Step 1 : Sign up for a Free Shopify store
- Go to Shopify and click on Get Started
- Enter your email address, password and a store name
- Enter your business details such as Name, Address, Phone number etc. This will be used to calculate tax rates, store currency etc
- Enter details about the stage of your business
Step 2 : Add Products to your Shopify store
- Click on Products – Add a Product
- Enter details such as Product Title, Description, Images, Price etc and complete the process
- Save the product
Step 3 : Add a Theme to your Shopify store
- Go to the Shopify Theme Store
- You will find hundreds of beautiful free and paid themes here for your store
- Choose the Theme that you like and click on the Publish Theme button. You can even check out a preview of the theme on your store before you publish it
- Once the theme is published, click on “Customize theme” button
- You will get options to customize all the pages on your store such as the Home Page, Product Page, Collections Page, Cart Page etc
Step 4 : Add a Domain to your Shopify store
- Click on Domains
- You can choose to Add existing domain or Buy a new domain
- Complete the process to link a domain to your store
Step 5 : Set up a payment gateway on your Shopify store
- Shopify is integrated with PayPal by default and is also integrated with other payment gateways.
- It also has its own payment gateway Shopify Payments which has no transaction charges
- You can check out a complete list of these here based on your country
Pro-Tip :
The easiest way to accept payments on your Shopify store is by using PayPal. Shopify handles this fully for you and no integrations are required.
