I have no idea where to put the HTML tag to have the statscounter show up. any help???

Do you have a basic or premium shop?

You have to have a premium shop in order to use a statistics monitor.

You would put it at the end of the code in your "Footer" section of your "Custom HTML". That way, it will trigger just before the end of the page. If something ever happens with the stats site, their failure to show the counter won't interfere with your site loading.

THANKS!