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# coreSTORE - Channels - Establishing your Guns.com Connection

||| COMING SOON! - settings are subject to change as we work with guns.com to finalize this integration.

In this guide, we will cover how to establish the connection between your coreSTORE system and the [Guns.com](http://Guns.com) channel. Before proceeding, please reach out to [Guns.com](http://Guns.com) to inform them that you will be linking your coreSTORE system to their selling channel.

1. Click on Company

First, navigate to the **Company** menu.

![Step 1 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/28ll7ud8)

2. Click on Channels

Next, locate the **Channels** sub-menu under the **Company** menu.

![Step 2 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/24qoo33o)

3. Guns.com Tile

In the **Subscribe to Channel** section, locate the [**Guns.com**](http://Guns.com) tile to begin the setup process.

![Step 3 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2amh5l4t)

4. Credentials Area

In the **Credentials** area, enter your **Username** and **Password** for [Guns.com](http://Guns.com). The **Access Token** will automatically populate.

![Step 4 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2b37sszd)

5. Settings Area

In the **Settings** area of your [Guns.com](http://Guns.com) setup, you will see the following options:

* **Active**: Marks the channel as actively used.
    
* **Channel Name**: The name you want to use to identify this channel in coreSTORE.
    
* **Website**: Typically the URL for your channel’s website.
    
* **Exclude Locations**: When checked, allows you to exclude inventory from specified locations in the [Guns.com](http://Guns.com) integration. Enter the locations to exclude once this box is checked.
    
* **Exclude Tags**: Allows you to exclude inventory tagged with specified tags from being published on the site.
    
* **Pull Orders**: Enables orders to flow from [Guns.com](http://Guns.com) to coreSTORE.
    
* **Update When Receiving**: Updates item quantities on the website when inventory is received.
    
* **Update When Selling Items**: Updates item quantities on [Guns.com](http://Guns.com) when items are sold in coreSTORE.
    
* **Default Items to Active**: Automatically marks new inventory items as active for [Guns.com](http://Guns.com).
    
* **Disable Notifications**: Suppresses new online order notifications for [Guns.com](http://Guns.com) when enabled.

![Step 5 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2ba37fp5)

6. Click on Rules

Next, navigate to the **Rules** tab to review the additional settings available for [Guns.com](http://Guns.com).

![Step 6 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/28xly7ng)

7. Rules Section

In the **Rules** section of the [Guns.com](http://Guns.com) setup, you’ll find additional options:

* **Limit Inventory %**: Sets a percentage of the available inventory to display online, limiting the quantity available for online purchase.
    
* **Export Items to Channel**: This option must be enabled to push items to your channel.
    
* **Import Items to coreSTORE**: Allows you to mass import products from your channel into coreSTORE.
    
* **Product Custom Fields**: Enables the transmission of custom fields for your items to the channel.
    
* **Customer Custom Fields**: Allows the channel to transmit customer custom fields.

![Step 7 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/242abjr3)