IMO, just build it on the domain you plan to use. Don't worry about a few errors - those can be fixed as you find them. No doubt, some of your visitors will point them out to you.

It helps to have a second set of eyes go through you site looking for errors, omissions, broken links, dead ends, etc.

There is no reason to try to make things perfect right out of the starting gate. Just fix the problems as they arise.

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I agree with Steve, don't worry about errors as you can fix them as you go. I would suggest you start with a robust online shop like shopify, rather than trying to build it from scratch

Do it, and then fix errors along the way.

It's a general rule indeed.

Do you know what platform, if any, that you plan to use?

I suggest build it on your own domain. After doing that, you can now fix the errors along the way. You can check the site errors once you have the domain.

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Thanks for the answer, that wont hurt SEO or anything right? I mean it takes time in woocommerce to build a whole website with menus and everything, so Google wont just index half done sites if you know what I mean?

Woocommerce that is

Don't try to do things half-way in this arena of doing business. If you're going to build a store, build a store - and make sure every aspect of it is complete. When sales are coming in, you wont have time to go back and fix errors and other uncomplete things regarding your site. Your customers will see that you are an amateur, and probably wont be too confident your product's ability to fulfill their problem/desire.

What does "with errors" mean to you?

There are errors that you should move ahead with and then fix as needed and others that you shouldn't.

But in general, I think that it's better to have a good product that is out there than an almost perfect one that isn't.

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Straight away build it on the main domain with errors and fix them as you go on.

No, choose the right domain.

And build your site from scratch with the Seo in mind since the beginning.

I'd suggest you build it on a second domain. Or just use a staging environment.

There are two options (easier than others)
WordPress
Shopify

If you have a developer and you want to use PHP coding, that's good too. But CMS would allow you to make changes on the fly.

You can buy a domain from namecheap.com then use Wix, Shopify, or WordPress to build your website.

Buying a domain is not a big deal..But before that you have to have a good content for your website...If you are confident about your website and content then you can do it with main domain itself or-else you can do it with sub domain.

I've tried wix and wordpress, they're great but I think it would be better if you get your own domain and start building from there.

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There are 5 distinct techniques to building your own particular site, Free manufacturers, Template Websites, WordPress Websites (blog/cms), Do-It-Yourself and Professional website architecture.

Every one of these ways, has advantages and disadvantages, however the easiest method to choose is to utilize the Developers triangle and pick which 2 of the 3 things is most imperative to you.

If you are looking to build an ecommerce website, then I would highly recommend you to use the Shopify Platform or the Woocommerce Platform with a WordPress installation.

If you use either one, you can build your website as you go. That is if you don't have a lot to build and a lot of products. If you do, I would recommend to build it first and then launch.

But, with such platforms it is not that hard to build a seamless online store.

Hope this helps!

It sounds like you might be over thinking it. Just build it on the main domain.

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If you are inexperienced and think there will be a lot of errors, you can change your robots.txt file temporarily to disallow spiders until it is working properly. If people are expected to buy something, the commerce section needs to be working flawlessly to avoid compromising their credit cards. I echo using Woocommerce on WordPress or Shopify if you want something professional looking done quickly.

First of all you need Managed WordPress Staging site if you are going for Woocommece because Managed WordPress staging site lets you build and test your website without modifying the actual Content your visitors see on the live site.

Staging site use a domain that are auto generated by your hosting company. When you fully built on Staging site push it to Live website.

Or if you will test new plugins ,themes or anything,best is built in staging site or local host (Localbyflywheel) and migrated it to live site using WP All in one migration plugins.
That it
Cheers
Kishor

Totally agree with what some of the these others guys are saying. Don't worry about it being perfect. Tweak as you go along and/or consider platforms like shopify.

Good luck!

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If you build a website, you can use WordPress. Wordpress is the best way to easy to build any kind of website in few times. I have found few free website templates that help to build a website.

Hello,
Yes the second one option is better as compare to first. Errors can divert your traffic to other ecommerce portal, So its better to build your website perfectly on other domain then transfer to your main one.

You should have to build it on the main domain by using WordPress

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you can directly build website on main domain and till your website construction you can disallow search engine bots this will not hurt your seo on your website i would like to suggest you if you want to make professional online store website you can search oglipus on Google they will help you to build an professional website in very low pricing

I agree agree about most of those responses. You will be wasting your time trying to make it perfect. The best thing is to build it and fix any issues as you go. Of course you have to plan it before you start implementing.

it is far better to get some expertise in SEO and build the website on the main domain. you should need to choose such a name and use such keywords that let your site appear in Google searches.

