How do I find my way around the DS-Mate dashboard?

Steps

The left sidebar

1. 1Dashboard: an overview of your store performance, totalled across every store.
2. 2Find Products: discover trending products to add to your stores.
3. 3Trending Products: the best-selling, best-rated products across every connected supplier, ranked by proven demand and sourcing confidence. Needs Starter or higher. On a plan below Starter the page opens an Unlock Trending Products upgrade card instead; there is no lock in the sidebar.
4. 4Products: manage your connected stores and product inventory.
5. 5Unmapped: opens the Unmapped Variants page, where you see every product variant that is not linked to a supplier product.
6. 6Orders: view and manage your store orders.
7. 7Messages: eBay buyer messages. A red badge shows unread messages. Needs Starter or higher.
8. 8Returns: view and manage your return requests. Needs Starter or higher.
9. 9Reports: your store performance and insights, with the tabs Sales, Products, Returns and Shipping.
10. 10On a plan below Starter, Messages and Returns show a lock and the tooltip "Messages (upgrade required)" or "Returns (upgrade required)". Clicking opens the pricing page. Trending Products carries no lock; it opens the upgrade card described above.
11. 11Use Collapse sidebar and Expand sidebar to change the sidebar's width. On a small screen, use Open navigation in the top bar.

Settings

1. 1Click Settings at the bottom of the sidebar. The page is titled Settings with the subtitle "Manage your account, stores, and preferences".
2. 2The tabs are grouped. Account: Profile, Security, Notifications. Business: Stores, Suppliers, Supplier access, Plan & Billing, Service Credit, Referrals.

The top bar

1. 1On the left is the store picker. Until you choose a store it reads Select a store; once you have chosen, it shows that store's name. Stores are grouped by channel, and each row carries a status badge: Active, Suspended, Removed, Paused, Setup or Removing.
2. 2A store that is not active shows Reconnect, which opens Settings > Stores.
3. 3The store picker is hidden on Dashboard, Find Products, Trending Products, Settings and on import and product detail pages. On Find Products, that spot holds the supplier picker, which reads Select a supplier until you choose one and then shows the supplier's name.
4. 4With no stores connected, the picker is replaced by a Connect Store button.

5. 5On the right is the Notifications bell. The count shows 99+ above 99. Open it to see Notifications, with Clear all and the All and Unread filters, plus Mark all as read when you have unread notifications. The Unread filter shows how many are unread. Unread rows have Mark as read, and every row has Remove notification.
6. 6Clear all asks "Clear all notifications?" with the text "This removes every notification from your bell. This can't be undone." Choose Cancel or Clear all.

7. 7Next is the service credits chip with your wallet balance. Its tooltip reads Service credits balance, and it opens the Service Credit tab in Settings. If you hold more than one wallet, you see a Service credits list by currency. The chip is hidden on narrow screens.
8. 8Last is the account chip with your name and email. Its menu has Settings and Sign Out.

9. 9The help button at the bottom right on every dashboard page opens the support widget.

The Dashboard page

1. 1The period picker offers Last 7 days, Last 30 days (the default) and Last 90 days.
2. 2Six cards follow: Sales, Revenue, Orders, Active Products, Returns and Needs Attention.
3. 3Below them: Sales vs Orders (Last N Days), Sales by Store, Store Performance, Top Performing Products, Sync Status and Recent Orders.
4. 4With no stores connected, the page shows No Stores Connected and a Connect Store button.

Good to know

• The Dashboard page always totals every store and has no store picker. To look at one store on its own, use Reports.
• Messages works for eBay stores only. On any other store the page shows "Messaging isn't available for this store" and "Customer messages are currently supported for eBay stores only. Switch to an eBay store from the selector above."
• If auto-renew is off, a banner tells you how many days are left on your plan and offers "Click here to renew".

On the Shopify app

The Shopify app menu has Dashboard, Search Products, Products, Unmapped, Orders, Returns, Billing, Service Credits and Referrals. There is no Trending Products, Messages, Reports or Settings, and the notification bell sits at the top right of the page content.