In these times we are living a new wave of digitization so it is good to know accessible professional solutions to enter digital sales. So today we are going to talk about Wix, a tool that is usually linked to cool websites but not online sales.
We are going to see step by step how you can build your own online store with the tool . And you will say, why do you choose this tool? Well, because it is a good option for people who do not have advanced computer skills or do not have time to learn how to set up their own online store.
Come on, which is essentially everything you need for an ecommerce: order management, receiving payments, coupon options and logistics
Create your online store in 3 steps
1. Choose and edit your template
After a quick registration by entering your email or synchronizing with a social profile, you will automatically be redirected to choose the template for your online store. To make it easier, it already structures them by types of business, which although they are templates, you can customize them and nothing prevents you from selling watches in a priori electronics template.
All templates are freeor well, they are included in the price of the ecommerce package, which we will see later.
Once you have selected your template, within the editor you will have to select, following a drag and drop model, the different elements that you want to include in your website or modify the existing ones. You can customize all aspects of your store: from the colors, fonts and images to the name of the website or the names of the menu.
A very simple and guided process For those who do not know too much about technical issues.
2. Design your store
At the ecommerce level, the difference from a normal Wix website is in an icon: the stock market icon.
In this option you can view and create a product list of example that will vary according to the chosen template. And once again it is to follow their steps: add the product, mark where it is sent to and conditions of cost per shipment, fill in the product page, modify the shopping cart page and modify the thank you page to match the look of your site.
You can add:
- Up to 15 images for each product.
- A ribbon to let your customers know that the product is a “best seller” or is on sale.
- A discount percentage.
- Product options such as size and color.
Separate your products into different categories so that they can be shown in different galleries on the web.
3. Set up your store
You must connect at least one payment method to start selling. There are several payment options available, but keep in mind that they will vary depending on your geographic location:
- Credit card payment providers
- PayPal (you can also set it up to process credit card payments)
- manual payments
Remember that in order to accept online payments you will have to do the upgrade from the free plan to the Wix eCommerce Plan.
Once you’ve set up your store, you’re ready to take orders. You can manage all your orders from the Orders tab of the control panel, where you can:
- See your orders.
- Mark your orders as paid and/or completed.
- Add tracking numbers
- Refund or cancel orders
- Archive old orders.
Once we believe that our baby is ready to discover the world, we could publish itand it would leave us with a web style user.wixsite.com/mysite.
How much does it cost to create your own online store from home?
The Wix Stores Ecommerce Basic Package Price starts at €17/month (about €200 per year), which would include web storage of up to 20GB, the option to synchronize your website with Google Analytics, the possibility of removing “this site was created with Wix” ads , uploading up to 5 hours of video to play in HD, coupons to advertise online and, of course, being able to accept payments online.
As a bonus, for one year you can have your own domain like this: “www.latiendadem4c.com” instead of “user.wixsite.com/mysite”.
Of course, you can opt for a superior package: Unlimited Business (€25/month) or Business VIP (€35/month) that offer you many more features and web storage capacity, more hours of video playback and even options for .
As you can see, it is an interesting option for all those who already have a physical business and are thinking start selling online quickly without getting bogged down in technical issues, since it covers all the needs that a entrepreneur or small business may require in terms of online sales.
Obviously it would be illogical to expect the loading speed to be like that of an ad hoc premium development of ecommerce with dedicated hosting, but it is undoubtedly a very visual, simple and economical way to enter the world of online sales.
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