Lots of us have hobbies, and lots of our hobbies have the potential to provide a partial or even full-time income. Specialized bracelets, woodwork, hand-crafted clothing, homemade toys — the possibilities for original, one-of-a-kind products are endless, as is the potential demand.

Online marketplaces like Etsy may seem like the easiest way to start an online store, but then you’re subject to their rules and regulations, which can change at any time. In fact, Etsy recently announced that all businesses will be automatically enrolled in a new advertising program that takes 15% of income from eligible sales — a big chunk of  sellers’ hard-earned money!

With WordPress and WooCommerce, you have full control over your content, products, and where your money goes. You can create a store that’s as large (or small!) as you’d like and customize everything to be as unique as your products.

Ready to start a business or expand your sales beyond local shops and farmers markets? Let’s take a look at how to create an online store, make money online, and market your products with WordPress and WooCommerce.

1. Name your business and buy the URL

Choose your name carefully — it’ll become a core part of your brand. As you narrow down your list of names, make sure that the URL is available (and isn’t prohibitively expensive).

Pick something that’s easy to remember and easy to spell. Avoid hyphens and numbers; these are easily mistyped or forgotten, and are harder to describe out loud.

If possible, buy a URL that ends in .com. If you choose something other than a .com, make sure there’s no .com equivalent that’s offensive or a direct competitor.

2. Choose a hosting provider

Websites are all made up of files. A hosting company stores those files and makes them viewable online. To choose the right host for you, think about:

• Speed. Shared hosting plans, usually the least expensive option, store multiple websites on a single server. This can slow your site down, especially during times of high demand.
• Customer service. Good customer service can save you lots of time and keep your business running smoothly. Look for companies with 24/7 support.
• Safety. To protect your customers and your investment, choose a host that offers automatic backups, malware prevention, and email spam filters.
• Uptime. Servers can sometimes “go down,” which means visitors won’t be able to access your site. Server “uptime” is the percentage of time that the servers are running. You want as high a percentage as possible — many hosts guarantee at least 99%.
• Reviews. Read customer reviews to learn from others’ experiences.

3. Install WordPress

WordPress is a website creation tool that will form the base of your online store. It’s open source, flexible, powerful, and completely free, which is why it’s the platform of choice for 35% of the web.

WordPress prides itself on easy setup and, under most circumstances, takes only five minutes to install. Most hosting companies offer one-click WordPress installation, straight from your host’s dashboard. Check with your provider for the exact steps you should follow or read this complete guide to installing WordPress.

4. Select a WordPress theme

This determines the design of your website. A theme that’s built specifically for eCommerce makes the process of setting up your store much easier. And whether you select a free or paid theme, make sure it’s mobile-friendly and loads quickly.

The free Storefront theme is a great place to start. It’s clean and simple, but can be customized to meet your exact needs. It also offers several versions made for specific niches. The Galleria theme is perfect for clothing, while ToyShop is a great option for handmade toys.

View all the variants of Storefront  or see more eCommerce-ready themes from WordPress.org.

5. Install WooCommerce

WooCommerce is an intuitive, customizable platform for selling online. Use it to create product pages, accept payments, and use a variety of selling strategies and extensions to serve customers and increase revenue. You can modify the design and functionality to meet the needs of your specific store and scale as much as you’d like.

Best of all, WooCommerce is free to install and use! To get started:

1. In your WordPress dashboard, navigate to Plugins → Add New → Search Plugins
2. Search for “WooCommerce”
3. Click Install
4. Click Activate

The Setup Wizard will walk you through the basic configuration. Congrats, you have a store!

6. Integrate your payment gateway

A payment gateway allows you to securely accept payments online. WooCommerce integrates with all major gateways like Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net, Square, and as in Malaysia such as BillPlz, SenangPay and Mobile88 along with niche gateways around the world. View all payment gateway integrations.

When selecting a gateway look at the applicable fees, security, and ease of use, and think about whether you want to take payments in person as well. Square brings this functionality to the table, allowing you to accept credit cards at flea markets, farmer’s markets, and events while syncing inventory with your WooCommerce store.

