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Today we are going to look at Shopify as a means to get started with your online marketing business. There are many advantages to using this platform which we will cover and you will see it is not hard.
The idea with these making quick money online posts is to get your creative juices flowing and showing you various ways to establish an income from which you can then grow other online marketing segments and opportunities.
These short tutorials are intended to show you the what, how, why, where, and often provide additional training that will further help you get started quickly.
Such us the case again today – I am excited to introduce you to the world of Shopify, a unique and super opportunity to get an online store up and running QUICKLY and SUCCESSFULLY!
So, let’s get started!
WHAT IS SHOPIFY?
First of all, let me assure you that you can start with Shopify with absolutely NO experience with the online marketing niche, developing websites, eCommerce, or the rest of the many tasks you have to know when selling online.
The requirements are simply that you are motivated, have a success-oriented mindset, and that you are willing to put in the hours and effort required to get started and then maintain and grow your business.
Getting started with online business, you need something that will generate income quickly. Shopify is very powerful, easy to use e-commerce platform…It will make this possible for you.
It is also designed to make your life a lot easier as you get started. This is also why newbies, experienced marketers are attracted to the Shopify platform – it makes their lives a whole lot easier.
A Short History of Shopify
Shopify has grown by leaps and bounds over it’s lifetime to now, and to get even more people on board with them and engaged they hold a contest every year for their members, and the winner can receive a cash prize, and this can be as high as $100,000!
You may be aware from your experience or schooling that holding such contests will excite and keep your customers engaged. You can hold such contests for your customers too, it is a good idea.
Shopify has been around for a long time in internet terms, where business and ventures come and go in a flash…
Beginning in 2004, it has developed into what it is today – a major solution for e-commerce business owners in the market today. It is an easy way to build trust and get people to buy from you.
People shopping online know Shopify, so automatically you have a leg up regarding building trust with your customers and you will be able to convince people to buy from you.
It started as a platform to make setting up and running a store simpler and faster, and it was one of the earliest solutions available on the internet.
It has always helped business owners create online stores in a shorter amount of time.
These days, according to the developer of the platform, Tobias Lutke, “Shopify makes it possible to do in just 20 minutes, what it used to take months before the product was launched.”
So quite naturally it quickly became a seller’s favorite platform and remains so to this day…
Now you understand why it exists and thrives today, from it’s humble beginnings to the full featured platform it is today…
What Makes Shopify Different?
Shopify is a store platform which comes at a monthly cost for your participation/use. Whether you know anything or nothing about computer or website programming does not matter…
The framework (coding) they use for their store platform is called Ruby on Rails instead of the more common PHP language…
This unique framework coding language requires a lot of support, and they most certainly provide that to their clients. Similar companies use PHP and many can leave you trying to figure things out for yourself.
Shopify is very responsive in helping customers with their issues. This is especially important when starting out, but even as an experienced marketer it is good to know they will be there to help.
Over time, a huge amount of supporting services have also been developed that will offer solutions to some problems, and these may work better at times (faster) than the book solution from Shopify.
Remember anything that causes you to waste your time means losing opportunities to sell!
Some Shopify Features/Process
It is very fast and easy to get started. Sign up is free and you have a trial period to try out the platform and see how it performs for you.
Here is a short synopsis of the process to start selling…
(1) Themes.
There is literally a theme for every taste. Of course, you want to stand out from everyone, so having customizable themes really encourages people to use them. It is pretty easy to make the theme look the way you want it to, but if you are stuck experts will work with you and create the template design that will work best for you.
You can easily make the theme look different, but if you have absolutely no knowledge experts are available that will work with you to create a design that works best for you.
After signing up, then choosing and making your theme look the way you want whether doing it on your own or having someone do it for you, you are ready to add products and start selling.
(2) Upload Product Information.
The next step is to upload your selected product photos and any relevant information about each of them. The platform does most of the work on its own, so with the least amount of work you get great results.
All you really need to do from here on out is upload your product photos along with the relevant information about them. The system pretty much does most of the work on its own allowing you to take care of the least amount of work and still it will give you great results.
(3) Other features included with your monthly plan are:
- File storage (sizes per plan you choose).
- Customer Support.
