What Alongrail can help you with
Step-by-step guides for everyday software tasks. Follow the steps yourself, or let Alongrail guide you through them on your own screen while you do every click.
Advertise your business
Add a Meta Pixel to your website (2026)
Create a Meta Pixel in Meta Events Manager, add its base code to your website's head section, and check that it records a page view.
Add a promotion asset to your Google Ads campaign (2026)
Add an offer, such as an amount or percentage off for an occasion like Diwali, to an existing Google Ads campaign as a promotion asset, up to review.
Add your Facebook Page and ad account to a Meta business portfolio (2026)
Add your existing Facebook Page and your ad account to your Meta business portfolio in Meta Business Suite, so your business owns and manages them.
Add your Instagram account to a Meta business portfolio (2026)
Add your Instagram professional account to your Meta business portfolio in Meta Business Suite on a computer, so you can manage it with your Page.
Create a click-to-WhatsApp ad in Meta Ads Manager (2026)
Build an ad in Meta Ads Manager that opens a WhatsApp chat with your business when someone clicks it, stopping before anything is published.
Create your first ad in Meta Ads Manager (2026)
Build a campaign, an ad set and an ad in Meta Ads Manager, and learn what Meta asks for at payment, stopping before anything is published.
Create your first Google Ads Search campaign (2026)
Set up a Google Ads account and build a Search campaign with keywords, an ad and a daily budget, stopping before anything is published.
Link Google Ads and Google Analytics (2026)
Link your Google Analytics property to your Google Ads account from Analytics Admin, so Google Ads data shows in your Analytics reports.
Schedule a Facebook and Instagram post in Meta Business Suite (2026)
Write a post once in Meta Business Suite on a computer and schedule it to publish on your Facebook Page and Instagram account at a time you choose.
Set up a Meta business portfolio (2026)
Create a business portfolio in Meta Business Suite to hold your Facebook Page, Instagram account and ad account in one place, up to confirming your email.
Sell online
Add Razorpay to your Shopify store in India (2026)
Add Razorpay's payments app in your Shopify admin, connect your activated Razorpay account, and place a test order before going live.
Create a Buy X get Y offer in Shopify (2026)
Create an automatic Buy X get Y discount in Shopify, setting what customers buy, what they get free or discounted, and the dates it runs.
Create a discount code in Shopify (2026)
Create a Shopify discount code that customers enter at checkout for an amount off products or orders, with its value, limits and active dates.
Create a GST invoice in Zoho Invoice (India, 2026)
Sign up for Zoho Invoice in India, add your GSTIN, a customer and an item with its HSN or SAC code, then save a GST invoice and download the PDF.
Create a payment link in Razorpay (2026)
Create a Razorpay Payment Link for a fixed amount in the Dashboard on a computer, add a description and optional details, and share it with your customer.
Create your Amazon seller account in India (2026)
Register as a seller on Amazon.in, from Start Selling through GST, store name, pickup address, shipping and bank details, up to listing your first product.
List your first product on Amazon.in (2026)
Add your first product in Amazon Seller Central India, by matching an existing listing or creating a new one, then launch your store with Start selling.
List your Shopify products on Google with Merchant Center (2026)
Install the Google & YouTube app on Shopify, connect a Merchant Center account and sync your products for free listings, up to Google's review.
Make an order form in Google Forms (2026)
Make an order form in Google Forms on a computer, with questions for name, contact, item, quantity and address, then publish it and copy its link.
Put a product on sale in Shopify with a compare-at price (2026)
Show a Shopify product as on sale by entering the sale price as its Price and the original price as its Compare-at price, then saving.
Register as a seller on Flipkart Seller Hub (2026)
Create your Flipkart seller account, from Start Selling through mobile, business, email, signature, pickup address and bank details, up to Flipkart's approval.
Sell gift cards in your Shopify store (2026)
Create a gift card product in Shopify that customers can buy in your online store, with its title, currency and denominations.
Send a payment reminder in Zoho Invoice (2026)
Send a payment reminder email for one unpaid invoice in Zoho Invoice on a computer, after reading and editing the email Zoho prepares.
Set up shipping rates in Shopify (2026)
Set a flat shipping rate in Shopify for the country you ship to and, if you like, free shipping on orders from an amount you choose.
Start a Shopify store and add your first product (2026)
Sign up for a Shopify free trial, open your Shopify admin and add your first product with a description, photo, price, stock and weight.