7. Create product pages

Now that you have the basic structure of your store, time to add some products — get started with the steps in our Adding and Managing Products documentation.

If you’re selling physical products, high-quality photos are key — online customers can’t pick up and hold your wares. Take photos in an area that is well-lit (or purchase a simple LED light kit to help you) and free of clutter. This could be as simple as placing your products on a white tablecloth on the floor.

Show several angles, and take close-up pictures of any important details. You might even consider taking a short video to demonstrate how a feature works or highlight details that are be difficult to convey through text.

Then, write a good description. Focus on how the product benefits the buyer. How will it make them feel? What will it do for them? How will it make their lives better? Use language that speaks to the heart of your target audience.

Don’t use jargon and industry buzzwords. You can add technical details farther down the page.

8. Create your other website pages

An effective online store offers more than just products; it should give customers all the information they need to make a purchase and convince them to come back. At a minimum, you’ll want a Home page, About page, and Contact page. You may also want an FAQ page to answer the most common questions you receive and make customers more confident in your business and products.

To create a page, navigate to Pages → Add New in your WordPress dashboard. Then, use the built-in block editor to create unique, beautiful designs without needing to edit a single line of code. Drag and drop text, products, images, buttons, videos, and more!

Product planning, inventory, and shipping

How long does it take to craft each item you hope to sell? This matters because you don’t want to outsell your inventory. If you end up with far more demand than you can meet, you run the risk of driving people away who showed up on your site ready to buy. WooCommerce offers a number of inventory management extensions that save you time and prevent embarrassing mistakes with customers. As your business grows, efficient operations will become even more important.

Finally, consider how you’re going to ship products. What shipping providers would you like to use? Do you want to offer free shipping or charge based on cart size or weight? WooCommerce Shipping is a great place to start. It allows you to connect with USPS and print shipping labels directly from your dashboard.

Expand the functionality of your store

Once you’ve got the foundations of your store built, you can explore the world of extensions — that is, add-ons that give your store more options and functionality. WooCommerce offers an entire marketplace of extensions that help you increase sales, attract more customers, and manage your business efficiently, including extensions to:

• Sell subscription boxes or ship customers their favorite products on a recurring basis.
• Increase average order size by upselling and cross-selling.
• Reduce abandoned carts and increase customer loyalty.
• Accept deposits upfront before fulfilling larger, custom orders.
• Use WooCommerce as a point-of-sale tool and accept orders in person.
• Reach your customer base and encourage sales with email marketing.
• Sell and price products like decor and frames based on their dimensions or weights.

Mix and match extensions to realize any functionality or design vision you have.

Put on your marketing hat

Building a website is a great start, but now you need the right shoppers to find it. Start by identifying your target audience — a group of people with common traits who are most likely to purchase your product — then experiment with ways to reach them. You might post in groups, join clubs, or place ads on sites that are frequented by your audience.

One of the most common ways to find new customers is through search engines. Think about what your customers might type into Google to find the kinds of things you make, and what phrases indicate an intention to purchase. Someone searching, “how to knit a scarf” is less likely to purchase than someone who types, “buy homemade scarf.”

You can place ads on platforms like Google so that your site appears when someone searches for one of these terms. Learn more about Google Shopping Ads and explore the Google ads for WooCommerce extension. You can also save on advertising costs by trying to show up naturally when someone searches for one of these terms. This can be accomplished through search engine optimization (SEO).

For successful online marketing, put in consistent effort, be willing to experiment, regularly measure results, and refine the process over time.

Do you want to sell products on online marketplaces?

In addition to your eCommerce store, you might want to sell on Amazon or eBay. You can integrate WooCommerce with online marketplaces for a seamless way to make money online.

Turn your hobby into a business

Hopefully this introduction to online selling has made you feel more confident about starting an eCommerce store. You can do this! Go through the steps. Take your time. Don’t procrastinate. Set goals and commit to them.

