Sell Online With BigCommerce

Learn how to sell online with BigCommerce. Start by bookmarking this page. When you complete a step below, click its checkbox and it will be marked as complete.

• #1 Choose what you're going to sell online

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  The first step is to decide what you're going to sell online. If you already have a bricks and mortar store then you may simply want to sell your existing products online. Learn more.
  
  If not, try to source products you're passionate about and that customers will want to buy from you. Remember that there should be a significant demand for the products you're going to sell online.

• #2 Determine how you'll ship orders

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  Will you be shipping locally or internationally? Will you offer in-store pickup and will it be free of charge? Come up with your shipping methods and write them down. Learn more.
  
  When you create your BigCommerce store in the next step it's easy to add your shipping methods from the Settings -> Shipping Settings menu. During checkout customers can then enter their zipcode and choose a shipping option that suites them best.
  
  BigCommerce has full support for real time shipping quotes from UPS, USPS, FedEx and other shipping providers, as well as flat rate per item/order and charge by weight/order total.

• #3 Create your BigCommerce store, free

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  BigCommerce is the all-in-one ecommerce solution which makes it easy for anyone to open an online store and sell online. To create your store free, just fill in the green form on the right side of this page.

• #4 Decide how you'll accept payments online

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  BigCommerce has built-in support for more than 50 payment gateways (such as PayPal and Google Checkout), however if you'd rather accept credit cards from your online store and get paid directly into your bank account then you might want to learn more about getting your own merchant account.

• #5 Choose your domain name

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  Your domain name (such as www.YourStore.com) should be short and easy to remember. By default your store will be setup on [yourname].mybigcommerce.com but you can switch to your own domain name from the Tools -> Move to Domain option in your store's control panel.

• #6 Customize the look of your online store

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  BigCommerce includes over 50 beautifully crafted store designs for you to choose from. You can also upload your logo and customize the layout of your store using just a mouse. If you want a store design that's uniquely yours our design partners can come up with something special.

• #7 Add products to your online store

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  Easily import your existing list of products, photos, categories and variations from a CSV file using the BigCommerce import wizard. Starting from scratch? You'll love our simple wizards which make it easy to add products to your store complete with photos, descriptions and more.

• #8 Launch and promote your online store

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  Congratulations, you've completed all of the steps necessary to launch your online store! You should add the URL of your online store to your business cards, invoices and marketing materials to help spread the word as quickly as possible. Our contact details are at the top of the page if you need help.

Congratulations, you've completed all of the steps you need to sell online. Hopefully you now know how to sell online and have everything you need to setup your online store with BigCommerce. Click here to sell online and try BigCommerce free.

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