How to Transfer Your Website to Shopify

By Lars Lofgren

Transferring Store from WooCommerce to Shopify

Without a doubt, Shopify is our recommended ecommerce tool.

But what if you’re already on another ecommerce tool and want to make the switch?

I put together this guide to help you transfer your store to Shopify in 4 easy steps. In mapping out these steps below, I’ve assumed a few things:

  • You already have a store built that’s generating revenue.
  • You want to keep that revenue going while you build your new store.
  • You have a domain that was purchased through another domain registrar and won’t be purchasing your domain through Shopify.

Let’s dive in.

Step 1: Build Your New Shopify Site

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When to Use WordPress for Ecommerce and When to Avoid It

By Lars Lofgren

WordPress Dashboard

If you’re building a site that’s 100% focused on content or 100% focused on ecommerce, the best choice on how to build your site is very clear.

What WordPress does best = Content

WordPress is now a decade old and is still the reigning champ for managing sites with a ton of content. If you plan on pursuing an SEO or content marketing strategy for your business, WordPress is the only legitimate choice for your site. Nothing else comes close to giving you all the features that you need to manage so much content along with all the extra functionality for SEO …read more      

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Boost Your Professional Skills with Cilantro, Selling, and Social Media

By Sonia Simone

This week, we had a flavorful collection of tools, tips, and techniques that will enhance your skills as a professional…

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How to Create an Ecommerce Website in 9 Easy Steps

By Lars Lofgren

Ecommerce Site - Namecheap Domain Search

We’ve covered the high-level strategy of building an online store that makes real money here.

But how do we create the ecommerce website itself?

Below, you’ll find the 9 steps you need to take to create an ecommerce site.

In this guide, we cover:

  1. The one and only ecommerce tool that we use to build our sites
  2. The payment setting that can accidentally reduce your revenue by increasing refunds and chargebacks
  3. The biggest myth of pricing and how real ecommerce website owners set their prices
  4. What to put on your homepage to convert more customers
  5. What an SSL certificate is and why you need one …read more      
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Introducing the Copyblogger Guide to the Best Social Media Tools

By Jerod Morris

Why do you use social media? It’s not a rhetorical question. I really want you to answer. In the comments…

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