Get a website and email
Add a DMARC record for Zoho Mail (2026)
Create a DMARC policy for your domain in Zoho Mail, starting with the None policy, add it at your domain provider, and verify it in Zoho.
Add Google Analytics to your Shopify store (2026)
Connect your Google Analytics 4 property to your Shopify store through the Google & YouTube app, without needing a Merchant Center account.
Add SPF and DKIM records for Zoho Mail (2026)
Add Zoho Mail's SPF record and a DKIM key at your domain provider, then verify both in Zoho, so receiving servers can check mail sent from your domain.
Connect a domain bought on Hostinger to Shopify (2026)
Point your Hostinger domain at your Shopify store by changing two DNS records in Hostinger, then connect it in Shopify's Domains settings.
Connect your own domain to a Google Sites website (2026)
Connect a domain you already own, such as www.yourbusiness.com, to your published Google Sites website, using Custom domains and a CNAME record.
Make a one-page website for your service business with Google Sites (2026)
Build a one-page site for your service business in Google Sites, with a title, text, a photo, contact details and a button, then publish it.
Mark an event as a key event in Google Analytics (2026)
In a Google Analytics property that already collects data, mark an event as a key event, or set one up for an event your site hasn't sent yet.
Set up an out-of-office reply in Gmail (2026)
Turn on the vacation responder in Gmail on a computer, with your dates, subject and message, so people who email you get an automatic reply.
Set up business email on your own domain with Zoho Mail (2026)
Sign up for Zoho Mail's free plan with a domain you own, prove you own it, create your first mailbox and point your domain's MX records to Zoho.
Set up Google Analytics on your website (2026)
Create a Google Analytics account, property and web data stream, then add the Google tag to your website, up to the point data starts to arrive.
Get found on Google
Connect Google Analytics to Search Console (2026)
Link your Google Analytics web data stream to your verified Search Console site, then publish the Search Console reports so they show in Analytics.
Create a Facebook Page for your business on a computer (2026)
Create a public Facebook Page for your business from a computer, with its name, category, contact details, photos and action button.
Create a Google Business Profile for a service business (2026)
Add a service business that visits its customers to Google Search and Maps, with your service areas instead of an address, up to verification.
Get your Google review link and share it with customers (2026)
Copy the review link from your verified Google Business Profile and share it with customers, keeping to Google's rules on asking for reviews.
Post an offer on your Google Business Profile (2026)
Create and post one offer, with a title, dates and optional coupon code, link and terms, on your verified Google Business Profile on a computer.
Reply to reviews on your Google Business Profile (2026)
Write and post a reply to a customer review from your verified Google Business Profile on a computer, keeping to Google's own tips for replies.
Request indexing for a page in Google Search Console (2026)
Inspect one page of your website in Google Search Console, read whether it's on Google, and ask Google to index it with Request indexing.
Set holiday hours on your Google Business Profile (2026)
Add special hours for a holiday or other date on your verified Google Business Profile, on a computer, including marking a day closed.
Submit your sitemap in Google Search Console (2026)
Check that Google can reach your website's sitemap, then submit it in Search Console's Sitemaps report and read its status.
Verify your Google Business Profile (2026)
Find your unverified Google Business Profile, start verification, and complete the method Google offers you, from phone code to postcard.
Verify your website in Google Search Console (2026)
Add your website to Google Search Console as a Domain property and prove you own it with a DNS record at your domain provider.
Learn a tool
Build your first Power BI report from a spreadsheet (2026)
Install Power BI Desktop on Windows, load a sheet from an Excel workbook, build a column chart and a card, and save the report as a .pbix file.
Create a booking page with Google Calendar (2026)
Set up one appointment schedule in Google Calendar on a computer, with a title, appointment length and weekly hours, then copy its booking page link.
Create a contact and a deal in Zoho CRM (2026)
Add one contact to Zoho CRM, create a deal linked to that contact with a stage and closing date, and see the deal as a card in the Kanban view.
Create your first Jira project and board (2026)
Sign up for Jira on the Free plan, create a team-managed Kanban space from a template, add your first work item and move it across the board.
Import contacts from a spreadsheet into Zoho CRM (2026)
Bring your contacts from a CSV or Excel file into the Contacts module of Zoho CRM with its import tool, mapping each column and skipping duplicates.
Make a simple flowchart in draw.io and save it as a PNG (2026)
Open draw.io in your browser with no account, draw three joined boxes, name each one, then save the flowchart as a PNG picture.