In this video, I’m going to talk about how to start an online store in 2018 and things are different now it’s a little bit harder but it’s also a beautiful time and I recommend everyone if you’re thinking about starting an online store this is the time right now. So let’s quickly go over some of the things that are different and at the end of the video I’ll dive in a little bit deeper and then let’s talk about the actual technical aspects on how to build an online store. So first off what’s different it’s not as easy as it used to be you can’t just throw up a crappy drop shipping website a crappy whatever type of website and expect to get sales though I don’t know if you ever could really do that. So what’s different now you’re gonna need to niche down there you need to create a brand and you’re gonna need to create a tribe around you really what you’re gonna need to do is have a product that’s special.

We’ll talk about all four of those things later in this video but let’s talk really quickly on how to start an online store all the technical things 2018. So first off this will be a short version of it if you want the full video you can click up here get the full longer length video explaining how to start an online store but let’s do the quick version step 1 bio domain names super easy to do GoDaddy or Namecheap if it’s your first domain name you can go on GoDaddy get a domain name for $0.99 just Google $0.99 GoDaddy domain name first one I believe is still just one dollar after that name cheeps a little bit cheaper as the name implies. So that’s step one step two sign up for Shopify I’ve got a link up here and a link down below as well and if you use either one of those links I get a little bit of credit and. So as the van kieu I will give you a free 30-minute consultation I’ve done reviews of all the different platforms I highly recommend shopify bigcommerce WooCommerce are also great options but big commerce is the same price as Shopify and you get more features WooCommerce is great if you’re technical and a little bit more if you know how to develop websites and you can jump into the code but for most people I recommend avoiding that unless you’re extremely technical.

That’s why I recommend Shopify I do have a video comparing the different platforms you can click up here if you don’t want to take my word for it right there. So that’s step two step three you got to build your site pretty easy to do on Shopify to be honest it’s easy to do on all platforms with Shopify just makes it kind of idiot proof to be honest I have a video up here on how I built the Shopify website in just four minutes seriously like I timed you can check it out if you don’t believe me click up there last but not least you need to drive traffic and that’s a lot of times the hard part just because you build a website does not mean that they will come a lot of people think if you build it they will come not always the case and how do you do this well of course I’ve got a video on that as well up here and down below I have a video on 10 best ways to drive traffic to your website and really there’s.

Many different ways you can do a social media marketing SEO paid advertising product listing ads which is a type of paid advertising Facebook Ads all these different things more than I would talk about in this video but build it drive traffic to it and then obviously you’re gonna want to get repeat customers as well and this is we’re building a brand building a tribe comes in. So let’s talk a little bit about what makes 2018 special and a little bit different from before. So those last four five steps were true for every year but I think specifically in 2018 people are buying generic stuff from Amazon if you want to buy something generic you’re gonna go to Amazon if you want to do a Shopify site you’re gonna need to have a special reason why they should come to you. So for instance performance nut butter I’m selling it on Amazon right now but I’ll be launching my Shopify site soon and how am I gonna get people there it’s gonna be through marketing why are they gonna go to that site because it’s gonna be a little bit cheaper it’s really gonna be on price most people are still probably going to go on Amazon but that’s fine as long as they’re buying my product and this is where having if something special is really important with this product I don’t have a lot of competition there’s I mean there’s some vague competition but it’s a little bit different than anything else that’s already on the market which makes me stand out and makes me a little bit special.

That’s what I mean about being special you have to niche down. So this nut butter nut butter is not for everyone it’s only for a small subset of people it’s for athletes it’s for CrossFit people people that do marathons people that want performance hacking in their life it’s not for the mom it’s not for the kids. So that’s what I mean by niching down creating a brand once again this is that this has a brand is performance nut butter it’s not just another white label junk product and last but not least is you got to cultivate a tribe. So I’ve and I’m still working on this I’m still pretty new this company has launched a few months ago but I have a few people that love my brand. So much they’re part of my tribe they tell other people about it they are my marketing arm they’re doing it for me and that’s what you need to do that’s what’s different in 2018 it used to be you could do a drop shipping website and people were. So thrilled that they could buy stuff online that it was a lot easier than it is now now if you want to people to come and buy from you you need to be special. So as I said earlier in the video if you’re thinking about starting an online store this is the time to do it I think I get.

So many people that tell me oh I want to start an online store someday boom click up here links to the free Shopify trial 14-day free trial. So you don’t need to pay for anything you can poke around in there and then when you’re serious about it which I recommend doing before the 14 days is up you can convert it to a paid site and actually start making sales. So link right here and like I said I do get a small amount of credit if you use my links. So as they thank you I’ll give you that free 30-minute one-on-one consultation session guys if you enjoyed this video make sure you click the subscribe button and if you’re serious and you’re going to be starting an online store I do have a free e-commerce success pack up here that includes a checklist for starting your business a bunch of marketing ideas all kinds of beautiful things if you’re going to be starting soon click up there last but not least if you have any questions leave it down below as a comment thank you guys. So much for watching this video and like I said seriously don’t delay don’t wait and put off your dreams and your hopes get started today