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14 Best eCommerce Website Builders To Easily Start Your Online Store At Sangkrit.net

The eCommerce website builders at Sangkrit.net offer you a hassle-free solution to enter the world of eCommerce and start selling products or services online without the need for any technical expertise or expert.

These eCommerce website builders offer a wonderful mode for small to large-sized businesses and individuals looking for an affordable, user-friendly, SEO-friendly, mobile responsive, highly customizable, scalable, and efficient way to establish and manage their online store on their own. Still, if you feel a need, round-the-clock customer support is always available from your Sangkrit.net account.

In the previous lessons you have learned about the free website automation system that lets you build any kind of website from your Sangkrit.net’s cPanel WebhostingPlesk Windows HostingWebhosting PlusVPS, or Dedicated Server.

Now this lesson shows you a hand-picked list of the most popular eCommerce apps on the Internet that you can easily install on your domain using your web hosting account at Sangkrit.net.

Free eCommerce Website Builders

Following is the list of free eCommerce applications that can be easily installed on your hosting plan.

#1 WordPress With WooCommerce

WooCommerce is a popular open-source e-commerce platform designed to seamlessly integrate with WordPress, the widely used content management system. It was first released in 2011 and quickly gained widespread adoption due to its ease of use, flexibility, and extensive features. WooCommerce has become one of the most dominant e-commerce solutions on the web, powering millions of online stores worldwide.

This eCommerce option auto-installs on all Sangkrit.net’s cPanel WebhostingPlesk Windows HostingWebhosting PlusVPS, or Dedicated Server.

#2 PrestaShop

PrestaShop is a popular open-source e-commerce platform with CMS capabilities that enables individuals and businesses to create and manage online stores. It was founded in 2007 and has since grown into a widely used solution for e-commerce websites around the world. PrestaShop is written in PHP and uses a MySQL database to store information.

This eCommerce option auto-installs on all Sangkrit.net’s cPanel WebhostingPlesk Windows HostingWebhosting PlusVPS, or Dedicated Server.

#3 Magento

Magento is a popular and powerful open-source e-commerce platform with CMS capabilities that allows businesses of all sizes to create and manage online stores. It was initially released in 2008 and quickly gained popularity for its flexibility, scalability, and extensive features. In 2018, Adobe acquired Magento, and it is now part of the Adobe Commerce Cloud, which also includes a cloud-hosted version called Magento Commerce.

This eCommerce option auto-installs on all Sangkrit.net’s cPanel WebhostingPlesk Windows HostingWebhosting PlusVPS, or Dedicated Server.

#4 OpenCart

OpenCart is a popular open-source e-commerce platform with CMS capabilities that allows users to create and manage online stores easily. It was first released in 1999 as a commercial project and later became open-source in 2010. OpenCart is written in PHP and uses a MySQL database to store information.

This eCommerce option auto-installs on all Sangkrit.net’s cPanel WebhostingPlesk Windows HostingWebhosting PlusVPS, or Dedicated Server.

#5 AbanteCart

AbanteCart is an open-source e-commerce platform designed to help businesses and individuals create and manage online stores. It provides a range of features and tools for setting up a robust and customizable online storefront, allowing users to sell products and services to customers around the world. AbanteCart is known for its user-friendly interface, flexibility, and extendability.

This eCommerce option auto-installs on all Sangkrit.net’s cPanel WebhostingPlesk Windows HostingWebhosting PlusVPS, or Dedicated Server.

#6 Zen Cart

Zen Cart is a free and open-source e-commerce platform that enables individuals and businesses to create and manage online stores. It was originally based on osCommerce but has evolved into its own standalone solution. Zen Cart is known for its user-friendly interface, customization options, and active community of users and developers.

This eCommerce option auto-installs on all Sangkrit.net’s cPanel WebhostingPlesk Windows HostingWebhosting PlusVPS, or Dedicated Server.

#7 CubeCart

CubeCart is an e-commerce platform that enables individuals and businesses to create and manage online stores. It provides a range of features and tools for setting up a digital storefront and selling products and services online. CubeCart is designed to be user-friendly and customizable, making it accessible to both beginners and experienced users.

This eCommerce option auto-installs on all Sangkrit.net’s cPanel WebhostingPlesk Windows HostingWebhosting PlusVPS, or Dedicated Server.

