

### Invite collaborators to a store
2026-07-17
Give another person access to a project so you can build a store together. They get an email when you add them.

### Generated stores look noticeably better
2026-07-16
The builder now reviews the store it just made and refines it before you see it, and reaches for the moves a real studio would, so a first result already reads more finished.
- The agent looks at the rendered store and fixes what's off, over a couple of automatic passes.
- Bolder layouts: oversized type, full bleed imagery, and a cohesive palette across each store.
- Subtle, tasteful motion as sections come into view, no setting to toggle.

## System status

No incidents reported.

Canonical site: https://composer.so