Shopify, the e-commerce platform made for you

Essentially, once you signup, all you have to do is add content, setup your products, connect your domain and you're ready to go. It's that simple.

You don't need to deal with servers, technical setup, coding etc. It's really plug and play. Of course, it can be more complex when you have more requirements, but along with extensive documentation and customer support, you can get online in no time.

Plus, you can signup for a free trial to see for yourself.

You have to be extra careful when launching an e-commerce site. You're dealing with sensitive customer information like names, emails and credit cards, but also with 'bots and hackers trying to gain access to your shop.

Shopify takes care of that with compliance to all six PCI standard categories and adding an SSL certificate to your domain.

All Shopify plans come with support. Every plan comes with Email and Chat support while from the Basic Plan and higher, you also get 24/7 Phone support.

Shopify makes it easy to create your store. You choose a theme from the Theme Store and then using the Theme Editor you can easily add content, imagery, select which type content to display and where. Themes usually make it easy for you.

Of course, if you want to do things beyond what the theme provides, you may need some help, but essentially, it's all do-it-yourself.

TheTheme Storeoffers a large selection of great themes to choose from. There are many different styles with various functionality. You can view screenshots, read reviews, see a demo and even test it out on your own store.

There are a ton of great and useful apps in theApp Storethat help you extend the functionality of your theme. Whether it's a robust reviews app, upsell and cross-sell functionality, loyalty programs or just adding your Instagram feed, you're covered.

You can easily add ALT tags to images and videos, update Page Titles and Page Description (meta data) as well as add Google Analytics.

You can also add on-site chat functionality as well as email marketing templates and automations.

Shopify has integrated with dozens of payment gateways, but also offers its own - powered by Stripe. With it's own gateway, you will have lower fees and it doesn't require you to open a merchant account elswhere.

If you use Shopify Payments, you get built-in fraud analysis which flags orders that are potentially fraudulent and lets you know if there is something suspicious.

All plans offer analytics highlighting sales, orders, and visitor data including where the users came from, conversion rate, top landing pages and more.

You can also view important financial information about your business with various reports.

This feature automatically sends an email to customers who either added a product to the cart, made it to the checkout page or simply browsed products but never actually completed the purchase process. And you can customize these email templates!

You can offer a variety of different discount codes to customers to increase your sales.