If you\u2019re finding yourself thinking, \u201cI\u2019m not tech savvy, I won\u2019t be able to build my own store;<\/em>\u201d,\u201cI don\u2019t have the time dedicated to getting my store up and running;<\/em>\u201d or \u201cI don\u2019t have tangible products to sell,<\/em>\u201d let us put your worried mind at ease. We have all the tips to getting your online store ready for lift off, quickly and painlessly.<\/p>\n What to sell<\/strong> \u201cHow do I sell something I can\u2019t ship?<\/em>\u201d you ask?<\/p>\n A perfect example is for a personal trainer website<\/a>. A personal trainer can market online coaching, sending their clients workout regimens and meal plans, or sell individual or bundled class or training packages.<\/p>\n How about an interior designer? An interior designer can sell eBooks on design or individual consultation sessions.<\/p>\n When it comes to small business and ecommerce, the online world is your oyster. Being creative is the key to expanding your online business nationwide \u2013 or even globally!<\/p>\n How to sell it<\/strong><\/p>\n Products<\/strong> To start, log into your account and hop on into the \u201cOnline Store\u201d tab in My Yola. From there, click \u201cNew Product,\u201d and we\u2019re rolling.<\/p>\n From here, we will add the details of your first product.<\/p>\n Once you\u2019ve completed the necessary fields, go ahead and click \u201cSave and Close.\u201d<\/p>\n Voila<\/em>! You have your very first product. Repeat these steps, and you will have a full online catalog in no time! Check out our tutorial<\/a> for a variety of additional options available for you to put together your perfect store.<\/p>\n Payment Gateways<\/strong> Once you have chosen your payment gateway, simply set it up by going to: System Settings > Payments<\/strong>. From there, choose your payment method, fill in your merchant account credentials, enable your gateway, and you\u2019re set. We go into further detail on selecting payment gateways in this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n Yola offers a variety of different online and offline payment methods<\/a> ranging from credit cards to personal checks. Check out this tutorial<\/a> for more information on alternative forms of payment.<\/p>\n Shipping and Zones<\/strong> To add a shipping method:<\/p>\n From there, go ahead and click the zones tab, which is used for shipping and tax rules. Click \u201cNew Zone<\/strong>\u201d and add the countries, states or regions where you will ship products.<\/p>\n Gain traction<\/strong> We hope these tips have made it plain to see that building an online store is quick, simple and is worthy \u2013 tangible products or not. Get out there and show the online retail world what you and your business can do!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you\u2019re a website owner and have yet to try your hand in the world of online retail, it may be time that you reconsider. It\u2019s no secret that ecommerce sales are at an all time high, and recent reports have shown these numbers are only projected to increase over the next five years. In… Read More »Getting Your Online Store Up and Running<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":456,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false},"categories":[130],"tags":[483,459,305,159,297,181],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6324"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7450,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6324\/revisions\/7450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhen making the decision of whether to start an online store or not, it\u2019s important to note that products sold online are not limited to the tangible.<\/p>\n
\nOnce you\u2019ve signed up for your Yola Online Store<\/a>, getting started is a synch. Let\u2019s go ahead and start adding products, shall we?<\/p>\n![\"Online](\"https:\/\/blogcontent.yola.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Online-Store-New-Product.png\")
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\nNow that you have your products in order, it\u2019s time we set up your payment gateway. Our Online Store is integrated with numerous different gateways<\/a>, but some great options are American Express and Sage Payment Gateway.<\/p>\n![\"Online](\"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Online-Store-payment-method.png\")
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\nLast but not least, unless you are selling intangible products in your Online Store, you will need to set up shipping and zones. In doing so, you will have three calculation options to choose from:<\/p>\n\n
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\nNow that your store is up and running, there is one more thing you\u2019ll need to become fully functioning \u2013 customers! Here are a few tips for you to give your store the kick-start that it needs.<\/p>\n\n
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