diff --git a/docs/extensions/guides/ipc.md b/docs/extensions/guides/ipc.md
index cc78282179..4e8d8eeb93 100644
--- a/docs/extensions/guides/ipc.md
+++ b/docs/extensions/guides/ipc.md
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ To register either a handler or a listener, you should do something like the fol
 `main/extension.ts`:
 ```typescript
 import { LensMainExtension, Interface, Types, Store } from "@k8slens/extensions";
-import { registerListeners } from "./helper-file";
+import { registerListeners, IpcMain } from "./helpers/main";
 
 export class ExampleExtensionMain extends LensMainExtension {
   onActivate() {
-    Store.MainIpcStore.createInstance(this);
+    IpcMain.createInstance(this);
 
     registerListeners();
   }
@@ -59,16 +59,18 @@ Lens will automatically clean up that store and all the handlers on deactivation
 
 ---
 
-`main/helper-file.ts`:
+`helpers/main.ts`:
 ```typescript
 import { Store } from "@k8slens/extensions";
 
+export class IpcMain extends Store.MainIpcStore {}
+
 function onInitialize(event: Types.IpcMainEvent, id: string) {
   console.log(`starting to initialize: ${id}`);
 }
 
 export function registerListeners() {
-  Store.MainIpcStore.getInstance().listenIpc("initialize", onInitialize);
+  IpcMain.getInstance().listenIpc("initialize", onInitialize);
 }
 ```
 
@@ -77,15 +79,16 @@ It should be able to just call `getInstance()` everywhere in your extension as n
 
 ---
 
-`renderer/extension.ts`:
+`renderer.ts`:
 ```typescript
 import { LensRendererExtension, Interface, Types } from "@k8slens/extensions";
+import { IpcRenderer } from "./helpers/renderer";
 
 export class ExampleExtensionRenderer extends LensRendererExtension {
   onActivate() {
-    const ipcStore = Store.RendererIpcStore.createInstance(this);
+    const ipc = IpcRenderer.createInstance(this);
 
-    setTimeout(() => ipcStore.broadcastIpc("initialize", "an-id"), 5000);
+    setTimeout(() => ipc.broadcastIpc("initialize", "an-id"), 5000);
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -94,6 +97,17 @@ It is also needed to create an instance to broadcast messages too.
 
 ---
 
+`helpers/renderer.ts`:
+```typescript
+import { Store } from "@k8slens/extensions";
+
+export class IpcMain extends Store.RendererIpcStore {}
+```
+
+It is necessary to create child classes of these `abstract class`'s in your extension before you can use them.
+
+---
+
 As this example shows: the channel names *must* be the same.
 It should also be noted that "listeners" and "handlers" are specific to either `LensRendererExtension` and `LensMainExtension`.
 There is no behind the scenes transfer of these functions.
@@ -102,7 +116,7 @@ If you want to register a "handler" you would call `Store.MainIpcStore.handleIpc
 The cleanup of these handlers is handled by Lens itself.
 
 `Store.RendererIpcStore.broadcastIpc(...)` and `Store.MainIpcStore.broadcastIpc(...)` sends an event to all renderer frames and to main.
-Because of this, if you have the same channel name in both `main` and `renderer` both will receive the events.
+Because of this, no matter where you broadcast from, all listeners in `main` and `renderer` will be notified.
 
 ### Allowed Values
 
diff --git a/src/extensions/core-api/stores.ts b/src/extensions/core-api/stores.ts
index 5897ea73b9..a9dfe9bf1e 100644
--- a/src/extensions/core-api/stores.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/core-api/stores.ts
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
  */
 
 export { ExtensionStore } from "../extension-store";
-export { MainIpcStore } from "../ipc-main-store";
-export { RendererIpcStore } from "../ipc-renderer-store";
+export { MainIpcStore } from "../main-ipc-store";
+export { RendererIpcStore } from "../renderer-ipc-store";
diff --git a/src/extensions/ipc-main-store.ts b/src/extensions/main-ipc-store.ts
similarity index 94%
rename from src/extensions/ipc-main-store.ts
rename to src/extensions/main-ipc-store.ts
index d78ce2b9ce..534fb94dd1 100644
--- a/src/extensions/ipc-main-store.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/main-ipc-store.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { IpcPrefix, IpcStore } from "./ipc-store";
 import { Disposers } from "./lens-extension";
 import { LensMainExtension } from "./lens-main-extension";
 
-export class MainIpcStore extends IpcStore {
+export abstract class MainIpcStore extends IpcStore {
   constructor(extension: LensMainExtension) {
     super(extension);
     extension[Disposers].push(() => MainIpcStore.resetInstance());
diff --git a/src/extensions/ipc-renderer-store.ts b/src/extensions/renderer-ipc-store.ts
similarity index 93%
rename from src/extensions/ipc-renderer-store.ts
rename to src/extensions/renderer-ipc-store.ts
index 5d329fc531..cb5fce3a45 100644
--- a/src/extensions/ipc-renderer-store.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/renderer-ipc-store.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { IpcPrefix, IpcStore } from "./ipc-store";
 import { Disposers } from "./lens-extension";
 import { LensRendererExtension } from "./lens-renderer-extension";
 
-export class RendererIpcStore extends IpcStore {
+export abstract class RendererIpcStore extends IpcStore {
   constructor(extension: LensRendererExtension) {
     super(extension);
     extension[Disposers].push(() => RendererIpcStore.resetInstance());