#8 WordPress With Easy Digital Downloads

Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) can be an alternative to WooCommerce, especially for users selling digital products. It is a popular WordPress plugin designed specifically for selling digital products and downloads online. It transforms a standard WordPress website into a powerful digital storefront, enabling users to offer and manage digital products such as e-books, software, music, videos, courses, themes, plugins, and more. EDD streamlines the process of selling digital goods, providing tools for product management, payment processing, and customer management.

This eCommerce option auto-installs on all Sangkrit.net’s cPanel WebhostingPlesk Windows HostingWebhosting PlusVPS, or Dedicated Server.

#9 LiteCart

LiteCart is an e-commerce platform designed to help individuals and businesses set up and manage online stores. It is known for its lightweight and user-friendly nature, making it a suitable choice for both beginners and experienced users. LiteCart focuses on simplicity, speed, and efficiency while providing essential features for creating an online storefront.

This eCommerce option auto-installs on all Sangkrit.net’s cPanel WebhostingPlesk Windows HostingWebhosting PlusVPS, or Dedicated Server.

#10 osCommerce

osCommerce, short for “open-source Commerce,” is one of the earliest and most well-known open-source e-commerce platforms. It was first released in 2000 and has since become a popular choice for building online stores. osCommerce allows users to set up and manage their online storefronts, enabling the sale of products and services over the Internet.

This eCommerce option auto-installs on all Sangkrit.net’s cPanel WebhostingPlesk Windows HostingWebhosting PlusVPS, or Dedicated Server.

#11 Shopware

Shopware is a popular and feature-rich e-commerce application that empowers businesses to create and manage online stores with a focus on customization, user experience, and scalability. It is known for its modern design, flexibility, and wide range of built-in features that cater to both small businesses and large enterprises.

This eCommerce option auto-installs on all Sangkrit.net’s cPanel WebhostingPlesk Windows HostingWebhosting PlusVPS, or Dedicated Server.

#12 CE Phoenix Cart

CE Phoenix Cart is an open-source e-commerce platform that evolved from the osCommerce platform. It’s designed to provide a user-friendly and customizable solution for individuals and businesses looking to set up online stores. CE Phoenix Cart aims to offer modern features, flexibility, and an active community of developers and users.

This eCommerce option auto-installs on all Sangkrit.net’s cPanel WebhostingPlesk Windows HostingWebhosting PlusVPS, or Dedicated Server.

The Premium eCommerce Site Builders

Apart from the above, Sangkrit.net also offers you some premium eCommerce Website Builders which are packed with premium features, plugins, SSL, and almost all the necessary things you need to start up and grow your eCommerce business.

#13 eCommerce Website Builders This e-commerce website builder is a part of website builder services at Sangkrit.net. It enables its users to create professional eCommerce websites, and elegant online stores, without the need for extensive technical knowledge or coding skills.

Apart from important eCommerce options, it also provides SEO and SMO tools to help users optimize their online store for search engines and social media potentially improving their website’s visibility and ranking on the Internet.

You can subscribe to this eCommerce option here.

#14 WordPress Ecommerce – This is the best and recommended option. If you subscribe to this, you get the powerful combination of WordPress with WooCommerce bundled with all important backup and security services. It is a powerful combination that allows users to create and manage the best and most secure eCommerce websites with ease.

WooCommerce is a popular and highly regarded e-commerce plugin designed specifically for WordPress, which is one of the most widely used content management systems (CMS) on the web. In WordPress Ecommerce both are packed in such a way that compares to none eCommerce services on the Internet.

You can subscribe to this eCommerce option here.

Which eCommerce Option Is The Best?

Overall, WordPress Ecommerce is the best choice for eCommerce websites of all sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises. The combination offers the flexibility and extensibility of WordPress with the robust e-commerce features of WooCommerce, making it an ideal solution for users looking for an all-in-one platform to build and manage their online stores.

Apart from that if you are a person who likes to do more experiments and dig into the coding files then the second recommendation is subscribing to a hosting option at Sangkrit.net and then installing the same combination of WordPress with WooCommerce as described in the beginning of this lesson.

Automatically Calculate Taxes & Print Shipping Labels In WordPress Ecommerce

WordPress Ecommerce is your all-in-one solution to start an eCommerce shop within minutes simply by registering your domain name and subscribing to WordPress Ecommerce. It is loaded with WooCommerce, hosting, backup, security, and everything you need to set up your store and manage it without any technical skills.

This lesson guides you on how quickly you can manage sales by automatically calculating taxes and printing shipping labels. You will just need to create products and your store will automatically take care of tax calculation, payment processing setup, and printing the shipping label, etc.