- Responsive design so your store can be used on any mobile device.
- Ability to add customer discounts.
- Ability to activate an “out of stock” notice.
- Modify your website theme using HTML and CSS coding.
Of course, you may be wondering about how to collect payments, provide customer support, and market your store. Shopify handles all these for you as well…
Newbies to e-Commerce Find Shopify is The Perfect Solution
OK, so you understand what you can do, and know that they can have you up and operational in almost no time. You also understand that you have numerous options and features available to you through Shopify.
Regarding marketing, they have tons of data on shopper habits and behaviors within their stores pertaining to SEO and Social Media Marketing. If you have concerns, rest and stay calm because they can help you with marketing.
Bottom Line: Shopify Can Make Your Life Easier
If you are just starting with online business, you may have doubts about your capabilities or the capabilities of a platform like Shopify. I truly believe this is an opportunity to start making money where the only basic skill you need is to be able to run a computer!
That is pretty much all you need…
Everything is there for you…The website, the features you need to sell successfully from that store, and even managing your finances while keeping track of all your transactions is there
They have a bookkeeping system called QuickBooks that takes care of these things for you. So now you know this is a one-stop solution for you and you CAN make money….
If I have piqued your curiosity and you are ready to learn more and get started today, please take a moment and get this free report I have in the next section…
It will go into a lot more detail on just what all you can do using Shopify and get you started properly so you can maximize your income with your effort…
NOTE: Do not worry, this is a free report!
MY FREE TRAINING REPORT ON SHOPIFY
This report will go over the many advantages and features that Shopify offers, and once you are finished, you will have a very good idea of how you can use Shopify to quickly make money online!
(1) Click the green button directly below to read an excerpt and to download the report…
(2) Just add your name and email address to the registration form on the excerpt page.
(3) You will be able to download it right here on the site!
CONCLUSION
Today we took a look at yet another way for you to get started making money quickly using online marketing. That is what these posts are all about…
Shopify is like other e-Commerce solutions, and it was created to make your life easier when it comes to making money online…
They have done most of the work for you and all you need to do is leverage what they have for you. There is no need for a lot of research, they have done that for you. This company has figured out all the hard work and set you up so that you do not have to.
Within the site , marketing, suppliers, and even financial reports are completed with-in the website. They truly have laid out a path to make things easier for people – ESPECIALLY beginners. You do have an advantage over others when you begin a store with Shopify.
You will have an immediate advantage over other online stores when you create a store with Shopify. There are long lists of successful online marketers who started out with Shopify.
These people also are less stressed because of the high-security measures the site has, taking the pressures away from running an online store. The less worry you have, the better your chances are to become very successful.
Remember, the less worry you have with your online marketing business, the better your chances are to become very successful…
I urge you to consider taking Shopify for a test drive and if you are not satisfied, which I would find hard to believe, you can always cancel your membership. Remember they have a free trial period…
Last words: Best of luck and get started!
FINAL POINT(S)
If you are new to the website this section is the final portion of many of my posts…I always include it and ask you for a just a little bit more of your time…
Please consider taking the following actions:
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That is what this site is all about!
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Cheers!
ABOUT DAVE:
Dave has been involved in sales for 20 years with offline products and has been fortunate to have traveled the world while realizing up to $4 million USD a month in gross sales of products he promoted.
He has brought that experience to the online world and this is one of his online ventures. This site is intended to present ideas, products, tools, tips and more that will help all those seeking to make money online have success.
Subjects covered are diverse, but in totem, you can learn a lot about the things that you will need to have success with online business right here. This includes things to do and things NOT to do!
Enjoy!
Dave! I was actually interested in the ebook, but the Opt-in page isn’t working. However, I’ve been interested in using Shopify to start up a drop ship company and I’m new to the whole sells things online. I use etsy, but want to venture on my own. If you get the linked fixed I’d still be interested. Thanks.
Hi, M8…
Thanks for letting me know I will check that link and let you know, please check again in about 30 minutes to an hour.
Shopify does make it easy to get started with what you are wanting to do, and is relatively inexpensive unless you want a lot of bells and whistles…
I know that when starting out especially, it is good to see some sales and income when you get to work on your overall objectives…
There are many ways to make money, and this is a good one and is above board, no scamming people or cheating them out of their money…
Cheers!
