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  • Hi guys!

  • I'm Shyam from Website Learners.com

  • Today I am going to show you,

  • how you can create an Ecommerce website

  • from start to finish.

  • Okay!

  • So first, let's see the website we're going to build.

  • So here it is.

  • After watching this video,

  • you will be able to make a website,

  • which has products like these

  • and then we're going to create pages like these.

  • And people will be able to add your products to their carts.

  • and they will be able to pay you, through your website

  • and buy products from your site.

  • So let's get started.

  • its going to be very simple.

  • We're going to make our ecommerce site in 4 parts.

  • The 1st Part is to Launching Your Website

  • Now this is where you get a new website, Live - on the internet.

  • So to launch your website, we're going to do 3 steps.

  • The 1st step, is to choose your website name.

  • Now to choose the name, just click the link below this video.

  • So i'm going to click this link

  • and it will take you to this page.

  • Now enter the name you want in this box.

  • So i'm going to enter tryshirts.com

  • and click 'check availability'

  • So now you can see that this name is available.

  • So once you get your name, you can go to the next step,

  • which is to get your hosting & domain.

  • So hosting is the place, where your website's files are stored

  • and domain is your website's name.

  • So to get your hosting and this domain name,

  • just scroll down this page

  • and click 'get hosting'.

  • Now it will take you to this page where we're going to get

  • our hosting & domain.

  • So to get it,

  • just click get started.

  • Now enter the same name which you selected before

  • and click 'search'.

  • Then click 'select & continue'

  • Now to get this domain and hosting,

  • we need to create a new account.

  • So let's click here

  • and then fill up these details

  • and click create account.

  • Now, here you can see that we're getting our domain,

  • which is tryshirts.com,

  • and our hosting.

  • Now both of these are going to be valid for 1 year,

  • which means once we place this order, your website will be live

  • on the internet for the next 1 year.

  • So, now let's go ahead & make the payment.

  • Just choose your payment method,

  • enter your details

  • and then make the payment.

  • So, now we've successfully made the payment,

  • and we've got

  • our domain and hosting.

  • So once you've got your domain and hosting,

  • you can now go to final step of launching your website,

  • which is to install Wordpress.

  • Now, Wordpress is the tool, we're going to use, to build our

  • ecommerce website.

  • Wordpress lets you build websites easily

  • without any coding or programming.

  • So, let's see how to install Wordpress.

  • To install wordpress, all you have to do is click 'Add site'.

  • Then enter a username and password for Wordpress

  • and click 'add'.

  • And now wordpress will be installed on your new domain,

  • which is trishirts.com.

  • Okay! So Wordpress is now installed

  • and this means, your website will Now be LIVE

  • on the internet.

  • So to check it, let's go to our website.

  • We'll open a new tab.

  • Now if we type tryshirts.com,

  • and press enter,

  • you can see that,

  • we have a brand new website,

  • on the name which we selected.

  • So, this is how you can launch, your website on the internet.

  • So once you have launched your website,

  • you can now go to part 2 of this tutorial,

  • which is to Start Building Your Ecommerce site

  • Now, instead of Building your ecommerce site from scratch,

  • we're going to first import a sample ecommerce site.

  • And then we're going to edit it, to make our own site.

  • So, this is going to really speed-up the process

  • and will let you build your site in a much faster way.

  • So, to import the sample site,

  • we're going to do 2 steps.

  • First we're going to login to our website.

  • So to login to your website,

  • all you have to do is,

  • type /login after your site's address.

  • Now press enter

  • and it will take you to the login page of your website.

  • Now enter the login details, which you selected for

  • wordpress

  • and then click login.

  • So, now we've successfully logged in to our wordpress site.

  • So this is the place, where you can control your website.

  • So once you've logged in, we can now go to step 2 of importing

  • the sample site, which is to install a theme in wordpress.

  • So we're going to install a theme called 'astra',

  • which is going to let us import the sample site.

  • So to install the theme,

  • just go to 'appearance'

  • and click 'themes'.

  • Now click 'add new theme'

  • and then search for a theme called 'astra'

  • Now this is the theme which is going to let us

  • import the sample site.

  • So to install the theme, just click 'install'.

  • And then 'activate' the theme.

  • So, now we've installed the astra theme.

  • Next, to import the sample site,

  • just click 'astra' options

  • and here you can see that

  • we have an option called "import starter site".

  • So to import a site, first click 'install importer'

  • and then click 'see library'.

  • Now once you're on this page, just select 'Elementor',

  • which will make it easier for you

  • to edit your site in future.

  • So, we'll select that.

  • And now as we're going to build an ecommerce site,

  • just click 'ecommerce'

  • and then choose this site, called the 'brand store'.

  • So, let's click here.

  • And here you can see a preview of

  • how your site is going to look,

  • once you import this sample site.

  • So to import this site into your site,

  • just click 'install plugins'

  • and click 'import this site'.

  • So now the sample site has been imported.

  • So let's see how our site looks.

  • Now if we go to this tab,

  • you can see that, this is how our site was before.

  • It was completely empty.

  • Now if we click 'refresh',

  • you can see that we have got the entire ecommerce site,

  • into our site.

  • Now this is the fully working ecommerce site,

  • which means if we click on a product here,

  • you can see the details about the product

  • and you can add it to cart.

  • And then, we can view the cart,

  • and then we can also proceed to checkout.

  • So we get all of these options right after

  • we import the sample site.

  • So now we have successfully imported

  • our sample ecommerce site.

  • Okay!

  • So once you have imported the sample site,

  • we can now go to Part 3,

  • where we see how you can start using this e-commerce site.

  • So to start using our ecommerce site,

  • we're going to first set up our store.

  • Our store is the place, where your customers can see your products

  • and then purchase them.

  • So once you set up your store,

  • your site will have your own products.

  • and your visitors will be able to buy those products.

  • So let's go to our store

  • and you can see that we have these sample products.

  • Now to set up our store, we're going to do 4 steps.

  • The 1st step is to delete all of these sample products.

  • So to delete them, let's go to our dashboard