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Built it on main domain afterwards your can do the changes, but first start too build atleast website then you will able to fix errors and do changes as per

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If you want to create a shopping website then its better to build your main domain by using wordpress, shopify and many more platforms. You just have to follow the steps and you can easily build your website.

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Hi,

I like to say that "WordPress" is the best way to build any type website nowadays. You like to know, there is 25% website powered by "WordPress" around the globe.

So make sure your decision is absolutely right before starting your online store.

Thank you,
Dony

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If you are looking to create online shopping website than its always recommended to use Magento , if you are technically sound else use WordPress with Woocommerce to build website. For basic technical issues you can contact your web hosting provider to resolve issue.

WordPress is the best way to build a website. You can use theme and plugins for configure your website. Best use of time and money.

Choose what platform you want your site to be built on, then get yourself a domain name and make it eye-catchy and relevant too, that people can find it easily, setup your website and choose a theme, customize the design and make it awesome.

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Good old HTML and PHP everything else limits you

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Build it own your own server. And no it won't affect your SEO

One thing to bear in mind: for an online store you are going to want to use SSL. A platform like Shopify does this for you, whereas on a self-hosted WP site you'll have to do it yourself. Not as easy as buying a domain and slapping WP on it.

Hi Steve,

I could see a lot of mixed opinions/ suggestions here as everyone has gotten results taking a different approach. It's totally your call now.

However, consider this scenario. In order to generate sales from your website, you need to offer them a smooth transition right from selecting the product, adding it to the cart, making the payment using the payment gateway, and tracking the delivery status. Irrespective of developing the website on any domain, it is necessary for you to ensure that the basic functionality of your e-commerce website is properly tested.

Since you are also planning to implement SEO, you need to think of long-term goals while developing your online store.
Hope this helps. Thank you!

You have 3 Questions, and I am Giving Anwer to your all Questions in single
For most small businesses, the website builder e-commerce plans are a well-balanced option. However, there are plenty of services and platforms to accommodate businesses with sales needs on either the minimum or maximum size of the spectrum as well. Most builders/sites offer a free trial period. Use it, and see if you like what you get before you commit long term.

Don't worry about being perfect. You are starting out, get the ball rolling. SEO experts may have had to learn what they now know. So, they may have made mistakes along the way. However, you may use a guidance from an expert to build your site to try to limit the potential errors/mistakes.

The only easy way is to use Wordpress and a handsome free template for your website. I am using this is very easy way. watch my sites. RecipeArcade and Counsellorshome

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Why not you are trying to create a store with woocomarce based on wordpress? its easy and nice.

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Yes, you should just try on the main domain and in the future all will be better

Follow these steps:
.Choose Your Website Builder
.Test Your Website Builder
.Choose The Right Plan
.Choose Your Domain
.Pick Your Template
.Customize Your Template
.Preview & Test Your Website
.Publish!

It's hard to say what way to build a website is the best, I guess, it depends on your goals, needs and skills. Of course, you can always create a template website design, but in case you want to have something new and unique, it is possible to take a look at the modern projects that focus on new directions in web design like https://snowfox.tech. They are supposed to become popular and attract a big audience

IF you are thinking of creating a website on an all-in website builder you can try Exai. Also, you can buy a domain name from there.

The best way to build website is to buy own domain and server and after that choose the best layout design for your website.

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There are many platforms to create a website. You can use any to build your store's website. I'll suggest to use Wordpress.

If you are a beginner then you can design your website with you sub domain. After finishing the website design you can transfer the site to the main domain. So, that you can avoid any mistakes or errors. Or, if you are good at it then you don't need to do it on sub domain, you can directly design your site on main domain itself. The main thing here is your experience and your confidence level. But you should be careful while transferring the website,because there may be any errors can occur.

DO it on your domain and it will work fine. Small errors are common with all websites and can be corrected one by one.
If you build on dummy domain and want to switch files to your domain later, you will be putting yourself in problem. You may need to edit plenty of links and that is going to make you sad.

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If you want to build a website there is 3 simple steps to build your own website easily. This 3 steps are very basic for creating a website.
1.CHOOSE THE RIGHT PLATFORM
2.GET A DOMAIN & WEB HOSTING
3.SET UP & CUSTOMIZE YOUR SITE

hi,

The Best way to build a website is to start your website development in WordPress. It is best and simple way to learn how to build a website.

Regards,
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Best way to build a website So let's start now!

