Create Your Online Store and Start Selling Online Today!

Oct 23, 2024

Create Your Online Store and Start Selling Online Today!


If anyone intends to see his or her business booming today, then taking it online is the way forward. And when you are ready, SriLanka Hosting takes you through every step for that move. With our Cloud eCommerce Solutions, launch your online store instantly and start selling online today!


Why Sell Online?

There are quite a number of advantages in selling online, which include:

  •  More exposure-selling beyond your geographical boundaries
  •  Always open for business- your shop is 24-7
  •  Cheaper to operate- as you would not have to rent a physical store.

As it is the most opportune time in the whole world, e-commerce is thriving.


Picking the Right E-commerce Platform


It can be really headache-selective when you need to choose a suitable platform for either a small startup or giant enterprise. SriLanka Hosting cloud e-commerce solutions answer your needs. Among these many key reasons one would look out for while making a selection, you would include ease of use, design flexibility, and payment options.




Key Features to Grow Your Business with SriLanka Hosting



SriLanka Hosting offers several powerful features to grow your business successfully, including but not limited to the following:

  •  eCommerce Essentials: Complete all the requirements behind operating an online store effectively.
  •  Adaptive Color Palette: Change your store appearance easily to match your brand.
  •  Tangible Goods: Sell physical products with ease.
  •  Customer Support Ticketing: Keep client requests in one place.
  •  (B2C) Online Selling: Sell directly to the consumers without any hassle.
  •  Advanced Media Management: This feature enables you to manage product images and videos withease.
  •  Complete Translation Support: Sell to the global market through multi-language support.
  •  Customer Ban Feature: Keep your site free of unwanted customers.
  •  Seller Ban Feature: Moderate the quality of sellers on your site.
  •  Customizable Home Page: Enable the home page to be made according to one's needs.
  •  Various Payment Options: Allow customers to pay using a number of options.
  •  Content in Multiple Languages: Different content can be created for different languages.
  •  Electronic goods: With ease, you are able to sell digital goods.
  •  Online Auction Feature: It allows a vendor to create an online auction of his product.
  •  Multi-currency support: Sell your products in any currency across borders.
  •  Product Listing: Product listing can be created and managed within no time.
  •  Support for Various Languages: Easy approach towards various languages will expand your visibility.
  •  PHP-based Scripting: Reliable scripting for smooth performance.
  •  Fully Responsive Design: Your store will look awesome on every device.
  •  Customizable Dynamic Pages: Design dynamic pages according to business requirements.
  •  Various Shipping Methods: Offer various shipping options to your customer.
  •  Interactive Frontend Management: Interactively manage the front-end of your store.
  •  Social Media Login Integration: Let customers create their accounts through logging in via social media.
  •  Contact and Chat Features: Stay connected with customers via chat and contact features.


How to Set Up Your Online Store

Having selected the type of platform, now is the time for Store Installation. Some of the steps required for setting that up are as follows:

  • Domain Name: The domain is basically the identity of you in the digital world. You can very easily register an eye-catching domain with Sri Lanka Hosting for your brand.
  • Custom Design Your Store: The success of an online store depends much on its look and feel. Check our customizable templates, and churn out an awesome-looking responsive store that works seamlessly on every device.
  • Add Products: Add high-quality product images along with elaborate descriptions. Categorize the items and highlight special offers so that it would be easy for customers to navigate through it to buy.
  • Now payment and shipping options: Provide all sorts of trusted types of payment gateways. Select appropriate shipping methods according to your business and customer's location, the clear policies reduced abandoned cart rate.
  • SEO Optimization: SEO: This will drive more traffic to your store. This includes the optimization of website content with relevant keywords, including product descriptions, blogs, and meta tags. Renewed new content should be updated now and then, such as blog articles that help in rising in the SEO ranking.


Market Your Online Store

Once your store goes live, inform the customer about your online store through digital marketing.

  • Social Media: Advertise through Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. It's good to be social, but paid ads bring better visibility.
  • Email Marketing: Send in regular e-newsletters regarding special offers or any product. Personalized emails spark interest and drive in sales bit by bit.
  • Content Marketing: Good and quality content comes in the form of blog posts, 'how-to' guides, or even videos that help you establish yourself as an authority and thus drive organic traffic.
  • Analytics and Optimization: Avail yourself of Google Analytics to understand website traffic and customer behavior. The insight herein will help you provide understanding in those areas where you have to make improvements in optimization of store performance.


Want to take your business online? SriLanka Hosting's cloud e-commerce solution will guide you through this process, step by step. Then light up the passion for selling online today-for an endless avenue for growth!

Still not sure ? Contact our IT Consultant to get assistance which web hosting package is best for you or get customized plan. We would be happy to provide assistance finding the right solution for you.