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When you are sending emails day in and day out, it’s only natural for some emails to miss the mark. Maybe you sent the wrong link to someone or addressed someone by the wrong name. These are issues that can be easily fixed with a simple check-list. After all, writing a good email depends, a lot, on getting the basics right. Let’s look at the 6 main checks you need to do before you hit ‘send’ on a support email.

1. Address the customer by their name

It’s a good practice to call a customer by their name. If you do not know their name, a friendly “Hi there” will do. But do start your reply with a semi-formal greeting, no matter how burning the issue is. It sets the tone that you are calm enough to handle the issue no matter how the customer is feeling.

2. Thank the customer

The customer is using your product/service and cares enough about it to write to you. So, whether it’s a complaint or a how-to question, they have taken an interest in your company and that should be met with gratitude.

• You can thank them for bringing the issue to your notice.
• You could thank them for using your product.
• You can thank them for giving you a great feature idea.

A simple thanks will make them feel valued and help them understand that their thoughts are welcome. But say it only if you mean it.

3. Answer all the questions the customer asked

No matter how great your email is, the primary goal of the customer is to stop talking to you. That is, they want to get an answer and move on. So the main customer service skill is to always value your customer’s time and give them clear answers to all their questions in one go. If you need more time to answer some of their questions, then go ahead and say it. Don’t make the customer feel like you did not read their full email.

4. Address the underlying emotion of the email

Some customers are calm and composed when they write to you. But some are frustrated and angry customers. It’s natural because what might seem like a simple problem to you is actively preventing them from getting what they want.

So if they sound anxious or sad or angry or frustrated, go ahead and address it, and reassure them that you are doing everything you can so they don’t feel that way. If there is nothing you can do to help, you can still address it and tell them that you are sorry that they feel that way. Ask them if there is anything you can do to help. A simple acknowledgment will show them that you care.

5. Try out the solution before suggesting it to customers

This check is mainly applicable to tech support questions. Before telling them to refresh the screen or try from a different browser, try it on your side. Maybe the solution was given to you by some experts on the team, but you don’t want to find out from your customers when it’s not working.

6. Check for grammar, broken links, correct code and attachment

Blunders pull you down. It’s hard to look like an expert problem solver when you overlook the little things. So make sure you check spelling errors. You can use tools like Grammarly for this purpose or even Microsoft Word. For things more than spelling, if you are not confident about the grammar, just show it to your closest grammar-nazi colleague and get their input. Similarly, if you are sending a link or a code, make sure they are working. And always check to see if you have attached the document you promised to attach.

Source: Prashanthini Mande

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SOALAN SAYA: Pendapatan kami dah 4 Angka Sebulan di Facebook, Perlu ke Website? (Sambil Hembus kuku)

JAWAPAN KAMI: PERLU (ketuk kepala dia dengan sudu)

Mungkin selama 6 bulan yang lepas, anda telah berjaya membina empayar perniagaan anda di Facebook. Hari ini, anda mempunya follower yang ramai, likes yang banyak dan order pun tak menang tangan. Hari-hari ada orang order kat Whatsapp & Telegram. Secara purata ada 400 order setiap hari. Pendapatan anda menjangkau 4 Angka sebulan.

Alhamdulillah. Jadi, kalau perniagaan anda sudah maju di Facebook Page, tak perlulah buat website.. betul tak?

Sosial Media (Facebook, Instagram dan sebagainya) adalah marketing tool untuk perniagaan anda. Untuk awal-awal, anda boleh establish dan mantapkan perniagaan anda di sana sebab mudah & percuma. Tapi, setelah beberapa lama.. anda harus melangkah setapak lagi ke hadapan. Sosial Media dan Website harus berjalan seiringan dan berpimpinan tangan di bawah pelangi indah dengan angin sepoi-sepoi bahasa dan jangan lupa bawa sijil nikah.

Kita ambil Zalora sebagai contoh. 6 Juta like di Facebook Page. Adakah ini bermakna Zalora patut tutup saja website mereka dan establish perniagaan hanya di Facebook Page?

