How to make an E-commerce website in 2023

In this video I walk you through every step needed to set up an E-commerce website in 2023.
Demo the real E-commerce website I set up in the demo: https://ohcoco.au/

- Hosting options: https://web3.au/spinupwp or https://web3.au/wpengine

How to set up an e-commerce website from scratch. The steps are very simple. Here are the steps to setting up your E-commerce website:

1. Determine what you will be selling and how.
Most leading e-commerce platforms will be able to cater to what you plan to sell but it is important to know what you need so that your e-commerce website experience is the best it can be for the user

2. Register your domain name.
I use Cloudflare for all common domain types because they are reliable and most affordable. I also use the wholesale version of ventraIP for local domains.

3. Set up your hosting.
I use SpinupWP to setup and manage my websites. With spinupwp, it allows you to integrate a number of leading hosting companies. Digital ocean works great and when you sign up, you get $100 free credit.
If you want a hosting company that manages it all for you the. You can choose wpengine.
Install Wordpress making sure to take note of your login records.

4. Log in to WordPress.
Log into your website with the domain name that you purchased and add /login to the end to access your Wordpress backend.

5. Install and setup WooCommerce.
Go to plugins and add new WooCommerce plugin. Run through the setup process. Add your tax, shipping and finish the setup steps.

6. Add your first product.
Fill out the add new product page to create your first product. Be sure to include all information such as price, description, categories and images.

7. Customise the Appearance.
change the colours and general layout of your website using the Appearance - Customiser menu.

8. Add all the pages.
Build out all the supplementary pages on your site. This will include the homepage, contact page, about page and terms pages. WooCommerce automatically adds the necessary shop pages for you.

9. Continual development and optimisation.
Continue to improve your site with continual development and optimisation. There is always something to be done to make the site load faster or improve the user experience or search engine optimisation. This is something that you will be able to rank against your competitors.
You should be using tools to help measure this. Google Analytics and Google Search console are a good start. You can also use other tools like pagespeed.web.dev and hotjar to find further areas to improve.

Keep at it and your e-commerce store will surely be a success.

Let me know how you go and any questions, add them in the comments. I will try my best to answer.

00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Consider the platform
00:52 - Why use WooCommerce
01:13 - What do I need to purchase
01:33 - Purchase your domain name
02:08 - Purchase your hosting
03:36 - Using WordPress
05:47 - Install and set up WooCommerce
07:50 - Add your first product
13:19 - Customising visual layout
13:53 - Building out homepage
17:56 - Search Engine Optimisation
18:48 - Improving website performance
19:00 - Next steps