# What "Request this" means
If your store cannot take payments yet, buyers see Request this instead of Buy. Here is what it does.

**About 3 minutes.**

> **Video:** What (https://www.sitelaunch.io/v/TvWvKZNdA20K)

## Step 1

No payments linked yet? Then a buyer sees Request this, not Buy.

> **On screen:** Step 1: No payments linked yet? Then a buyer sees Request this, not Buy.

## Step 2

They leave their name and email. No money moves. Press Customers to see it.

> **On screen:** Step 2: They leave their name and email. No money moves. Press Customers to see it.

## Step 3

Press Messages.

> **On screen:** Step 3: Press Messages.

## Step 4

Here it is: Jordan wants the fade guide. Write back to them.

> **On screen:** Step 4: Here it is: Jordan wants the fade guide. Write back to them.

## Step 5

Then link Stripe or Square in Money. The Buy button comes back by itself.

> **On screen:** Step 5: Then link Stripe or Square in Money. The Buy button comes back by itself.

## Try it now

In sitelaunch, press **Customers, then Messages**.

## Do you not see it?

This part of sitelaunch is new, and it is not turned on for every account yet. Ask us in **Help**, and we will turn it on for you.