How To Implement Auto Tax Calculation & Shipping Label Print?

Simply log in to your WordPress Ecommerce website and navigate to Plugins -> Add New page to find and install WooCommerce Shipping & Tax plugin on your website.

The plugin needs to have the Jetpack plugin installed and activated on your website. If it is not installed, a prompt will appear to install and connect Jetpack. As you do that, a setup complete banner will display.

Once done, you would be able to set up shipping from your admin area dashboard WooCommerce -> Settings -> Shipping -> WooCommerce Shipping & Tax -> Shipping Labels page.

And taxes can be managed from your admin area dashboard WooCommerce -> Settings -> Tax page by selecting the “Enable automated taxes” option. The plugin provides you with all important options to manage shipping and taxes on your website.

How To Enable Weight-Based Shipping Charges On WordPress Ecommerce?

You can calculate shipping costs based on the weight of orders made by the customer on your WordPress Ecommerce website. WordPress Ecommerce is a packaged service that allows anyone to start his eCommerce shop simply by registering his domain name and then subscribing to the WordPress Ecommerce plan.

For enabling the weight-based shipping cost feature you need to log in to your WordPress Ecommerce website and then navigate to Plugins -> Add New page. Search for WooCommerce Weight Based Shipping plugin. Install and activate it, upon activation the plugin will allow you to add multiple rules for shipping based on various conditions such as:

  • Order Weight, Subtotal, & Destination: You can easily create multiple shipping rules as required for various order destinations, weights, and subtotal ranges. 
  • Flexible Price Calculation: On the basis of the cart’s weight, a rule can be set to expose a constant or a progressive price.
  • Conditional Free Shipping: You can also set up a free shipping threshold. 
  • Shipping Classes Support: For every shipping class, you can override the way the shipping price is calculated.

All these options can be easily managed from WooCommerce -> Settings page, under the ‘Shipping’ tab.

How To Enable Product Comparison On Your WordPress Ecommerce Website?

You can allow your customers to compare multiple products, and help them analyze what exactly they want. First of all, you should know that anyone can build his own online store simply by registering his domain name and then subscribing to WordPress Ecommerce.

Next, to enable product comparison, you will need to visit Plugins -> Add New page and search for ‘Productive Wishlist, Compare and Quick View for WooCommerce‘ plugin, install and activate it. Upon actiavtion you would be able to control the plugin options from its admin settings page.

The plugin offers three essential features of eCommerce:

  1. Product Comparison
  2. Product Quick View
  3. Product Wishlists

Allowing customers to analyze the product with a side-to-side comparison will encourage more sales because in many cases they get confused with the list of related products that are offering low and high prices of same or similar options. This makes them to procrastinate the purchase and look up for more products. By comparing products side to side is going to let them know what extras are there in the other product added in comparision and which one is right for them.

How To Encourage Product Reviews On Your WordPress Ecommerce Website?

This lesson guides you on how you can enable as well as encourage product reviews on your eCommerce website.

First, you should know that WordPress Ecommerce allows anyone to start his own eCommerce store simply by registering his domain name and subscribing to the WordPress Ecommerce plan.

Follow these steps to set up reviews with a photo upload option:

  1. Login to the admin area of your WordPress Ecommerce website
  2. Visit Plugins-> Add New page and search for the ‘Photo Reviews For WooCommerce’ plugin. Then, install and activate it.
  3. Upon activation, it adds a new menu ‘Photo Reviews’ on the sidebar of your admin area dashboard from where you can manage its settings and options.

The plugin also lets you send review reminder emails to customers who have purchased your products, allows customers to post reviews including product pictures, and enables you to send thank you emails with WooCommerce coupons to your customers.

How To Setup A Global Selling Store With WordPress Ecommerce?

Anyone can start abroad selling by setting up an international store with WordPress Ecommerce. Then, let people know about it by blogging about your business and implementing Search Engine Visibility.

You can do that all on your own, it is no more a difficult task when you are using WordPress Ecommerce.

Start Your eCommerce Website

Start by registering your domain name and then subscribe to WordPress Ecommerce as well as Search Engine Visibility for better exposure of your business on the internet.

The next thing you need to do is log in to your Sangkrit.net account and visit the ‘My Products’ page and next to ‘WordPress Ecommerce’ click the ‘Manage’ button.

Here the automated process starts asking you a few questions and then you are taken to your store’s dashboard where you can add products, write blog posts, and manage all settings.

