{"id":20689,"count":107,"description":"Building an eCommerce website is a tedious process. If you have just started out with your eCommerce store, you already know how time-consuming it is. You have to read a dozen reviews and comparisons for choosing your favorite eCommerce platform<\/a>, you have to\u00a0look for a perfect domain name, design, and more. But, for every problem, there is a solution. Our free eCommerce website templates will simplify your website building process. You can now design your website all by yourself. These eCommerce templates are nothing less than a website designed by a professional web designer. Using these will certainly save a lot of time and money for you.\r\n

What is eCommerce?<\/h3>\r\nJust like the name says, eCommerce is the commerce done electronically. It involves buying and selling of all types of commodities over the internet. It is not mandatory that financial transactions must be carried out electronically.\r\n\r\nBut, the display of goods, or services from the seller and the choice of buying by the consumer is made online.\r\n\r\nEven though the consumers cannot physically touch and feel the product, eCommerce has been the preferred way of doing business only because of the wide variety of choices and heavy discounts it offers. It has been predicted that the eCommerce industry will be worth 24.3$ by 2025.\r\n

When did eCommerce begin?<\/h3>\r\nReports say that the first online transaction<\/a> was made in 1972 by Stanford University students through Arpanet. But, the first incident of online shopping was seen in 1992, when the internet was made open for commercial use.\r\n\r\nThe transaction was between two entrepreneur friends sharing a sting CD, celebrating the moment which began a new era in the world of communication.\r\n

What are eCommerce websites?<\/h3>\r\nThe online platform over which the commercial transactions take place is called an eCommerce website. The commodities are put on display over the website and the consumers make their choice, enter the delivery address and do the further proceedings.\r\n\r\nEcommerce companies put their best efforts into making their website as navigation friendly as possible. Making it super easy for consumers to find whatever they want on your website is one of the secrets of eCommerce marketing.\r\n

How to build a website for eCommerce?<\/h3>\r\nThere are two ways to build an eCommerce website.\r\n\r\nYou can either build the entire website by yourself or use a platform like Shopify, woo commerce, or large commerce to build it.\r\n\r\nEach alternative comes with its benefits. Taking complete ownership of your website gives you a lot of freedom to add or remove features by paying a nominal fee to a developer.\r\n\r\nUsing an eCommerce platform makes the tedious task easy and quite affordable at the cost of restricting your freedom.\r\n\r\nFor those who wish to build their eCommerce website without the help of a platform, they can directly buy a domain.\r\n\r\nA domain is the web address of your online eCommerce store, like w3layouts.com<\/a>\r\n\r\nWhen using an eCommerce platform, you need to open a free account on any of them and buy a domain using your account.\r\n

Things to pay attention while buying a domain name,<\/h3>\r\n
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  1. The preferable character length of the domain is between 6 to 14. This makes it short enough to remember and type in the address bar<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Avoid using words that may lead to any confusion. For example, night \u2013 knight, know \u2013 no.<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Choose a name that creates curiosity. It should invite anyone to check out the website at least once.<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. Be unique in the choice of name. Don\u2019t go with the name like an already existing one.<\/li>\r\n \t
  5. Before you choose a name, check if it is already taken on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nAfter you purchase a domain, you can use different themes given on the eCommerce platforms to build your website. You can even customize them according to your needs.\r\n\r\nBut, if you are not using an eCommerce website building platform, then you must hire a developer and discuss with him about your design.\r\n\r\nThis may be a bit expensive, but it also gives you flexibility.\r\n\r\nIf you cannot afford the developer fees, you can also opt for a third option. You can design your website using our free eCommerce website templates. We also have our website editor to help you make changes to these website templates.\r\n\r\nOur eCommerce website templates are built using advanced technology which can support any device. Due to their high responsiveness, they can be navigated smoothly on any device around the world.\r\n\r\nAnd you can avail of all these benefits for free! There are also paid versions of these templates which will give you access to additional features.\r\n\r\nWe have created the free templates only for those who are just starting.\r\n\r\nYou can read about how to download an eCommerce website template here.\r\n

    Write Kickass Product Descriptions<\/h3>\r\nThere is only one medium for you to convince your customers to click on the \u2018buy now\u2019 button. It\u2019s the product description.\r\n\r\nThe difference between a good product description and a bad one is the same as the difference between a good shopkeeper and a bad one. The good one just manages to convince you to buy the product.\r\n\r\nTo write a convincing product description, you need to consider s few things.\r\n