{"id":10365,"date":"2019-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modest-chaum.104-207-151-122.plesk.page\/?p=10365"},"modified":"2019-08-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T00:00:00","slug":"how-to-start-an-online-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wemotif.com\/childs\/how-to-start-an-online-store\/","title":{"rendered":"How to start an online store that drive sales"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do you want to enter into eCommerce world and start your own online store? We know that how terrifying it is to build an online store especially when you\u2019re not a techy. Well, that is not only you. After helping hundreds of eCommerce entrepreneurs start their online store, we\u2019ve decided to put together the most comprehensive guide on how to build your online store which will drive sales. (step by step).<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether this is your first time online base business or you\u2019ve been in the game for a long time, this guide will teach you how to start an online store (eCommerce business) in some simple steps.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our goal is to have your storefront up and running today, you might even make your first internet dollar!<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>A Quick Introductions to Online Store Platforms<\/h2>\n

May be you just came up with a wonderful product idea and now you want to see if people will interest to buy that. When you are ready to run an Online Store but you don\u2019t know where to start and which is the best for you there are many things to take into consideration. One of the most important question is which platform you are going to use for creating your online store and is that suitable to your business and is that will fulfill your requirements?<\/p>\n

I have been mainly using Shopify<\/strong> for my own online store and I had built more than 60 Shopify Store <\/strong>with my experience because I believe Shopify offers the most customization whilst it\u2019s come with great admin interface and functionalities.It\u2019s easy to use admin interface will give you all of the important report as well as greta tips to help boost your sales.<\/p>\n

In regards of add extra functionalities and Customization Shopify give access to almost every aspects to their template to tweaking and apps for add more functionalities.You can change almost all funcinalities of your store with Shopify.The main fact to choosing Shopify is they have a big apps market where you can find great apps which will add more functionalities to your store as well as help boosting your sales.<\/p>\n

The only downside of using Shopify is they will not give you tweak their Checkout page for security reason though that checkout page<\/a> is still responsive and it will work perfectly with any kinds of devices.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Why you should use Shopify?<\/h3>\n

Shopify is one and only best platform for non-technical person. This platform require no coding skills to setup an online store. You can easily setup your online store within ten minutes with Shopify. Shopify is a solid platform for beginner to and for those who don\u2019t want to spend too much time with develop an online store. They have great team to support you and you can sell unlimited number of products without any hassles.<\/p>\n

<\/span>How to Create an Online Store from Scratch with Shopify?<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s now not a secret that Shopify is the greatest eCommerce platform among all of the platform availabe in the market. It will not take more than 10 minutes to set up your online store with some mouse clicks and a little typing. There are some reasons why Shopify is such a great platform. One of them is it was never so easy to setup an online store easily with some clicks of mouse. In this article we will show you how you can create an online store from scratch less than 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Sign-Up:<\/h2>\n

To get start visit Shopify.com <\/a>(<or Click on this) and click on Get Start button. Fill the form with your e-mail and required information, choose your store name and Click on Create your Store button.<\/p>\n

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Then it will ask you if you would like to build a Brick & Mortar Store or an eCommerce store. With this tutorial we will only choose eCommerce store to make an online shop with Shopify.<\/p>\n

After that initial screen you will be also asked for a few more details that include your name,address,contact number and country.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll also be asked for if you have any products for sale if yes what you want to sell. If you are just trying out Shopify to see if that works for you then you can select \u201cI\u2019m just playing around\u201d <\/strong>in the \u201cDo you have products?\u201d <\/strong>dropdown menu,and \u201cI\u2019m not sure\u201d <\/strong>in the \u201cWhat you\u2019ll sell\u201d<\/strong> option. Once complete\u00a0 Click \u201cI\u2019m Done\u201d
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<\/span>Starting Up with Add Your Products:<\/h3>\n

After you have signed up successfully that will redirect straight to your Shopify Dashboard.<\/strong> Now it\u2019s ready to add your your products,setting up your payment system and customizing your store look. Shopify Admin Dashboard outline very nicely a step-by-step process on how to add your products and how you can completely setup your online store. The first button ask you to \u201cAdd a product\u201d<\/strong> to see that in your online store. The add products page will see like the image below. You have to fill in details like A Product Title, Description, Price & Vendor. Feel free to fill up those fields with your products details. Then Hit \u201cSave Product\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/span>Selecting a Theme for your Store<\/h3>\n

Go back to your main Shopify Dashboard and Click on \u201cONLINE STORE\u201d > \u201cThemes\u201d <\/strong>Scroll Down and click on \u201cVisit Theme Store\u201d.<\/strong> Shopify has it\u2019s very own Theme Store where you can find some great free theme and you can pick up one of those. This themes are guaranteed to get support from designers and it\u2019s also come with a comprehensive list of\u00a0 modifications what you can do without a single line of coding. Premium themes comes with more modifications and more great design but that\u2019s not to say you can not get great look with a free theme. In case you want to change full design of any theme there are some restrictions for that tweaking HTML & CSS. Don\u2019t worry Shopify has an Internation Third Party portal which they called as Shopify Expert <\/em><\/strong><\/a>and we The Digital Develop <\/a>also officially Shopify Expert. <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Now select a Theme which you want and click on \u201cInstall Theme\u201d<\/strong> and Publish that as your Shop Theme. After downloading and installing the theme to your store click on \u201cGo to your theme manager\u201d<\/strong> that will redirect you to your Shopify Store Theme page. For customizing your Shopify Store\u2019s look click on \u201cCustomize Theme\u201d. <\/strong>This area will give you access to customize anything from Logo to Colors of text and others.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Setup your Domain and Go Live<\/h3>\n

After selecting a theme and tweaking the design as you liked now it\u2019s time to go live and start selling. But before go live you have one more thing to do. That is setting up your very own domain. Though Shopify offers a subdomain like xyz.myshopify.com but it is not ideal for your business that\u2019s why you should buy and set up the domain with your Shopify Store. Suppose you have a domain XYZ.com now you want to setup that with your Shopify Store. Now the question is how! We demonstrate that here.<\/p>\n

Go to your Shopify Backend\/Shopify Dashboard click on Online Shop>Domains>Add Existing Domain or Buy New Domain (If you have no domain name yet)<\/strong><\/p>\n