Discover what Shopify is and how it might be just the solution you are looking for to start your own ecommerce store even though you are a complete beginner. To learn more and take this course online, go to: http://eternalspiralbooks.com/courses/course/shopify-101

2. Introduction
•The Internet and ecommerce are now
proven business models
•Everyone wants a fully functional store
online
•Not many of them have the skill to create a
professional-looking store where they can
list their products, make sales and get paid
•Ecommerce aggregators are a great solution
to these design, skill and payment issues
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3. 1-Shopify At A Glance
•There are quite a few ecommerce aggregators
offering you the chance to use their platform for
one low monthly fee
•Two of the biggest and best are:
•Bigcommerce
•Shopify
•Having used both, we find Shopify the easiest
for complete newcomers
•You can start your own business even if you
have never sold anything before and don’t even
have a site or blog
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4. 2-HowTo Identify Hot Selling
Products ForYour Store
•The key to ecommerce success is to choose a
niche, or topic, and get to know it really well
•Learn how to identify products that your target
audience will be eager to get their hands on
•You will be able to sell well despite competition
online, even as a total newbie
•Aim for niches in which people constantly have
to buy supplies, such as the $65+ billion pet
industry, or golf ($62bn)
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5. 3-Shopify Dashboard
•The great thing about the Shopify dashboard
is that it’s so easy to use.
•You can create a professional-looking site
with a beautiful theme, color scheme and
more, in just a few clicks
•If you don’t like it, you can change at any
time
•You can create a store even if you’ve never
coded a web page in your life
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6. 4-Getting Started With Shopify
•It’s easy to get started with Shopify
•Set up your account
•Choose 1 of the monthly service plans-there are
all sorts of affordable options
•Choose your theme
•Start adding products to your store
•Create your buy now buttons
•Make sales
•Get paid (minus their small commission fees)
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7. 5-Set UpYour Shopify Estore
•Set up your estore correctly to make the
most of this opportunity to start your own
online business
•Load up
•Product photos
•Descriptions
•Prices
•Shipping and handling
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8. 6-Create A Buy Button
•Create a buy button so you can sell your
products on Shopify
•You can also use the buy buttons on external
sites, including your website or blog
•You can do this with PayPal too, but it is
handy to have your products and buttons all
in the same place so you can edit them easily
any time you wish
•The site calculates tax and shipping for you
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9. 7-Other Money Making Ideas
•Now that you have a Shopify store, you can
use it to make more money in a range of
ways.
•You’ve listed your products-tangible goods
that you will mail out to people
•You can also sell digital goods
•You can add an ecommerce aspect to the
website for your bricks and mortar business,
for even more income
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10. 8-HowTo MigrateYour Shop
From Bigcommerce
•If you started your store at Bigcommerce
and want to switch over to Shopify, it is quick
and easy to accomplish
•You won’t need to start all over again from
scratch if you end up changing your mind
•And if you are already selling items at your
site, add your Shopify buttons to keep the
income flowing straight into one account
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11. Conclusion
•Shopify is one of the easiest and most cost
effective ecommerce aggregators available
•Set up your account
•Choose your monthly payment plan
•Create a professional-looking store with just a
few clicks
•Set tax and shipping
•Market your new store
•Get paid
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12. For more information, visit:
•http://eternalspiralbooks.com
/courses/course/shopify-101
•And take the course today.
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