{"id":345,"date":"2017-07-08T12:38:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T16:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smartsimpledigital.com\/?p=345"},"modified":"2017-07-08T12:38:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T16:38:29","slug":"4-tools-can-use-create-online-store-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/08\/4-tools-can-use-create-online-store-business\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Tools You Can Use to Create an Online Store for Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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<p>Here\u2019s a list of 4 simple e-commerce platforms that anyone can use to create a professional online store for their business.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uPDpoogJcd0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Big Cartel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigcartel.com\/\">Big Cartel<\/a> is an e-commerce platform built for artists. The platform offers a range of tools that aim to make it easy for creative professionals (makers, designers, musicians, photographers, and more) to sell products online. Users can choose one of several pre-made themes [link] to quickly launch an online store without ever having to write a single line of code. In addition to physical products, users can also sell digital products in their stores, including ebooks, music, art, photos, and videos. Big Cartel offers 4 price plans, ranging from free to $29 per month.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Etsy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/\">Etsy<\/a> is an online marketplace for purveyors of handmade goods, vintage items, and craft supplies. One of the platform\u2019s main selling points is that it\u2019s free&#8211;there\u2019s no membership fee or monthly subscription. Merchants only pay a $0.20 fee to list products for sale, and a %3.5 fee for products sold. Like most other e-commerce platforms today, creating a store on Etsy doesn\u2019t require any coding. Merchants can use Etsy\u2019s basic storefront theme, or upgrade to Etsy\u2019s premium service called Pattern for greater control over the look and feel of their storefront, including additional themes and the option to have a custom web address.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Shopify<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopify.com\/\">Shopify<\/a> is an e-commerce solution geared towards entrepreneurs of all kinds. Use it to setup an online storefront to sell physical products (i.e. clothing, accessories, homewares, food, and beyond) as well as digital products (i.e. music, ebooks, movies, and more). Shopify also Provides access to multiple sales channels, allowing merchants to sell products on Facebook, Pinterest, Amazon, and more. Creating a storefront on Shopify setup doesn\u2019t require any coding, and pricing starts as low as $29 a month.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. WooCommerce<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.com\/\">WooCommerce<\/a> is one of the most versatile e-commerce platforms around. In addition to providing a robust set of tools that allow entrepreneurs to create a simple and solid online storefront, the platform also offers a range of premium \u201cextensions\u201d that bring advanced selling capabilities. Extensions give entrepreneurs the ability to implement various online business models&#8211; from setting up paid members only sections on a website, to accepting payments for appointments and other time and date-based services, and more. WooCommerce is free to use (there isn\u2019t a monthly subscription fee), and offers seamless integration with the WordPress content management system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[64,62,61,65,67,63,66],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-big-cartel","tag-e-commerce","tag-ecommerce","tag-etsy","tag-online-store","tag-shopify","tag-woocommerce","post-item","post-even"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352,"href":"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions\/352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartsimpledigital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}