/PREPARING to build your ONLINE STORE

Getting organized

So you're ready to sell products online—how exciting!

Before you jump into the editor, there are a few aspects of selling online that you'll want to think through before you start building pages for your products.

Think of this like building a house – you'll run into fewer issues if you reference a blueprint before you lay bricks. Planning ahead will save you time and prevent headaches down the road.

House under construction with blueprints, a hardhat, and coffee on a table in a yard.

By taking this course, you'll gain:

  • an understanding of the end-to-end store building process
  • an overview of the default pages that come with your store
  • a preview of what the shopping experience will feel like to your customers
  • key questions you'll want to have answered early in the building process
  • a list of product information you'll want to start collecting to make building your product catalog a breeze

To start, let's orient ourselves by looking at the entire process you'll go through in order to build your store.