Making Your Website Multilingual

Since you are going global so selecting your store’s language is an important thing to do. Not all countries speak English but many do. So you can either just stick to English which is the default selection of your website or if you have chosen some other language you can easily change it from your admin area Settings -> General -> Site Language section.

Alternatively, you can make your website multilingual and also add a ‘Translate’ option to your website by installing a plugin called Weglot Translate.

Selecting Payments, Taxes & Shipping Options

The next important thing, you need to do for global selling is select and set up the payment options. PayPal is one global payment option but there are more options you can select from such as Square, Apple Pay, Direct Bank Transfer, E-Checks, Card Payments, etc.

The payment options can be configured from your eCommerce Settings -> Payments page. The tax calculation can also be implemented as per the client’s location from eCommerce Settings -> Tax page. Similarly, shipping can be configured from eCommerce Settings -> Shipping page.

Adding Products For Sale

Once you have selected your options you may start adding products to your website for sale.

These can be done from the Products -> Add New page. Don’t forget to add a featured image and the price of your product. All fields are there, you can easily use them for adding your product details and pricing, etc.

Securing Your Website

You should also keep your website protected and keep customers safe. SSL is automatically implemented on WordPress Ecommerce websites but you should also subscribe to Website Security which is a comprehensive and simplified security solution for all site owners.

Enabling Customers Support Messaging On Your WordPress Ecommerce Website

You can allow customers on your WordPress Ecommerce website to send queries or messages to you. These may include:

  1. Product information
  2. Order-related messages
  3. Refund-related messages
  4. Dispute-related messages

This way you can get closer to your customers by satisfying their queries while they make a purchase. When someone sends a message, the shop owners are also alerted by email. You get notifications on receiving new messages from shoppers.

In many cases, shoppers sometimes need more information about specific points, and when that information is not given to them they leave the site. Providing email support and customer care online is good but this direct messaging feature makes the process handier for your customers. This also gives the shop owner a chance to land a sale.

How To Setup Messaging On WordPress Ecommerce?

Simply install-activate the new plugin called Inbox For WooCommerce. Upon activation, the plugin enables your customers to easily inquire about any product right from its page.

At the backend, the plugin also provides you with an interface to manage messages from your WordPress dashboard. Each message sent from shoppers are handled as a ticket by the shop owners and moved across different status until it is resolved. You can also assign these tickets to other members.

How To Enable Wishlist On Your WordPress Ecommerce Website?

A wishlist works as a clickable icon on product screens over eCommerce websites that let customers save their products for future purchase so that they can quickly find them whenever they want.

In previous lessons, you have learned that anyone can create his online shop himself by subscribing to WordPress Ecommerce. Now this lesson explains how you can add a wishlist option for your users.

You simply need to log in to your WordPress Ecommerce website and then install-active a plugin called YITH WooCommerce Wishlist. Upon activation, the plugin adds a heart-shaped wishlist icon on products.

The plugin also offers you customization options where you can customize the columns that are shown on the wishlist table. It works for product variations too which means if some products have certain variations such as color or size variation, the plugin will let the user add his specific variation product to his wishlist.

How To Bulk Sell Products In WordPress Ecommerce Website?

You can sell bulk products in one product group by associating and linking multiple products at one price. The new WordPress WooCommerce plugin lets you to do this in a very easy way.

Simply start by installing-activating the new Bulk Product Selling plugin on your WordPress Ecommerce website. Once activated, visit the add new product page or open any old product for editing.

On the page, inside the product data section which is present below your product description section, you will see a new ‘Bulk Product’ tab is added. Click that tab and start typing the name of the product you want to link, once the product name is displayed, click it and it will be added.

Following this way you can link as many products as you want. Once you are finished adding your products in the bulk products section. Simply update or publish your product.

That’s it. Visit the front end of your website to see it working. The plugin works for simple, variable, and other types of products of your eCommerce website. If you yet don’t have a website, you can easily create one yourself with Managed WordPress.

How To Enable PreOrdering In Your WordPress Ecommerce Store?

You can allow your customers to pre-order upcoming products from your WordPress Ecommerce website. This way you can enable the selling of the product before they become available in your inventory.

Pre Order for WooCommerce plugin lets you do this very easily on your online store. To start you should have a WordPress Ecommerce website, if you don’t have one, you can easily make it at SANGKRIT.net by registering or transferring your domain and then subscribing to WordPress Ecommerce.

