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Have you ever thought about creating an online store for your business, but abandoned the idea because it seemed impossible or you didn\u2019t know how to get started?<\/p>\n

In this video I share\u00a04 simple e-commerce platforms that anyone can use to create a professional online store for their business (i.e. Big Cartel, Etsy, Shopify, WooCommerce).<\/p>\n

Many of these tools don\u2019t require any coding, and getting started is as simple as choosing a theme to give your store a unique look, uploading photos of your products, naming your prices, and telling your customers that you\u2019re open for business.<\/p>\n

They also include features that make it simple for store owners to handle shipping, manage inventory, accept a range of payment options from customers (including credit cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, etc.), create customer promo codes, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever thought about creating an online store for your business, but abandoned the idea because it seemed impossible or you didn\u2019t know…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","category-techtalks","category-videos","post_format-post-format-video","post-item","post-even"],"yoast_head":"\n4 Tools You Can Use to Create Your Own Online Store - #SmartSimpleDigital<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/03\/4-tools-can-use-create-online-store\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 Tools You Can Use to Create Your Own Online Store\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Have you ever thought about creating an online store for your business, but abandoned the idea because it seemed impossible or you didn\u2019t know...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/03\/4-tools-can-use-create-online-store\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"#SmartSimpleDigital\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-03T17:08:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-07-08T16:43:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ecommer-tools-thumbnail.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mike\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartsimpledigital.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/03\\\/4-tools-can-use-create-online-store\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartsimpledigital.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/03\\\/4-tools-can-use-create-online-store\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mike\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartsimpledigital.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/89cb3b199c0105a9a5b53e47d9c12614\"},\"headline\":\"4 Tools You Can Use to Create Your Own Online Store\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-03T17:08:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-07-08T16:43:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartsimpledigital.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/03\\\/4-tools-can-use-create-online-store\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartsimpledigital.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/03\\\/4-tools-can-use-create-online-store\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartsimpledigital.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/ecommer-tools-thumbnail.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"How To\",\"Tech Talks\",\"Videos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/smartsimpledigital.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/03\\\/4-tools-can-use-create-online-store\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartsimpledigital.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/03\\\/4-tools-can-use-create-online-store\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smartsimpledigital.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/03\\\/4-tools-can-use-create-online-store\\\/\",\"name\":\"4 Tools You Can Use to Create Your Own Online Store - 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