Berikut adalah 3 sebab mengapa anda perlu ada eCommerce website sendiri

1. Pengambilan dan pengurusan order/pesanan lebih sistematik dan tertatur
Social Media mempunyai kelebihan dan kekurangan. Dalam hal ini, jika anda mempunyai 6 order setiap hari melalui Whatsapp, mungkin anda boleh tulis atau ingat atau tampal order di peti sejuk anda. Apabila order anda mencecah 400 sehari, adakah anda larat nak buat sebegitu? Anda perlukan eCommerce website untuk melakukan kerja-kerja sebegini.  eCommerce website membolehkan anda membuat order secara automatik dan pelbagai teknik untuk jaga/retain pelanggan anda. Sebagai contoh: voucher, loyalty program, kira shipping secara automatik dan sebagainya.

2. Pembayaran Online
Jika terdapat 400 pesanan setiap hari , anda larat ke nak terima 400 gambar bukti pembayaran di email atau Whatsapp? Atau, login 300 kali di Maybank2u dan CimbCLiks untuk memastikan duit tu betul-betul masuk? eCommerce website membolehkan anda menerima pembayaran secara online. Anda cuma perlu tunggu email notification daripada payment gateway dan terus proses order tersebut. Senang kan.

3. Kuasa Jenama / Brand
Jika anda percaya kepada kuasa JENAMA/BRAND, maka anda perlu mempunyai website. Di sini, anda mempunyai total control atas jenama anda. Kenapa jenama itu sangat penting?

a. Membina perasaan trust/percaya kepada perniagaan anda dan anda sendiri
b. Menampakkan kredibiliti dan kematangan perniagaan di mata bakal customer
c. Menunjukkan anda serius dalam perniagaan yang anda ceburi

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Pada era ini, saya melihat satu fenomena yang semakin menjadi trend di kalangan rakyat Malaysia, iaitu berniaga dan menjual di Facebook. Ia adalah satu perkembangan yang baik.

Namun dalam keseronokan itu, para usahawan perlu sentiasa beringat dan berwaspada agar tidak menjadikan Facebook sebagai tempat utama dan terakhir untuk urusan perniagaan anda.

Salah satu kaedah jualan yang semakin dipandang sepi adalah penggunaan website sebagai platform jualan. Apakah kelebihan website berbanding Facebook? dan mengapa anda perlu mempunyai sekurang-kurangnya sebuah laman web untuk perniagaan anda?

1. Urusan perniagaan Internet anda lebih lancar, mudah, sistematik dan automatik. Jika di Facebook, anda perlu menjawab dan memberikan maklumat yang sama setiap kali ia ditanya oleh bakal pembeli.

2. Capaian melalui laman carian Google. Walaupun Facebook Page anda mempunyai ratusan ribu orang, namun Google akan lebih memilih laman web ataupun blog untuk disenaraikan di muka pertama hasil carian. Dan hakikatnya, Google adalah enjin pencari no. 1 yang digunakan oleh pengguna Internet, bukan Facebook.

3. Mempunyai laman web adalah umpama mempunyai kedai sendiri yang lebih terjamin dan kekal. Ia adalah salah satu strategi jangka panjang. Kita tidak tahu risiko yang akan menimpa kita di Facebook, yang mungkin datang tanpa diduga.

4. Kebebasan. Kita bebas melakukan apa saja pengubahsuaian pada lamna web. Manakala Facebook pula adalah terhad dan banyak syarat-syarat yang perlu dipatuhi.

5. Proses pembelian lebih mudah dan lancar untuk pembeli kerana maklumat pembayaran mudah ditemui dan dibaca.

6. Pelanggan yang memasuki laman web jualan lebih fokus. Sebaliknya di Facebook, mereka mudah hilang fokus atas sebab tertentu seperti membaca komen-komen pembaca yang lain yang mungkin akan mempengaruhi niat mereka untuk membeli.

7. Proses kemas kini maklumat produk, harga, gambar produk, stok dan lain-lain lebih mudah dan senang belajar. Salah satu kekurangan menjual melalui Facebook adalah maklumat cepat “tenggelam”, dan akhirnya kita terpaksa menulis kembali di post yang baru.

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