### **Preliminary Checklist**
Before setting up tasks on Smyths Toys, make sure you have everything below prepared:
* [ ] **Profiles**
> Create and save your checkout [profiles](https://guides.stellaraio.com/stellar/navigating-stellaraio/what-is-the-profiles-tab/how-do-i-add-a-profile) under the **Profiles tab** in Stellar. These contain your billing, shipping and payment info.
* [ ] **Proxies**
> - **ISP proxies** – Recommended for some of your tasks
> - **Residential proxies** – Recommended for majority of your tasks
> * Save both proxy groups under the **Proxies tab** in Stellar.
> * If you're looking for proxies, check out [Stella Proxies](https://guides.stellaraio.com/stellar/getting-started-with-stellaraio/stella-proxies) for high quality ISP and Residential proxies
* **Cook Group Access**
> Optional but recommended. Your [cook group](https://guides.stellaraio.com/stellar/getting-started-with-stellaraio/cook-groups) can help you find product URLs, SKUs and early restock alerts.
## Task Overview
### Shipping mode
### Monitor mode
* Which **Mode** do I use?
* **Monitor mode** will only monitor and ping your watch tasks when they detect the item you're monitoring is in stock
* **Shipping mode** is your checkout task is to be used for normal checkout flow
* What does **Profile** mean?
* Select a **Profile** you want to use and that profile information will be used when checking out items
* What type of **Proxies** should I use?
* You need to use high quality proxies, usually ISPs but can also use resis
* If you're looking for proxies, check out [Stella Proxies](https://help.stellaraio.com/stellar/getting-started-with-stellaraio/stella-proxies) for high quality ISP and Residential proxies
* What is **Product URL**?
* For example
* What is **QTY**?
* The number of items you want in one order
* What is **Delay**?
* The time in milliseconds the bot will retry to checkout after it encounters an error
* You can start your delays around `2000` and adjust accordingly due to proxy quality
* What is **Monitoring Delay**?
* The time in milliseconds the bot will monitor the product
* You can start your delays around `5000` and adjust accordingly due to proxy quality
* What is **Reset Delay**?
* The time in milliseconds the bot will monitor the product again after it has detected the item is in stock
* You can start your delays around `5000` and adjust accordingly due to proxy quality
* What is **Watch Task?** box?
* Using watch task will help your proxies encounter less proxy bans and less proxy errors overall. Using a watch task essentially means you want your task to rely on other sources to monitor, in this case your monitor mode task will ping the watch task when a restock has happened
* If you check this box, your task will wait for a monitor mode task to ping it then it'll proceed to add item to cart and checkout
* If this box is unchecked, your task will monitor the sku, add to cart and checkout
