5 things you should keep in mind before opening an online store

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To open your own online store there are 5 different factors to keep in mind that you should never leave aside for your online business to take off successfully.

You have a product, or several, for which the online world would be the best business solution. However, to open your own online store there are different factors to keep in mind that you should never leave out.

1. Buy a domain for your store
It is more common than you think, choosing a name for the store and, when trying to buy it as a domain, is not available. You can make modifications or use the slogan as a domain, but this will complicate the search for your online business even more.

Therefore, while you spend all your ingenuity in creating an original name, you should check that it is available as a domain. In fact, it is more important that the url corresponds to the store than its legal nomenclature.

For the choice of domain, it is best to be easy to remember, short and something descriptive of the services offered on the page. If you include keywords in the metadata you will already have a lot of cattle to position your store.

2. Choose the hosting you want
There are hosting companies with a variety of prices and rates that can be very attractive. However, choosing hosting is an important part of creating your store, so you can not rely solely on the cheapest deals.

Always look for quality and guarantee, since the hosting depends on the loading speed, the storage space or the facility or not for the falls of the web. With a trustworthy company you will have 24 hour service and you will avoid many problems of operation.

3. Choose CMS from your store
Thanks to the rise of Internet business, CMS platforms have also evolved to offer more complete, reliable and, above all, free services.

CMS platforms are those that serve to create and maintain your store so you do not have to be an expert programmer to make everything work perfectly. However, on all these platforms you can extend their functionality as much as you want or know about your system.

4. Customize the template
Once you've found your favorite CMS system, you just have to choose the template that best suits your product or visitors to the page.

You can choose free or paid templates, but what is important is that they are personalized with images, menus or texts that are unique to your store. This will improve the valuation that potential clients make of the website and will be recognized by Google giving more value to your position in the searches.

5. Create details
Once you have complied with the previous steps and you have customized the template to the maximum not to find an equal store, it is important that you do a review for the details. They make the difference with the competition and add a special value to the user.

With the details we mean to make the texts of each product special, to create an interesting content blog for the consumer or to add all possible types of payment to customers. The system of purchase is fundamental for your store.

Have you followed these steps in your business? Check if you are clear the process to launch all the possibilities that exist in the online environment. The success of your business depends on it.
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  • Profile picture of the author tmnsky
    Save yourself a lot of time and hassle and use Shopify, especially if this is your first rodeo. Check out the Oberlo plugin for dropshipping
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  • Profile picture of the author SMakkaoui
    thank you very much, that was very useful, but what is the difference between what you say and to have aliexpress plugin ?
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  • Profile picture of the author buihoang
    I think you need think about content and what is field you want to read?
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  • Profile picture of the author Splatterfox
    I definetly agree, even though you focused more on the technical side of the store itself.

    I also made a video here about the common Shopify mistakes that cause most of the people who try it to fail:

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  • Profile picture of the author Fraun
    Choosing the right kind of web hosting service can be a very daunting task at times as there are some very important Personal or ecommerce web hosting features that you need to make sure of. Well, taking the advantage of the opportunity i can say that hostwinds works fine for my e-shop, it is online and running fast.
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  • Profile picture of the author toysoldier80
    Originally Posted by DavidGWelch View Post

    To open your own online store there are 5 different factors to keep in mind that you should never leave aside for your online business to take off successfully.

    You have a product, or several, for which the online world would be the best business solution. However, to open your own online store there are different factors to keep in mind that you should never leave out.

    1. Buy a domain for your store
    It is more common than you think, choosing a name for the store and, when trying to buy it as a domain, is not available. You can make modifications or use the slogan as a domain, but this will complicate the search for your online business even more.

    Therefore, while you spend all your ingenuity in creating an original name, you should check that it is available as a domain. In fact, it is more important that the url corresponds to the store than its legal nomenclature.

    For the choice of domain, it is best to be easy to remember, short and something descriptive of the services offered on the page. If you include keywords in the metadata you will already have a lot of cattle to position your store.

    2. Choose the hosting you want
    There are hosting companies with a variety of prices and rates that can be very attractive. However, choosing hosting is an important part of creating your store, so you can not rely solely on the cheapest deals.

    Always look for quality and guarantee, since the hosting depends on the loading speed, the storage space or the facility or not for the falls of the web. With a trustworthy company you will have 24 hour service and you will avoid many problems of operation.

    3. Choose CMS from your store
    Thanks to the rise of Internet business, CMS platforms have also evolved to offer more complete, reliable and, above all, free services.

    CMS platforms are those that serve to create and maintain your store so you do not have to be an expert programmer to make everything work perfectly. However, on all these platforms you can extend their functionality as much as you want or know about your system.

    4. Customize the template
    Once you've found your favorite CMS system, you just have to choose the template that best suits your product or visitors to the page.

    You can choose free or paid templates, but what is important is that they are personalized with images, menus or texts that are unique to your store. This will improve the valuation that potential clients make of the website and will be recognized by Google giving more value to your position in the searches.

    5. Create details
    Once you have complied with the previous steps and you have customized the template to the maximum not to find an equal store, it is important that you do a review for the details. They make the difference with the competition and add a special value to the user.

    With the details we mean to make the texts of each product special, to create an interesting content blog for the consumer or to add all possible types of payment to customers. The system of purchase is fundamental for your store.

    Have you followed these steps in your business? Check if you are clear the process to launch all the possibilities that exist in the online environment. The success of your business depends on it.
    Thank you for putting this together. Establishing an online store is tough due to competition. The steps outlined above will set your business apart from may of the competitors out there online.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mooredesigns
    A great store also needs a product that's easy to sell. Most entrepreneurs choose custom t-shirts because the overall costs are low.
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  • Profile picture of the author courier
    You will also need to set up your business banking account and a sign up for a payment option like eway, paypal, braintree, stripe etc.
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    • Profile picture of the author DavidGWelch
      Originally Posted by courier View Post

      You will also need to set up your business banking account and a sign up for a payment option like eway, paypal, braintree, stripe etc.
      Yes, this is very important, regular paypal account have a very small limit and they can become a problem if your business starts to sell a lot of products.
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