Next, install-activate the new WordPress plugin called Pre Order for WooCommerce. Upon activation, the plugin will add two new fields in the inventory tab present under the ‘Product Data’ section of your product admin screen, as shown in the above-given screenshot.

The two fields are:

  1. Pre Order Product – The checkbox option allows you to enable pre-ordering on selected products
  2. Pre Order Date – The field allows you to set a product shipping date on the pre-order enabled product

Once you enter the correct information in these two fields, enter order important product information such as price, name, variations etc and then publish or update your product.

That’s it. The product’s default ‘Buy Now’ button will now get changed to the ‘Preorder Now’ button allowing your customers to pre-order that specific product from your website.

How To Allow Subscription On Products In WordPress Ecommerce?

You can allow your users to subscribe to products they need on regular basis. The desired duration on applicable products can be set by you. The duration of the subscription can be set in months and calculated from the present day or it can be added to an active subscription.

To start simply install-activate the new WordPress plugin called Monthly Subscription. Next, from the admin panel of your WordPress Ecommerce website:

  1. Create a new product
  2. Enter the product name, price, and other information
  3. Now select ‘Monthly Subscription’ as a product type
  4. You can add the ‘Subscription Duration’ on the input field (below the price under the ‘General’ tab of ‘Product Information’)
  5. Finally, save and publish your product

That’s for products. You can also use the plugin with your content via shortcode. Here you simply need to enclose selective content within the opening and closing shortcode (provided by the plugin) and only the users having an active subscription would be able to see that text.

Manage Your Suppliers Online From Your Website

WordPress Ecommerce lets you sell anything online from anywhere. You can use it for selling your products online and also you can manage your stock right from the admin panel of your website. Apart from this, you can also manage your suppliers and supply orders.

To start an eCommerce store with WordPress, all you have to do is register your domain name and subscribe to WordPress Ecommerce. Once you are subscribed, simply login to your website, then install-activate WooSupply – Suppliers, Supply Orders, and Stock Management plugin. The plugin upon activation enables you to create suppliers and supply orders.

You can generate your supply orders in PDF and send them to your suppliers. Receive the ordered products and increase your WooCommerce stocks. It also allows you to manage your supplier invoices information and upload documents for further reference. Apart from this, you can access the statistics panel to see your monthly margin based on WooSupply plus WooCommerce orders, all works within your WordPress Ecommerce website.

How To Offer Curbside Pickup In Your Business?

Offering curbside pickup in your business simply means you are allowing your customers to buy your products online and then visit your location i.e. home or store-front to get it without entering your place or leaving their vehicle. With WordPress Ecommerce you can easily start online selling and offer this service in your business too.

WordPress Ecommerce offers you more than just a platform you need to start selling your products online. It works on your domain name and offers everything you need to create an effective and memorable online presence. You can add your products, manage your orders, pickups, and deliveries plus you can also blog your business from your smartphone to build a strong online presence.

Even if you are a small local business that only serves the neighborhood people, a WordPress Ecommerce website will help you to get more orders and compete with bigger businesses without leaving your place and without increasing your business expense.

With WordPress Ecommerce, an online selling website becomes much easier to build and more affordable than you might think. It offers you a complete selection of online tools for building websites, along with web-hosting-server, email, and marketing options to grow your business online.

Starting Ecommerce Website With Curbside Pickup

To start, register your domain name and then subscribe to WordPress Ecommerce, its step-by-step online tour will guide you to the admin panel of your website. There you can add your products and control each and every aspect of your online store.

Second, to implement a curbside-pickup service, simply visit Plugins-> Add New page to install-activate the new WordPress plugin called Curbside Pickup. This plugin offers you a complete system to manage all functionalities of your curbside pickup experience.

  • It features custom pickup links for your customers
  • A dashboard for your staff, so you’ll be alerted right away when a customer arrives for pickup
  • Your customers can even provide special instructions, a parking space number, and/or a description of their vehicle to make it easier for your staff to find the customer and deliver their order.

Upon activation, the plugin integrates directly with WordPress and WooCommerce. You simply need to select Curbside Pickup as a Shipping Option, and you’re ready to give curbside pickup to your patrons.

Creating Wholesale Market Online With WordPress Ecommerce

Selling wholesale products additionally in your online retail store is one thing that can be easily done with WordPress Ecommerce, as explained here. Whereas running a complete wholesale market or market place online is another thing, that can also be done on your WordPress Ecommerce website.

