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How Can I Get a Free Shopify Website?

You start by emailing me at hello@microaider.com, and I will set up your Shopify for free. Included in this free service is the initial account setup on my Shopify Partner account, and you can get started with an unlimited trial. 

Yes, I set up Shopify sites for free! 

Wait, I thought you build Shopify sites from $1,500-20,000?”

Yes, that is also true.

“How does it all work?”

You start by emailing me at scott@creatibly.com, and I will set up your Shopify for free. Included in this free service is the initial account setup on my Shopify Partner account, and you can get started with an unlimited trial.

…No more rush to complete your Shopify website in 14 days on the free trial. 

You can now tweak and tinker with your online store for as long as you want without paying for a plan. You would only pay for the monthly subscription fee to Shopify when you want to connect your domain name and start accepting orders.

Why do I set up your Shopify eCommerce website for free?

It’s simple, Shopify pays me a small commission for each website I build on the Shopify platform through my Shopify Partner account. When you pay for a subscription, I receive a small payment from Shopify as a commission. You don’t pay this commission, and it doesn’t affect the cost of your ongoing plan.

It’s in my best interest to ensure that you are a successful Shopify merchant. If you get up and running or your Shopify online store fails in the future, I will retain my commission. 

Ensuring that I guide you on the right path is critical to your success, as many new Shopify merchants set up an account with no idea where to start, how to finish, or how to run a successful eCommerce business. 

I help you as much or as little as you want.

How does getting a free Shopify eCommerce website work?

It’s simple to get your free Shopify site. Here is the step-by-step guide to getting your free Shopify site up and running! 

Once you’re finished with your Shopify site, I transfer it to you, where you pick a plan and start your eCommerce empire

  • Email me at hello@microaider.com with your full name and the name you want for your store.
  • I set up your Shopify account and send you an invite to edit your Shopify website
  • You log in to your Shopify site and start working
  • Send me any questions you have while you go for complete support
  • Once you’re finished with your Shopify site, I transfer it to you, where you pick a plan and start your eCommerce empire.

What’s included in the free Shopify eCommerce website setup?

As I mentioned above, it’s in my best interest to ensure you are successful, so I am here to answer your questions seven days a week. Here is what I include when you set up a Shopify account with me:

  • Complete account setup
  • Support as you build your site
  • Go-live assistance to ensure a successful launch
  • Domain name connection and payment gateway setup
  • Support once your website is complete and accepting orders
  • Marketing, design, and development advice
  • Shipping and fulfillment advice
  • Distribution, drop shipping, and omnichannel advice
  • Physical, digital, and subscription product advice
  • Business sales and exit strategy advice

Why should you set up your free Shopify site with me?

Aside from the unlimited time you get to set up your site and ongoing advice. I’m an expert at eCommerce, launching numerous brands from the initial idea to exiting the business through the sale of the company. 

I also helped build a client brand called Deo, which has sold millions of units, stayed at #1 on Amazon for Multi-tools, and received a #1 position on Groupon.

Throughout the last decade, I have designed, developed, and set up Shopify-based businesses for clients. Many of these have achieved great success. 

Many have succeeded. Many have failed. I aim to help everyone succeed.

The reason Shopify-based eCommerce businesses fail is entirely based on experience. Inexperienced merchants need help at every step, or they often are forced to learn from zero at every step. This struggle is painful, and I aim to change that with expert advice.

I’m ready to get started with my free Shopify eCommerce website!

That’s great! It’s only going to require some elbow grease in the beginning, but it’s your start to building a full-fledged business or a side hustle that gives you some extra cash on the weekend.

Regardless of your intention for your transition to entrepreneur, I highly recommend working together and being open about your eCommerce goals and putting together a plan to achieve it!

Do you already have an eCommerce store that you are looking to migrate to Shopify?

Why should I set up my eCommerce store on Shopify?

As a company, Shopify is a behemoth and is being talked about in the same league as Apple and Google. When you set up a Shopify store there is a multitude of features available to you so you can start selling, fast: 

  • Website Creation
  • A host of free themes to choose from
  • Choosing a domain name associated with your product or service
  • User-friendly back-end to drag and drop product images and descriptions
  • Receiving and processing orders
  • Several ways to accept payment 
  • The ability to provide discounts to customers 

And a host of other features that make Shopify a secure and dependable eCommerce platform. Far more desirable than any of its competitors.

Step by step instructions to get started on my partner account? 

So you have a product or service in mind and you are all set to take full advantage of the platform and build a Shopify store. Let’s get started!

