Creating and managing an e-commerce business site doesn’t have to be a lot of work. You don’t even need to have any prior knowledge about HTML, CSS, inventory control or anything else that relates to running an online store. Shopify is a complete e-commerce website and shopping cart software solution that guides you through every step of the process. Learn more about what’s included below.

Plans and Pricing

Whether you have thousands of products to upload and manage, or if you just have a handful, you should be able to find a plan that suits your needs and your budget:

• Basic – Includes 1 GB of storage, supports 100 SKUs and costs $29 per month.
• Professional – Includes 5 GB of storage, supports 2,500 SKUs and costs $59 per month.
• Business – Includes 10 GB of storage, supports 10,000 SKUs and costs $99 per month.
• Unlimited – Includes unlimited storage, unlimited SKUs and costs $179 per month.

  You can use the 30-day free trial to figure out which plan is right for you.

  E-Commerce Website Setup and Creation

  Achieving a unique and professional design for your e-commerce business site is easy. There are more than 100 templates available; some are free, and others are available for nominal fees. While creating your e-commerce website, you can:

• Choose from different color schemes and fonts
• Upload logos, photos and other images
• Edit the CSS or HTML to produce a truly one-of-a-kind look.
• Use the “Guru” coaching feature to get advice and insight about setting up an effective e-commerce site.

  Adding and Managing Inventory

  For many people, the process of adding and managing inventory is one of the most difficult parts of running an e-commerce website. This service makes the process a lot simpler. Use it to:

• Add new products manually, or upload them in bulk from Excel, eBay, Magento and other popular platforms.
• Create unique product descriptions.
• Adjust stock levels.
• Group products into categories or collections manually.
• Use the Smart Collections feature to group products into categories based on parameters that you supply. For example, you can create a group of items that cost less than $10.

  Using the E-Commerce Shopping Cart Software

  This e-commerce platform allows you to accept more than 50 forms of payment. You can also choose from dozens of languages and currencies. The shopping cart software also:

• Offers superior security and is Level 1 PCI-DSS compliant.
• Lets you accept credit card orders with ease.
• Allows customers to add personalized notes to their orders.
• Includes a streamlined order tracking feature, so you always know where the order stands.
• Features automatic shipping rate calculation.

Lets you view abandoned shopping carts so you can encourage people to complete their orders.

E-Commerce Blog Design and Promotional Features

Through the included e-commerce blog design feature, you can build strong connections with your customers to encourage repeat business. The robust content management system, or CMS, that is included also makes it easy to reach out to prospective customers.

To keep your customers in the loop, there is a powerful customer relationship management, or CRM, platform as well. Customers can create their own accounts. You can also create groups to make the marketing process easier.

Additional Features

Shopify includes secure hosting, an easy-to-use administrative interface, automatic backups, free updates and extremely fast servers. In short, it includes everything you need to create, manage, promote and maintain a successful e-commerce website. By taking advantage of its e-commerce blog features, you can also engage in ongoing marketing and promotion to ensure the continuing success of your business.

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