1, Choose what platform you want your site to be built on. We recommend WordPress. ...
2. Get yourself a domain name for your site so people
3. can find it. Make it catchy and relevant. ...
4. Set up your website, choose a theme, customize the design and make it look awesome!. Minutes needed for this stage.

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Yes,This is good idea

You don't need to scratch your heads for building an eCommerce website. You can just opt for clone script of top rated brands and customise it according to your need. When you opt for "Appkodes" solution you need not worry about the SEO as it is optimized to stand on top of SERP.

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The best choice is to create a website in a test domain where you can fix all the bugs and completely work with all the details (including SEO). Because if you do this in a domain where you plan to host a future site, Google can "slow down" page indexing. (verified by personal experience)

Regarding the choice of platform (someone already wrote above) for a website, I can recommend you carefully weighing the choice between developing a site from scratch and using a template theme.

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If you want to build your own website then it as simple as you thought. Here are the 4 simple steps for creating your own website.
Create your site name
Get a hosting account for your website
Install WordPress
Find a theme
Modify it according to your desire.
And thats it your website is ready.

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You can build it on your own computer.

You can use MAMP which turns your computer into a server (not public) but just for yourself. It has a PHPMyAdmin so you can create MYSQL databases locally and connect to web app scripts like Magento/Wordpress/Oscommerce /zencart etc etc.

Then you change the config files and export the SQL over to your live hosting provider. This is what I do with my Wordpress websites. I build it on my computer make sure its okay on MAMP then transfer it online.

The easiest way is using WordPress and Woocommerce script it's free. Best for fewer products. Magento is more powerful and specific to the task but trickier.

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Build your Website on your First domain there is no need to transfer the files form a secondary domain. Those issues and Errors can be Resolved later once you start running your website.

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According to me creating a sub domain for website and using it for the first is a great idea. After that you can transfer the whole website to the main domain.

Website making is step by step procedure ..

Domain Registration - A domain is unique address of your website, domain name looks like http://www.your-website-name.com , A domain's work is similar like your own home address. If you wanna that some body can find you, can meet you than you have to give them your home address, similarly if you wanna that your website should be reachable by your users, than you have to give website's domain link to your users and people.
Web Hosting - web hosting is required space for a website, where your codes exists. We can understand this thing like you have a your home's address, now you need your own land too, because you have too construct your home / office on that land. As well as hosting is a place where your programming files will be placed.

According to codes we can categories web hosting..
Linux Hosting - If your website made in Php
Window Hosting - If your website made in .net
Tomcat Hosting - If your site made in java and you need run time environment.

As well as we can categories above types in shared hosting, reseller hosting, VPS hosting, dedicated hostings etc types according to privileges and resources allocated in hosting..
Website Code - Now if you have domain and hosting, you need website code.
If you have programing knowledge you can design your website yourself , otherwise you can contact to a web development company
Hope it will help...

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You will run into a whole lot of secondary errors if you don't build it on the main domain.

I've built a few stores - using WordPress - and I've always used the main domain when building the store.

Building on the main domain first is also better for SEO - since you won't run into search engine redirect issues later on.

Just use Wordpress and you can correct it whenever you want.

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Use wordpress it is the best and the most easy to use CMS. You don't even need to hire a professional developer. You can just simply install a them and with minor customization, you can launch it.

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Step 1: Choose Your Website Builder. An enormous number of people use website builders to make a website. ...
Step 2: Sign Up for the Right Plan. ...
Step 3: Choose a Domain Name. ...
Step 4: Pick Your Template. ...
Step 5: Customize Your Template. ...
Step 6: Preview and Test Your Website. ...
Step 7: Publish!

Try a website builder like hPage: https://www.hpage.com which will help guide you make a website. It's the easiest way, in my opinion.

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The website you have not started yet, has no seo position at all. So how can it hurt the asset which does not even exist. Yes, in my opionio, first option is better.
The second will come with the cost of website migration and that is not a piece of cake.

Directly build it to the main domain. No worries.

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The best way to build an online shop is WordPress and Woocommerce. If you have not used it yet, Just try it. I hope You will love it.

You don't need to use the second domain. Because in WordPress you can easily enable maintenance mode and disable search engine indexing.

Your best bet is Mobirise Website Builder. You will be able to use an e-commerce template and add shopping cart to your website easily.

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There are many templates and scripts available as per your need you can buy and customize it thats the best way to have a quick website

According to me you should try to build your own domain so that you can fix the errors according to your work.

i use a WordPress its Really Simple & Easiest platform to create Complete Effective web site

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