Registration in the Shopify Systems

This is where you usually get onto the Shopify site and create an account and then start a free trial. Here’s where I come in and add your store name to my Shopify Partner account. All you have to do is email me at hello@microaider.com with your full name and the name of the store.

I then invite you to edit your store wherein you add your personal data. Your store is now registered, and you can start adding products!

Adding products to your Catalog

In the site admin panel, you can see all the essential items. You will also see the Add Products button. If you have the product images, then simply upload or drag and drop them into the page. 

You will need to write the names of the goods or services followed by product details in the description box. You will also have to indicate the cost of the product. Add as much information as possible, that you think would be useful for your prospective customers. 

Be accurate and thoughtful in your product descriptions. This is not the time to be salesy. Based on what you are selling, the customers will need specific information about the product. Use the images to “sell” your product, the description should simply state what it does or what to expect.

Customization

This is the fun part and on the surface pretty straightforward. Go to the admin panel and click “Customize the Look of Your Website”. You can choose from some of the best free Shopify themes or purchase a premium theme. You can then modify the theme to your liking with your own logo and colors. Be patient with this phase, as it takes time if you do it by yourself. I can help customize your website, if necessary. Check out: Shopify Website Design and Development. If you choose not to work with a free theme, you can choose a premium theme and then modify it, to make the site really unique.

The stage of adding products and customizing your site will likely take you more than 14 days, hence the free trial will not suffice. This is where you benefit from being on my Shopify Partner account. You can decide to take alot or as little time as necessary without having to pay until you are ready to go online. 

Purchase a Domain

Going online! The exciting part. You have decided to take your store online and that is truly fantastic. This is where you will need to purchase a domain for your business and transition to a paid version of Shopify. 

To add a domain, in the admin panel, click “Add a Domain” and follow the next steps. After you activate, your site will appear on the internet and you can go to it and test out your online store.

At the end of this step, I will transfer the store to you and you can hop onto a paid plan and further build your online empire. You will have to set up your currency and add the tax rates in your country at this stage. Finally, you select how many products you’d like to list on your Shopify store. This is not a commitment, you can always change this later.

Payment Systems

On the left side of the Admin panel, you will find the Payments button. By clicking it, you can configure integrated payments. Shopify will help integrate these with ease. Once you complete the integration, you are ready to accept payments from your customers. 

Once you have completed the above steps, you can click Launch Website. Now you have a complete online store, where you took your time adding the products and customizing the theme. The only time you started paying for Shopify is when you were up and ready to make your first sale!

Brand development, marketing, and advertising

As the owner of a brand-new online store, you need to drive visitors to your site. You need to start marketing your products through some of the most popular marketing and advertising channels available to you. Thankfully most of these are free or don’t really cost much. Content marketing, social media, and PPC advertising are one of the most popular methods to achieve this. This will help drum up traffic to your store, and in turn, increase sales. 

Get business accounts on Facebook and Twitter where you can network with popular creators and brands. You can also share fun and useful content about yourself or your products. Don’t just share photos and call it a day, communicate with your audience. Also, share any customer feedback or reviews that positively highlight your product. Platforms like Instagram and Pinterest can also be useful. Most of the platforms you use will allow opening an external site, which is this store of yours, where your customers can transact. 

You can use these sites to first post quality images of your products, and your buyers can then share these products on their feeds. As a result, you build a strong community around your product or range of products. Just remember, this is not a switch that you turn on, It takes careful planning and execution. So make sure you do your due diligence if you are doing all this by yourself.

Patience is a virtue

Chances are that you won’t find success on day 1. But just like most things in life, have a plan for your online business and operate it with conviction and consistency. You need to be confident in your abilities or hire external talent if you need help with certain tasks. Be patient, success will come, you just have to show up for your online store, day in and day out.

Think strategy on day one

When you open an online store, think about how you will operate and expand it. You don’t need to hire 20 people or find a manufacturer in China. What you do need, is a plan. How you will promote your store, and its products? What discount offers can you run and at what time? To then get a promotional banner or social media post created for it. Again talking about consistency, have days where you strategize and days where you work on implementing said strategy. You should have a plan of what needs to be done and when, that is the only path to success.

What are you waiting for?

Let the entrepreneur in you take control. Fire up your email and send an email to hello@microaider.com with your full name and a name for your online store. Combined with the integrity of an eCommerce platform like Shopify, free themes and registration start your virtually free site today! Only pay when you are ready to make the first sale on your new online store.

