Online Store Builder

An ecommerce website is an online platform for buying and selling products, services, and content. It features product galleries, shopping carts, checkout systems, and backend functions for processing payments, shipping, customer support. Essentially, it acts as a digital storefront that mirrors the experience of a physical store.

An online store gives your business a unique edge that no brick-and-mortar ever could — the ability to serve customers from around the world, 24/7/365. If you’re ready to open your doors online, here’s how to get up and selling in no time.

1. Pick your products:
   Think about what you want to sell online, and make sure you have the resources or inventory to list items — be it services or traditional products — for sale on your site.
2. Choose a plan:
   If you’re offering services, like yoga lessons or career coaching, check out our Premium plan. It lets you accept payments from customers who book services on your website. If you need to sell products, opt for the Ecommerce plan to get everything you need to power your online store.
3. Set up your online store:
   Airo AI Builder will help you quickly set up your store, complete with product descriptions, prices, shipping and payment options. Just pick a prompt to get started, or type the type of store and your industry to start with a relevant design.
4. Pick a domain name:
   Your domain name is the address where your online store lives. Pick something that’s the same as, or similar to, your business name. This makes it easier for people to remember your website’s address and reinforces your brand.
5. Start selling online:
   This is the fun part! Sell your products and accept payments directly on your online store. Don’t worry, your inventory syncs across all your sales channels, so you can avoid overselling while tracking everything from your GoDaddy Online Store dashboard.

• Our Online Store Builder lets you set up your store for free, and only pay when you’re ready to publish. This means you can add all your content and products, set up pricing and shipping and make sure everything looks just right before you pay. When you’re ready to sell, simply upgrade from your free plan to open your online store for business.
• Not interested in selling online? No problem. Check out all our website building plans to pick one that works for you.

You only need to add one product or service before publishing your site for the first time, and generally it’s better to get your site online as soon as possible. If you’re having a tough time getting started, or you need the extra push to get your goods online, you won’t have to worry about complicated website tech — GoDaddy Online Store is easy to use. After you’ve published once you can update your payment and shipping methods.

You absolutely can, and you should. You’ll want to build a strong online presence so you can reach your customers wherever they are, and get them to go to your online store. You can link to Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google and YouTube. Connecting all your social media tools gives your customers a memorable experience. They can follow you however they like, comment on your store and products, and easily find out where they can purchase your awesome products. So make sure you’re linking your new ecommerce website to your social media pages as well.

We’ve got you covered. You’re going to spend some time and hard work creating your ecommerce website and we want to help your website remain safe and secure. It’s important to note that no website is too small to get hacked. If you’re creating an online store you want to keep not only your website secure, but also provide security for your customers as they make purchases in your retail website. Your GoDaddy Online Store product is going to come already protected with a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), so it won’t be an additional cost for you or your business to keep your website safe.

• If you’re thinking about selling a product or service all you’ll need to do is add your product or service to your online store, verify your payment method, and decide how you want to ship your products. Once you’ve done this you’ll be ready to sell your products or services. You will be able to easily add or remove things whenever you want to, and republish your site.
• If you change your mind about the design that you’ve selected, you can edit it whenever you’d like. You can change a section or page to your ecommerce website, change your photos, and update your style text. GoDaddy Online Store was created with the intent that you can make it yours; and alter it as often as you or your business needs change. Remember your GoDaddy Online Store will be mobile friendly, so whether you’re making changes to your site, or have a customer making a purchase on their mobile device, everyone will have a seamless mobile-optimized experience.

You have several flexible options. With GoDaddy Online Store you can ship via Canada Post and United Parcel Service (UPS); both of which ship domestic and international and are the most accurate shipping methods based on location. You can also ship using a flat-rate per order, which is sometimes easier for everyone, or pick weight-based shipping — which charges different amounts based on how much an order weighs. The option is up to you on how you want to ship your products, but we’ve provided several options to make your ecommerce website what you want it to be.