To start up a new or bring your existing wholesale business online, the first and foremost thing you need is a domain name with a subscription to WordPress Ecommerce. Once you are subscribed to WordPress Ecommerce, its step-by-step tour will guide you to the admin panel of your website from where you can control every aspect of your online business website.

You have your domain name registered with a subscription to WordPress Ecommerce, now login to the admin panel of your website and install-activate a plugin called WCFM Marketplace. It is a free front end based multi-vendor marketplace plugin that helps you to build your own dream marketplace with minimal setup.

With flexible features such as commission, refund request, withdrawal & reverse withdrawal, single product multi-vendor, ledger book, zone & country-wise vendor shipping, store inquiry & review and stripe split pay it takes your simple eCommerce website to the level of a functional wholesale eCommerce business. Once you have activated the plugin on your WordPress Ecommerce installation, simply navigate to the WCFM Settings page from the admin panel of your website and select your options.

Why Use WordPress Ecommerce?

WordPress Ecommerce allows anyone to sell anything online from anywhere. Use it because it’s a fast and easiest way to create an eCommerce website that you and your customers will love. It is packed with all necessary online selling features. You simply start by registering your domain name, followed by subscribing to WordPress Ecommerce and its step-by-step tour will guide you to the admin panel of your website.

To select a design for your website all you will need to do is simply type in your idea or industry and the WordPress theme installer will pull up a number of professionally designed, ready-to-launch website themes, and you can activate the one specific to your business niche. You can design pages yourself, post articles to reach out to new prospects every day. You can manage your business activities, stocks and workers remotely, you can implement from online appointment scheduling to a full-blown eCommerce system, WordPresss Ecommerce is powerful enough to handle your business’ needs today and as you grow.

At the same time, you can also start up as a people’s personal outlet and help other businesses come online. You can do this by using Managed WordPress and WordPress Ecommerce or by subscribing bigger options of Managed WordPress such as WordPress Developer and WordPress Pro especially to design websites for others, you should introduce more people to this business and include them in your team to easily expand your business and make more profit online from your home.

Manage Your Stock & Inventory Online With WordPress Ecommerce

WordPress Ecommerce provides you all the important options you need to live manage your stock and inventory. You can run your eCommerce website to sell your products online and at the same time, you can control your stock from anywhere.

Managing the product stock status in a store is something that store owners spend a lot of time doing. Products keep coming in, getting purchased, going out of the stock, and needing to be re-status. WordPress Ecommerce aims at making stock management less time-consuming, easier, and automatic.

Managing stock on your website also helps your customers to buy things that are there in stock without end up paying for products that are actually not available. With WordPress Ecommerce, you can effectively keep all records and statistics of selling goods and services. You can manage your inventory and it is much easier than maintaining an offline record of your products.

To start selling anything online, you simply need to register your domain name and then subscribe to WordPress Ecommerce, complete the on-screen tour and you will be taken to the admin panel of your website from where you can add products.

Manage Stock Options

To manage your stock and inventory, navigate to WooCommerce -> Settings -> Products -> Inventory, and enable the stock management. You will have the following options.

Enable Stock Management – Inventory for physical products is auto-managed. You enter quantity, and WordPres Ecommerce subtracts items as sales are made, displaying: Stock, Out of Stock, or On Backorder.

Disable Stock Management – When the option is ticked to disable, the inventory and status for physical products must be entered manually. You may still enable stock management on a per-product level if desired.

Apart from the above two main options, there are some more settings such as you can hold products on unpaid orders for any number of minutes. When the limit is reached, the pending order is canceled. You may leave it blank to disable.

You can enable or disable low stock as well as out of stock notifications by adding notification recipient email and setting a number for low stock and out of stock threshold. You can also set your stock display format such as you can make your customers know the low stock availability by displaying messages like – only 2 are left in stock etc on products having a very low stock.

Managing Products With Stock & Inventory

The add new and edit product screen provides you an inventory section that allows you to manage stock for the product individually and define whether to allow backorders and more. It enables you to sell products and allow customers to add them to the cart to buy.

Having stock management enabled, you simply need to enter the stock quantity, and WordPress Ecommerce auto-manages inventory and auto-updates the stock status.

And if the stock management is disabled, you are responsible for updating your stock status on your own.

Creating A Video Store With WordPress Ecommerce

WordPress Ecommerce allows you to sell anything online from anywhere. You can sell single or multiple video files as a product from within your WordPress Ecommerce website by following a few easy steps.

