Welcome To The CompassGuide To e-Commerce
PROCESS
Steps To Building an Online Store
STEP 1: Signup for Shopify - Shopify helps you create an ecommerce website backed by powerful tools that help you find customers, drive sales, and manage your day-to-day. STEP 2: Setup PayFast - PayFast enables easy, secure and instant payments of money to online merchants to help them grow, develop and succeed in the digital economy. STEP 3 - Setup uAfrica - uAfrica helps you create quotes from various couriers, automated shipping labels and a multichannel feature that updates inventory and centralises order management. STEP 4 - Add Your Sales Channels STEP 5 - Customise, Publish & Sell
RESOURCES
Resources For Building An Online Store
These are the resources and platforms you will need to build an online store in South Africa. Learn more about these resources in the full guide below.
PODCAST
Guide To Commerce Podcast
The Compass Guide To Commerce is a complete breakdown of how to buildan online store & all the resources you need to grow your online business.
STEP 1
Setup Shopify
The Shopify Help Center Youtube channel, connects merchants like yourself to the information you need to run a successful eCommerce business with Shopify. Watch step-by-step instructions with short tutorials, navigating the Shopify admin, and explore tips and tricks for success in the eCommerce world.
STEP 2
Setup PayFast
PayFast offers merchants full integration flexibility alongside a host of payment features. Whether you use an existing shopping cart system or have a custom built website, PayFast is the go-to payment facilitator for all businesses.
STEP 3
Setup uAfrica
uAfrica is an eCommerce tool built to streamline order fulfilment and shipping processes. It has two main features – Shipping and Multichannel and its aim is to automate and smooth out order processes for online stores in South Africa, while saving merchants valuable time and money.
STEP 4
Add Sales Channels
If you’re looking for new ways to sell and promote your products, consider adding a sales channel. You can use Shopify to sell your products in an online store, on social media, on online marketplaces, and using other online sales channels. Shopify supports several online sales channels like the online store (your website that customers visit) Facebook, Amazon, Instagram and more!
STEP 5
Customise, Publish & Sell
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice of getting targeted traffic to a website from a search engine’s organic rankings. Common tasks associated with SEO include creating high-quality content, optimizing content around specific keywords, and building backlinks. In other words: SEO is all about improving a site’s rankings in the organic (non-paid) section of the search results.
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