We’ve covered the high-level strategy of building an online store that makes real money here.
But how do we create the ecommerce website itself?
Below, you’ll find the 9 steps you need to take to create an ecommerce site.
In this guide, we cover:
The one and only ecommerce tool that we use to build our sites
The payment setting that can accidentally reduce your revenue by increasing refunds and chargebacks
The biggest myth of pricing and how real ecommerce website owners set their prices
What to put on your homepage to convert more customers
What an SSL certificate is and why you need one (also how to get one for free)
Quick note, I’m going to assume that you’re creating your ecommerce website from scratch. If you already have an ecommerce store and want to transfer that store to Shopify, we have a detailed guide for that here.
Step 1: Search for Your Domain
Before going any further, make sure your company name has a good domain you can grab.
I’ve started several stores in the past, had a company name picked out, and then had a terrible time trying to find my domain. Eventually, I went with a completely different name so I had to backtrack and change a bunch of settings, or even recreate my store from scratch.
The whole process goes much smoother if you make sure the domain you want is available from the beginning. Then you won’t have to redo anything.
My go-to resource for checking which domains are ava… Read More