The basic process of selling videos is simple. All you have to do is upload video files somewhere online such as your SANGKRIT.net dedicated server, cloud server, or hosting, or simply in your WordPress Media Library, the second step is to create new product and mark them as virtual and downloadable. Third, paste the URL or URLs of video files within that product using the Product Data meta box, and publish your product.

If you are not familiar with WordPress Ecommerce then keep reading to go through these three steps in detail.

Step-1 Make Your Website

The first step is to register your domain name, then subscribe to WordPress Ecommerce and the automated tour will help you to connect your domain to your website and your website will be up online in minutes.

Step-2 Upload Your Video Files

Files can be uploaded before or at the time of publishing video products on your WordPress Ecommerce website. To upload files you simply need to visit your admin area dashboard Media -> Add New page and upload your video files individually or in bulk. You will need the URL of each file while publishing your new video product, the URL can be obtained by clicking the uploaded media file and copying the link from the right section showing ‘Copy Link’ field.

Step-3 Add Video As Products

Now start adding your digital products i.e. your videos for online selling. Navigate to Products -> Add New page, Enter title, descriptions, select featured image, etc then scroll down to Product Data meta box and tick ‘Virtual’ & ‘Downloadable’ options.

SKU is no more an issue, make sure to enter the price of the product and the upload the files you want to sell, the file upload option is present just below the price field on ‘Product Data’ meta box. Finally, click the ‘Publish’ button to publish your videos for online selling on your website.

Selling Digital Products Online To All Countries

WordPress Ecommerce allows anyone to sell anything online from anywhere. It allows you to sell both physical and digital products such as books, videos, audios, software ZIPs, documents, or anything else. For selling anything digital or virtual, there are some common settings that need to be set beforehand.

These settings include protecting your uploads directory, disabling the shipping method, enabling WordPress Ecommerce to sell to all countries, configuring download settings, and enabling a global payment and checkout method.

Protecting File Uploads

If you are selling digital goods then you must protect the uploads directory to stop accidental theft of your digital files. WordPress Ecommerce already provides you .htaccess file to protect your wp-content/uploads/woocommerce_uploads. Additionally, you can make use of a plugin to protect your WordPress Uploads Directory.

Disable The Shipping Option

Since you are selling digital goods and files so you no more need a shipping option on your website.

Navigate to the Shipping tab on WooCommerce -> Settings page and make sure that the ‘Enable Shipping’ option is unchecked.

Enable Selling To All Countries

Shipping is no more a task for you so navigate to WooCommerce -> Settings page and select option to sell your products to all countries. Next, select your currency for what you want to be selling in.

Select File Download Method

On WooCommerce -> Settings page, open Products tab and click Downloadable Products to select the File Download Method and Force Downloads. You may also set Access Restrictions based on your preferences such as enabling access to downloadable products after payment or require customers to log in for accessing downloads.

Checkout & Payment

Click Checkout tab and select a payment option, you can enable PayPal and then add your PayPal email to start accepting digital payments or you may use some other payment options as per your requirement. For any other digital payment option, you will need to subscribe to that payment gateway service and then install its plugin to set it up on your WordPress Ecommerce website.

If you don’t know much about third-party payment gateway services then you may either research it on Google or explore new digital payment plugins from Plugins -> Add New section accessible from your website’s admin panel.

One thing you need to make sure while using any digital payment method is that it should work globally for all countries or else you can add multiple payment gateways both local and global to cover all parts of the world. WordPress Ecommerce already includes PayPal Payment Gateway and you can simply use that as it works in most of the countries.

Start Selling Products Globally

Now you may add your digital products for online selling. Navigate to Products -> Add New page, Enter title, descriptions, select featured image, etc then scroll down to Product Data meta box and tick ‘Virtual’ & ‘Downloadable’ options, SKU is no more an issue but make sure to enter the price of the product and the upload the files you want to sell, the file upload option is present just below the price field on ‘Product Data’ meta box.

Finally, click the ‘Publish’ button to publish your digital product for online selling on your website.

WordPress Ecommerce Brings Unmatched Value To Your Selling Business

WordPress is the most-used platform for designing, running, and managing websites. Its freedom and flexibility make it the preeminent choice of bloggers, developers, and entrepreneurs. With this flexibility comes the complexity of selecting the right hosting server, website theme, plugin, and extensions to make your website completely yours i.e. specific to your business niche.

