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title: Setup Wizard
description: Learn how to use the CartBay setup wizard on first install.
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## First-Run Wizard
On first install, CartBay may redirect administrators to a setup wizard. The wizard helps configure license, consent, timing, email delivery awareness, and launch settings.
### 1. Welcome
An introduction to CartBay. The setup wizard helps you configure a 3-email recovery sequence for abandoned carts in under 5 minutes.
### 2. License
Enter your CartBay license key to activate the plugin. If your license is already active, this step will confirm it. You also have the option to skip this step by selecting **"I'll do this later"** and activating your license from the settings later.
You can learn more about [License Activation](/cartbay/getting-started/license-activation/) if you skipped the license step.
### 3. Consent & Timing
Configure when carts are considered abandoned and how shoppers consent to recovery emails.
* **Consent Text**: The text that appears beside the checkout consent checkbox. This tells shoppers that CartBay may save their email and cart to send recovery reminders.
* **Abandonment Timeout**: The time (in minutes) CartBay waits after the shopper's last interaction with checkout before marking the cart as abandoned.
* **Recovery Email Schedule**: Configure the delay intervals for the 3-email recovery sequence (e.g., minutes, hours, or days) after a cart becomes abandoned.
### 4. Email Delivery
CartBay checks your environment for an active SMTP delivery service or an email logging plugin.
* If an SMTP service is detected, your emails should deliver reliably.
* If no SMTP service is detected, CartBay will warn you that recovery emails may land in spam and recommend installing an SMTP plugin.
* **Test Email**: You can enter an email address and send a test email to verify that your site can successfully deliver emails.
### 5. Launch
Enable recovery emails to start sending them to abandoned carts immediately, or leave them disabled if you want to further customize the email content and coupons from the CartBay Settings page first.
