Setting Up Online Store

An online store is a virtual platform that allows businesses to sell products or services to customers globally. It enables customers to browse, select, and purchase items from the comfort of their own homes using a computer or mobile device.

Importance of an Online Store

1. Global Reach: Reach customers worldwide, expanding your market beyond geographical limitations.
2. Convenience: Customers can shop anytime, anywhere, increasing accessibility and convenience.
3. Reduced Overheads: Eliminate costs associated with physical storefronts and gain flexibility in operations.
4. Automated Transactions: Streamline the sales process with automated payment processing and order management.

1. Create and configure products to display in the Online store

Businesses will be able to create and configure store products under Payments -> Products. This will allow configuring Product names, and descriptions, attaching product images and videos, defining the pricing, and configuring variants, if any.

Business users will be able to make use of the toggle at the top while creating a product to define the products that are to be displayed in the online store.

1. Enable rich text description

   - Businesses will be able to provide a rich text description for the products they are offering, including formatting, alignment, Bold, and Italics for emphasis on a few aspects, bulleted lists, or table elements. This description for the product will auto-populate on the Product details page

2. Attach multiple images/videos for products

   - Displaying appropriate images and videos for products is a crucial part of your e-commerce store. Businesses will be able to attach multiple images and videos to products

3. Create variants for products

   - Businesses will now be able to add variants like Size/Color/Material etc. for the products they configure. This will allow selling different variant options for the same product along with their customized prices

2. Create Your Online Store On Your Website

• An online store can be added both to an existing website as well as to a new website being created from scratch

• Businesses will have the option to activate an online store by clicking on the 

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  icon to add elements inside the website builder

1. Products list page 

   - This will contain the element to showcase all your products or services to your customers.

2. Product details page

   - This will allow the presentation of rich text product descriptions that contain useful information beneficial while making a purchase

3. Cart page

   - This will allow customers to have a summary of the items they intend to purchase, add or remove any services before proceeding to checkout

4. Checkout page

   - This will allow the potential leads/customers to enter their shipping information, email, and other details, apply any coupon codes, and make an online payment using a card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay

5. Thank you page

   - This will allow the business to display an order confirmation automatically after the payment is successfully made for the purchase

   

Tracking order submissions and payments made on the online store

Businesses will be able to track all orders placed on the online store along with the payments made by navigating to Payments -> Orders and Payments -> Transactions. Businesses will also be able to process any refunds using the same

Additional notes while creating an online store

1. Automates sales receipts, Order Submitted trigger, Shopping cart element inside email builder to auto-populate line items purchased, Payments received trigger, and coupon codes will automatically work with any online store created
2. All existing products will not be available in the online store by default. Businesses can choose which products they would want to showcase in the store and turn the toggle on for those respective products
3. Businesses will be able to track the orders submitted, payments received, initiate any refunds, etc using the Orders and Transactions lists under the Payments menu