Dave : )
I’ve always considered opening a store on shopify but thought I couldn’t because I don’t really have experience. My biggest fear is how to get people to buy things from my shop rather than another persons. Also aren’t there so many people using shopify that it becomes hard to stand out ? These have been my greatest fears. I’ll check out your training.
Hi, Jerry…
Yes there is a lot of noise on the internet regarding Shopify, and with reason. It is fairly easy to get started, and they have taken a lot of the heavy work away so you can be live quickly with your store….
The key is to get traffic to your site(s)…That can be paid traffic (fast) and over time, organic. This goes back to the affiliate method of content marketing…
Some of the same tactics apply as what you learn for affiliate marketing, i.e. engaging and valuable content, using keywords that people are searching for, etc.
The thing I like about it is that once you get going, ut can be maintained easily with just a few minutes or an hour of maintenance daily…
Of course you can do more if you want to earn more, or you could stand up more niche stores, etc. Once you start getting into e-commerce, there are many ways to grow it…
I wish you the best of luck and please do stop by again!
Cheers!
Dave : )
Hello, Dave, I read your post titled “HOW TO MAKE QUICK MONEY ONLINE – USE SHOPIFY?” I am very interested in this platform, as of my husband wants to start an eCommerce site with hunting supplies. He has been researching all of the offers for newbies online. He has his supplier already lined up, now he is ready to get into the business just as hunting season approaches. I am so glad I found your post, I think this would be a good fit for him. Thank you for a most helpful post.
A Hunter’s Wife
Linda
Hi, Linda…
The hunting niche is a wonderful niche to enter I think. It is an evergreen type niche that will remain popular throughout the year…
Please have him check out Shopify, as they can have him up and running quickly and successfully. I would drive traffic using paid means such as Facebook or Bing since it will be a new site…
As I just mentioned to Jerry in replying to his comment, I would also consider working the organic part of the traffic equation because there are a lot of keywords that hunters will be searching for as the hunting seasons start…
Best of luck and please do stop by again and let us know how things are progressing!
Cheers!
Dave : )
Hi, Dave,
I hope you are enjoying your weekend! Stopping on through to see what new information you may have posted since my last visit…
This is an interesting tutorial that I found very useful. I have some e-commerce stores using a paid theme and woo commerce plugins and add ons.
What is your feelings about Shopify over the setup that I have? Would I have been better off using Shopify? What is the monthly cost for the platform?
I am asking these questions for a reason. The holiday season is coming and I want to tap into the Christmas market. If I can get these started more quickly using Shopify, I may choose this option.
Thanks for your help on this and I tried to download the report and it is still not working. Maybe you can see what is wrong? Looking forward to hearing back from you!
Cheers!
Rea …
Hi, Rea!
Good timing, I just am doing some work on the report download now. Apparently, it is an autoresponder problem…I am getting that straight now, and you should be able to download shortly the report…
Glad to hear that you can use the information I added in on this tutorial, really it is just a short introduction. The report goes into a lot more detail on what Shopify encompasses and can be used for…
I am pretty sure that you will be up and running with your holiday niche sites using Shopify faster and easier than adding more using the setup you describe…I say this for a reason…
We also have e-commerce sites that are running using a paid theme (the one we are using is called “GoodStore”) and woo-commerce, and they take some time to get everything as you like…Of course these sites are for our own products so we are very particular on the design, process, etc.
Shopify will allow you to have a functioning site up in a matter of minutes, and you can add products and immediately start driving traffic to make sales…That is the beauty…
If you are wanting a lot of special features and things over and above a basic store, Shopify will do that as well, at an additional cost, as with Woo Commerce…
The cost that you will incur depends largely on the Shopify setup you select, and also the traffic etc. that will flow through the site…Normally though, if your costs are going up, it means you are making more money…
My advice would be to read through my report, check out Shopify for free and then make your decision….I would start soon, because the shopping season is upon us!
Thanks for the wishes and I am enjoying the weekend, but of course, I like to stop in here too…That is good because I can fix the error for the report download now, plus I was able to answer your questions! See you next time!
Cheers!
Dave : )