How to Build an E-commerce Website in 5 Quick Steps

We all know that commerce is an activity that involves buying and selling products and services and e-commerce is also the activity involving buying and selling but done online. Running a business in today’s digital age without having a website makes no sense. It is very important for a business to have a website and be online to reach out to the wider masses, generate more customers and more sales through it.  

There are many benefits of building an e-commerce website. Here are the top two benefits of taking your business online: 

1. Economical: An e-commerce store will be always more economical than having a physical store. You don’t need to bear rent and utility bill costs for an e-commerce store, yes there will be some maintenance and technical cost, but it will always be way less than the physical store

2. Greater visibility: Buying patterns have totally changed in the last few years, everyone now wants everything at their fingertips. A website is the first place they visit to know about your product or services and end up buying your product then and there, even if they plan to visit your store physically, they will first do their research on your website 

So, how do you build an e-commerce website? 

There are several ways of building your e-commerce website. You can follow the traditional web hosting approach or if you want to create your website quickly, a DIY website builder is the go-to solution.  

If you’re a newbie entrepreneur building a website for the first time, then our Bluehost Ecommerce Website Builder, is the best way to build your own ecommerce website. It is a user-friendly tool with smart AI to help you easily create your first website.  

Setting up an ecommerce website with our Ecommerce website builder is a hassle-free process. Let us quickly run through the simple steps with which you can create your ecommerce website. 

5 Quick Steps to Build Your Ecommerce Website 

Step 1: Go to the Bluehost Website Builder page, choose your server location and buy the e-commerce plan 

Step 2: You will reach the domain registration page, put in a new domain or use from the existing unused domain and proceed to make the payment for the Website Builder plan.  

Note: With Bluehost you get a free domain name for an entire year 

Step 3: Now login to your Bluehost account using your credentials and you will be directed to Bluehost dashboard 

Step 4: Now you will be directed to the smart website building experience. Proceed by clicking on ‘Create your website’ to start building your first e-commerce website. Follow the steps listed in our guide to building your ecommerce website with our website builder to create and customise your website as per your needs 

Step 5: Post creating your website, to manage your website, you just login to your Bluehost dashboard >>click on the ‘My Sites’ tab and go to ‘Manage Site’ to manage your ecommerce website with ease 

Build to Sell Seamlessly 

As you can see making a website is no longer an ordeal with Bluehost Website Builder. You do not need those nerdy looking coders to do it for you or hire an expert, you yourself can do it.  

So, what are you waiting for? Create your own ecommerce website and launch it to attract more customers and grow your business. We at Bluehost also provide additional assistance with our Blue Sky service to help you establish, manage, and grow your WordPress website smoothly. 

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