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Shopify Unite 2021 Announcements

Shopify Unite 2021 was an event that brought with it a new level of excitement in the digital and ecommerce world! Developers, designers and merchants came together to discover what new features and products would be available on the Shopify platform, and it did not disappoint! 

The biggest announcement made was the introduction of Online Store 2.0 and its three major features; theme and online store editor, store content and developer tooling.

Online Store 2.0

Theme Store Editor

Shopify’s Online Store 2.0 offers developers and merchants a fully modular theme setup, available across the entire online store and all it’s pages. This will allow for sections to be implemented on all other pages of the store, not just the homepage, offering a tailored solution for developers and merchants alike. Customisation has never been more accessible. 

This new feature will give developers the opportunity to focus on crafting bespoke content and driving engagement, rather than creating the liquid code for building sections.

Store Content 

This feature allows you to store data within Shopify that will be made visible on the online store. You will be able to not only define and edit metafields within admin as was previously possible, you’ll also be able to create metafields in products with added attributes that will be saved to the product within admin and published to the online store. 

This feature facilitates more flexible and intuitive content entry, including adding custom types, which when updated will be filtered through to all channels, and metafields, including the online store. The metafields created can then be connected to any section available on all template pages within the store, with just the click of a button.

Developer Tooling

The first of some really big announcements for developers on Online Store 2.0, is a feature that speaks to apps and app development, and is introduced as Theme App Extensions. The theme app extensions separate the theme into separate components so that apps can add their own sections to a theme without having to edit the theme’s code. 

The next and by no means less exciting announcement, is the introduction of open source theme; Dawn. Dawn is a readily available theme on GitHub which can be used to explore all the new features of Online Store 2.0 and acts as a reference for site builds. 

Some other new updates to Online Store 2.0 which developers can enjoy are; liquid improvements, developer themes, theme checks and storefront rendering, just to name a few. 

Overall, Online Store 2.0 is designed to expand customisation options for developers and merchants in a more simplified and less time consuming way, allowing both store owners and agencies to focus their efforts on improving their story, communication and engagement.

Customised Checkout

The checkout page which was previously limited in design and development options has now been given an opportunity for new content-driven life. Stores will be able to create bespoke checkout experiences for their customers, with checkout extension apps. These apps will allow checkout customisations from small edits such as added fields for customers to complete, all the way up to complex UI and UX builds. This Shopify checkout update is giving stores more opportunity to convert at the most crucial stage of the buying cycle.

Shopify Scripts

Shopify Scripts is a feature only available to merchants on the Plus platform, allowing for further customisations to the store such as shipping and payments. 

In a significant update to Shopify Scripts, developers can now build and edit scripts using a preferred local development workflow, instead of having to use the online script editor. In addition to this, Scripts will now be deployed and installed via apps. This allows stores to deploy these scripts on multiple stores and doesn’t require any coding. 

Payments Platform

Having multiple payment options available on an online store is key for conversion and driving sales, so Shopify has released an update to their Payment Platform allowing developers to create payment gateways as Shopify apps. This payment platform also integrates with the checkout stack and offers customised functionality.

Storefront API

During Unite 2021, Shopify also announced its continued improvements being made to their API. This includes experiences such as; new cart capabilities, new @inContext GraphQL directive, international pricing, local pickup, selling plans, and metafields, with many more announced to be released later in the year.

Hydrogen & Oxygen

The release of Hydrogen, a powerful tool which provides a framework and quick build foundation for crafting bespoke storefronts with fewer restiction, has sparked a lot of interest with event attendees as this is essentially Shopify’s native Headless solution. This feature will allow developers to focus on design, UX and UI, to create a look that will connect with their customers. In addition to this, the release of Oxygen, which hosts Hydrogen storefronts directly on Shopify, has created just as much hype in its fast, global and commerce optimised functionalities. It’s not quite ready for prime time but is super exciting to see what’s just around the corner.

Unite in a nutshell

While the new releases, product updates and announced features stole the Unite 2021 show, the main takeaway was the constant support, updating and perfectly executed planning that Shopify is constantly undergoing to make sure merchants that are on the Shopify and Shopify Plus platform can offer their customers an experience like no other, that tells a unique story and with (almost) limitless capabilities. This is equally exciting for store owners and agencies alike, especially in the digital climate we continually face where growth, change, and technology is continually expected. 

If you’re currently on a different platform and are considering the switch to Shopify, now is the time!

Contact with us and our expert team will get in touch. 

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