Professionalizing your online-store with Zoho Commerce

Step 1: Sign up for free, quickly and easily

Sign up here for free at Zoho Commerce You can try Zoho Commerce for free for 30 days. After verifying your account, you’ll just need to answer a few questions about your business, as well as your business goals. If you aren’t sure, you can skip that part for now. However, your store’s name is important.

codafish tip>:While signing up, think about how much time per day you plan to spend on creating your store. That way, you’ll be able to get the most out of your 30-day trial.

Step 2: Create a modern store look

In this next step, you want to choose which template that you like best from the many different options available on the Zoho Commerce platform. If you can’t choose just one right now, then experiment with one that you like. You can always change your mind later, and as often as you like – All templates can also be customized in the “Site Builder” by adding, editing or deleting items there.

codafish tip>: When designing your store, try not to lose yourself in the details at the beginning, you can always add them later. If there is an item that you don’t need right away, then it’s okay to delete it.

Step 3: Add products to your online store

Now you are deep into the process of setting up your store! It’s time to add your products. For each product, you can enter short and detailed descriptions, set prices, create discounts, upload photos and more. Among other things, you also have the option of adding SEO-relevant information for each product so that they can be more easily found by search engines.

codafish tip>: Numbering and categorizing your products is a great way to manage your inventory and to keep an eye on what’s in stock at all times. At Zoho Commerce you can enter categories, tags and article numbers.

Step 4: Set payment and shipping options

One click on “Dashboard” gives you access to additional useful functions: Here you can configure payment and shipping options and enter tax rates. On Zoho Commerce, you can select various online payment services (payment gateways) and shipping service providers for your store.

codafish tip>: Numbering and categorizing your products is a great way to manage your inventory and to keep an eye on what’s in stock at all times. At Zoho Commerce you can enter categories, tags and article numbers.

Step 5: Publish your online store

Now it’s time: Your store can go online! By clicking on “Publish”, you are asked to enter your store’s domain name. To help you at the start, Zoho Commerce offers you a free subdomain (example.zohocommerce.com). Alternatively, if you already have a domain name for your store, then you can simply connect your store’s existing domain to Zoho Commerce.

codafish tip>: The domain name for your store should be memorable and as short as possible. Imagine whether someone could type it after only hearing it once and not have to ask about the spelling. Ideally, it should correspond with your store name or your brand.