If this is the first time you want to make money online or have been researching for a while, this guide will teach you how to set up an online store in a simple, step-by-step manner. There has never been a better time than today to start an online business. Anyone with a computer or laptop can get started in minutes without any special skills.

Steps to set up an online store (Map 0 to 100)

In order to complete the road map, we have mentioned the titles and descriptions, and according to the steps mentioned, you can set up an online store for yourself in the end, observing the principles that are stated.

Specify the type of product

Specify the product type of online store

At the beginning of any work, we must plan and evaluate what field we want to work in. Can our product have high sales per month? Will the product we have chosen benefit us? And in general, what should we sell in our store? You must have asked yourself these questions before setting up an online store, but in fact it is not that difficult to find the product you are looking for. It is enough to forget the great doubt about the best option and pay special attention to producing content and attracting the user to buy that product by choosing one of the products.

There are many suppliers you can work with. In this way, when a visitor comes to your site to buy a product such as a phone and registers his order, you inform the supplier to send the purchased phone to the desired address. Depending on the registered order from your online store, you will receive a commission.

Recognize the audience

Before choosing a product, make sure that the product has a fairly good search on Google and research which product people are most interested in buying online. Be sure to go to the popular goods and follow the example of big online stores such as DJ Kala and Basalam.

Select a content management system

For those who are not a designer or programmer, it makes more sense to go for a content management system (CMS) for the store. To understand this system, suppose someone builds a car engine and says that this car works and allows you to choose any body you want. In fact, in the content management system, you have a ready-made engine, which, assuming here, I present the site engine, which has certain functions, and you have the opportunity to choose and decorate any look you like.

There is also a template with ready-made skins that makes it easy for you to design and set up a store template according to your business idea of ​​setting up an online store. It is recommended to use WordPress content management system to build your online store. This system is the most popular and most secure content management system. 30% of the sites in the world are managed through this system.

Select domains and hosts

The first step in setting up an online store is to buy a "host" (web hosting space) and a "domain" name for the store. But what are domain names and hosts?

What is a "domain"? The domain is the same as the site address. For example, the domain name of the gasiweb website is gasiweb.com. For example, Digi Kala is the domain name of digikala.com. Of course, it also has another name, which is also called a domain.

What is a "host" or web hosting space? When you view a movie or photo on the Internet, that photo or video is stored where it is displayed to you. Also, the text and appearance of the site are all stored in a place called the host. Hosts are the computers on which you can upload your site information, where information is displayed to the user when a user enters your site. So in fact all sites have a host where site information is there. Com, net and ir domain extensions are most used in Iran. It does not matter which one you choose and note that international extensions such as com, net and org are more expensive.

With just a simple Google search, you can find domain and hosting companies and buy a suitable domain and host according to your consumption and site visits.

Purchase templates and initial design to set up an online store

In this section, we have to choose a skin or appearance for our store. In fact, it should be able to sell and be a store template. There are several ways to use the template. The first method is to use free store templates, which we do not recommend, as you may experience vulnerabilities such as security. We recommend that you buy advanced and special templates to launch an online store from a reputable site that you know.

By visiting the most reputable specialized markets for WordPress templates and plugins, you can communicate with developers and from

Make the most of its support and benefits. If there is a problem, you can get help. Each template has different features and characteristics, but in general they have the same goal. Try to choose a template that has high sales and high scores. Among the features that every store template has are page builder for each product page, different fonts, sliders, responsive settings, optimal SEO codes and infinite style.

Import products

After installing the template and designing, now is the time to upload or upload your products in the store. Each product requires a few quality photos and brief descriptions. It can only be provided to users with the terms of purchase by placing physical and downloadable products on sale. You can add products by referring to the Add section of the Products section.

Features that can be included for each product include the price of the product, image, ID name, category, label and release date. After installing Store Builder, all these features will appear for you to have complete management on your personal store. In order for your product to rank as a Google, you need to produce SEO content so that Google bots can identify you as a reference and quality store. Content generation is just one of dozens of search engine ranking factors.

Install Store Builder

Up to this point in the article and going through the previous steps, to set up an online store, you need a free store builder to install it on the site. WooCommerce is the best and most popular plugin for building an online store. With this free store builder, you can share any physical product such as mobile phones, stoves, books, electrical appliances as well as downloadable products for sale. Simple management of products in the online store, completely Persianized, the possibility of placing a discount code, using a bank payment gateway, the possibility of reviewing goods and placing an infinite number of products are the unique features and facilities of this free online store.

It is noteworthy that WooCommerce also has add-ons that provide you with numerous features such as invoicing, some of which are free, but most of which add special features are paid. Most in-store templates support this plugin. Setting up an online store with WooCommerce is free and we do not need to pay much for add-ons.

Set up a blog for an online store

Why set up a blog for your online store? With the help of blogs and tutorials that we use in order to guide and purchase the desired product, the user goes to buy that product with more confidence, thus meeting the user's needs. Most of the most reputable and popular online stores in Iran and the world have moved to producing content through blogs, because it is a way to compete with strong competitors. This method also draws more traffic to the store, which increases customer and sales. Another benefit of blogging is that it helps the online store increase its ranking in Google and other search engines.