WordPress Ecommerce is a bundled packaged of hosting server configured to run WordPress at its best with pre-installed, and configured WooCommerce i.e. your online selling interface plugin, handpicked and installed important plugins plus access to premium extensions that in general costs near about a thousand dollar.

The best thing about WordPress Ecommerce is that you can do everything yourself and in a few days you can master the admin panel of your website to help others in bringing their businesses online, this way you can also build a second source of income for yourself.

To start your online store you simply need to register your domain name and then subscribe to WordPress Ecommerce.

How To Sell Premium Content Such As Posts & Pages In WordPress?

Apart from the books and media files, you can also sell posts, pages, and custom post types on your WordPress website. To start selling posts and other premium content online, you simply need to register your domain name and subscribe to WordPress Ecommerce or if in case you are already active in blogging with WordPress then first install-activate the WooCommerce plugin on your website followed by Pay For Post plugin.

Pay For Post with WooCommerce is a free plugin that allows you to sell posts, pages, and custom post types on your WordPress Ecommerce website in three simple steps.

  • Create a product
  • Create a post, page or any custom post type
  • Associate your product with your post from the Pay For Post WooCommerce meta box

What It Does?

The free version of this plugin enables you to create premium posts, pages, and custom post types, this premium content can only be viewed after purchase. It gives you the ability to protect a single post or multiple posts as a single product or to protect single posts with multiple products.

How It Works?

When someone clicks a premium post, a restriction message is displayed asking the user to first purchase the content by clicking the displayed ‘Add To Cart’ button and complete the checkout process.

You can grant access to users for a limited time and set custom pricing on any post or page on a website. You can also use subscription patters for granting access to multiple posts for a specified time.

The premium content on your website displays a global restricted content message which can be customized from the admin panel of your website. The premium version of this plugin offers you some additional functionalities such as the listing of purchased content on order receipt and order confirmation page, a tab on the account page to list out all purchased content, and more restriction options.

Apart from this, the plugin also offers you two simple shortcodes (listed on this plugin’s page) to display posts and pages you have made available for purchase. It uses native WooCommerce functionality to ensure future compatibility.

Selling Homemade Products Online With WordPress Ecommerce

If you are a maker, consider selling your products online from your home using your WordPress Ecommerce website.

When you are a maker of your products, you get the power to control all aspects of your items, make them cost-effective and offer them to your audience from your online store, targeting consumer demand in the market simply by blogging your business. WordPress Ecommerce enables you to start selling anything online from your place and you can reach out to new prospects by blogging your business.

Homemade Production Process

Your homemade production process doesn’t have to be enormous especially during the starting phase of your business. You can simply target your neighborhood and when you are ready to scale you may expand in your city by establishing a process of making more products in your home.

You can start the production process easily from your home, just take some time out for it, just as you take some time out from your schedule for watching movies, making phone calls, exercising and yoga, etc.

Make products, click their pictures form your smartphone, and list them for online selling in your WordPress Ecommerce website. Another good advantage for your small business is that you can set a standard delivery time of one week or something and then carry out the production process as you get new orders.

What Homemade Products Can Be Sold Online?

The homemade products that can be sold online can be anything you know how to make. For instance: People are selling candles, pickles, cookies, candies, jam, jelly, dry pasta, chips, noodles, bread, snacks, and similar eatable items, white cement-based flower pots, and other decorative items (there are many YouTube tutorials on this), you can sell plants, arts & crafts, homemade cost-effective jewelry items, sweaters, and homemade clothing items, masks, homemade soaps or anything else you like. For better production and a professional touch, you can search for specific video tutorials on YouTube.

Apart from this, if you are good at cooking then you can also sell breakfast, lunch, and dinner in your locality on pre-booked orders. For-instance: Neighbourhood people may book their breakfast, lunch, or dinner in advance, all you have to do is make extra food, pack it and then let them pick it up from your house gate.

How To Start Your Online Store Website?

Simply register your domain name then subscribe to WordPress Ecommerce, follow the on-screen process and it will take you to your website’s admin panel from there you can add your products and start selling online.

Keep Blogging Your Business

By blogging your business you can promote your products online, Also keep in mind that people don’t just want products, they want a relationship with a person they can talk to and get help from. You can build your trust by addressing your prospects in your posts. You may also ask your existing customers to help you in selling by recommending your products to the people they know, offer them some commission for that.

You may also work as people’s personal outlet by helping others to bring their businesses online, just as you did. Help them in registering their domain name and then you can make their websites with Managed WordPress or WordPress Ecommerce, charge something for that.