--- title: "How to Make an eCommerce Website with WordPress" description: "Are you planning to create an online store on your own? Then check out here a complete guide and learn the techniques of creating an eCommerce website" author: "Darrel Wilson" published: 2019-04-01 updated: 2019-04-01 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12892/how-to-make-an-ecommerce-website-with-wordpress category: "web development" tags: ["web development", "web services", "wordpress", "ecommerce"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # How to Make an eCommerce Website with WordPress WordPress (WP) is a free and open source website creation tool. In addition to that, it also supports template system and plugin architecture. These are the two main reasons that make WP the most powerful [content management system](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12586/list-of-the-five-best-content-management-systems-in-2019). WordPress appeared as a [blogging platform](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/113919/how-to-choose-the-right-blogging-platform-blogger-vs-wordpress). But now you can use it to power different types of websites. The platform is also known for its user-friendly nature. But if you are still wondering how to make a [WordPress website](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13137/follow-these-tips-to-create-a-wordpress-website-in-24-hours), then you have come to the right place. In this post, we don’t show you the techniques of creating a static website. The purpose of this post is slightly different. Here we will reveal the techniques of creating an eCommerce website by using WordPress. However, if you follow the steps carefully, then you will also learn the techniques of creating a static WP website also. ![How to Make an eCommerce Website with WordPress](https://www.mindstick.com/blogs/4f10baac-fe34-41a3-a69a-c1bb43abc356/images/bb75d977-713e-4b87-8385-180899767195.jpeg)\ ## Step 1 First of all, you have to buy domain and server for [your website](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12990/ssl-certificate-why-you-need-one-for-your-website). When purchasing a domain, you have to ensure that it represents your brand name. When purchasing the hosting, you have to ensure that it offers excellent uptime. Here it is also important to understand that the load speed of a website depends on the performance of the server. So you have to be really careful when choosing the hosting for your site. ## Step 2 After buying the hosting you will get access to the cPanel. Now login to the cPanel account and install WordPress on your server. \ \ **Step 3** After installing WordPress, you don’t need cPanel anymore. Now you have to use the WP admin panel of your website in order to give it an astonishing look. In this stage, we will basically focus on improving the look of the website. You can watch online tutorials to learn [WordPress theme](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12253/30-stunning-homepage-layouts-from-circle-creative-shop-multipurpose-wordpress-theme) designing. It will help you with designing your site in an excellent way. **Step 4**\ Finally, at this stage of the journey, we will focus on transforming a static website into a dynamic online store. So, first of all, you have to install the plugin [WooCommerce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WooCommerce) on your site. It will help you to add eCommerce features on your website. By using the [WooCommerce plugin](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12835/print-label-tracking-how-do-these-features-make-auspost-woocommerce-plugin-better), you will be able to create the [shopping cart](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30832/what-is-shopping-cart-abandonment) on your site. In addition to that, it will also help you to create the checkout page. These are the four steps that you need to follow one by one in order to create an online store. Hope now you have learned how to make an eCommerce website with WordPress. Apart from just creating shopping cart and checkout page you also have to create some additional pages like “About Us”, “Contact Us” etc. You can easily add new pages on [your WordPress](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12548/tips-to-move-forward-your-wordpress-theme-development) website by clicking on the add page button. \ \ --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12892/how-to-make-an-ecommerce-website-with-wordpress Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.