– by Biplob Shahariar
I presume that you’ve heard the term “eCommerce” thousands of times in your life. Undoubtedly you’re using this service. What if you start your own eCommerce business? Did you know that, in 2021, the number of digital buyers was at 2.14 billion? That means last year 27.6% of the total population (7.78 billion) did their shopping online. How amazing the number. With the rise of ecommerce, it’s only natural that the number of online shoppers worldwide rises along with it. Today, you can find many eCommerce sites in the form of apps on anyone’s smartphone, tablet and laptop.
I can bet, you now Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Alibaba. These are the big names in the eCommerce sector. And of course there are millions of more eCommerce platforms around you. You can visit their websites and just with a Click you can buy your desired products very easily. But the first question first. What exactly is this eCommerce?
Defining eCommerce
As I mentioned earlier, eCommerce sites are a medium, where billions of people today buy their essentials. For that they don’t need to leave their homes. Most importantly, they’re buying at a very competitive and good price. Buying things online is really hassle-free and secured. E-commerce basically means buying and selling goods or things over the internet.
How To Create An eCommerce Site?
E-commerce is also referred to as an online business. That means this is done in a digital method. As you’re doing this business through electronic or digital medium, it is called eCommerce.
No doubt, through eCommerce business you can earn a lot of money. Creating an eCommerce website is not that easy. And it is not for everyone. But don’t worry. I’m here to help you out. I’ll make things really super easy to become an eCommerce entrepreneur.
What Are Required To Create eCommerce website?
You’re almost there! In short you’ll learn what you need to make an eCommerce website.
1. Money
To start any kind of business you need money. I hope you agree to this. Similarly, before starting an eCommerce business you should have enough money. This is known as Investment. First of all you’ll have to spend money on creating a website. Then our eCommerce products will also cost money. There are many things in which you may have to invest. Therefore, the most important thing to start a business is money.
2. Planning
Whatever you want to in your life, you need good plans. So eCommerce business also does. Without a good plan you cannot execute you million dollars ideas. Without planning you may face many problems later on.
3. Choose A Domain Name
You’ve to choose your business name, which should be catchy. It will help branding your business. Before starting to create your eCommerce website, you need a domain name. Like www.biplob-shahariar.com. It acts as an address in the online world, through which customers can find you. Most online business domain names end in either .com or .net. There’re lot of service provider in the internet where you can buy your domain name.
4. Buy A Web Hosting
Have you already bought your domain? Now you need web hosting services for your website. With this service, people will view your website on the internet. But how? When someone types your website domain name in his/ her web browser, this web hosting sends all the files and data of your website to that particular browser. Then the person can easily access your website. In other words, he/ she can see your website. But it is wise to buy the domain and the hosting from the same service provider. It’ll help you to avoid some technical issues.
For certain reasons, I prefer Bluehost.
Start Building Your Website
Now comes the most important part. Before that keep in mind that you’re creating an eCommerce website. It is far unique and specialized than the so called normal websites. You should be careful in all steps.
1. Do It Yourself?
Remember, your website is going to be the most important component for your eCommerce business. If you’re tech-friendly you can create it of your own. If you have complete knowledge about website building then you can build your website. You can create it with the help of WordPress. You just need to learn about this. Or you can do a short course on Web Designing. (Click here to buy an online course.)
2. Or Hire An Expert
If you don’t want to create the website of your own, don’t worry. It can be also good for you. Because creating an eCommerce Website, it is better to hire an expert. They’re waiting for your call. Obviously you’ll have to pay them. You just need to think about what your website should look like. Then leave to the web designer. He/ she will do the rest for you. (Need to hire someone?)
3. Shopping Cart Software
The main purpose of your eCommerce site is to sell products to your customers. For that you’ll need a shopping cart software. This software allows your customer to view the products available on your website as well as they can choose and purchase the items . In most of the cases customers may use their credit cards for purchase. Cart software makes that transaction secured. So it is really important to choose a trusted and well performed cart software. You can try WooCommerce. I love and trust them.
4. Merchant Service Provider
An online business can never accept cash payments through its website. It needs a merchant service provider whose job is to handle things related to credit and debit cards. This service maintains a connection between the business customer and the credit card company. After processing the payment from the customers, it takes the money from their provided credit card account and sends it to the merchant account. After receiving the money, the merchant service provider deducts its commission and sends the rest to the business owner’s account. Merchant service provider plays an important role for eCommerce website, For example, I can mention PayPal.
Shopping cart software allows your customers to securely purchase their favorite items using their credit cards. This service keeps your credit card details and your order data safe from prying eyes.
Creating an eCommerce website is not so easy, even not a very difficult task, if you have complete information about it and all the things mentioned above, you can easily create your website and earn good income.
I hope you gained some knowledge from this article, which can help you in the future with information related to this article.
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