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Getting Started:
Setting up Your e-Store!
A few simple steps and you are ready to open your store!
Take a minute to read through this step-by-step guide to
understand the start up process and see how easy it is to
start your own e-store with us.
Step 1: Sign Up!
Select a plan:
iHostTaxes offers 3 plan
levels to merchants. You are able to pick
the plan that best fits the amount of
products you plan to sell.
Click to go to plan details
Pick a domain:
This is essentially your website's address.
If you already have a domain, you are welcome
to continue to use it and/or select another.
Follow our, easy-to-use, Sign Up
Wizard to create your account.
*Once your sign up is complete, you are
immediately sent an email containing all
of your access and Set up information.
Step 2: Create Categories
The categories of your e-store should all correspond
to the products you plan to sell. Your categories
could be anything from function, type, brand, color,
etc. Create these categories as a way to organize your
products. This provides an easy way for your user to
browse through your store without knowing which specific
product they want or need. For example, if you are
selling music CDs some categories you may have could
include: Classical, Rock, Jazz, 70's, 60's, Artists
or Other. These can be as broad as you like and/or you
can have subcategories.
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Step 3: Add Products
Assign all of your products to categories. Some
of your products may be in more than one category.
With the CD example, you may place the CD you are
selling under the appropriate genre, price and artist category.
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Step 4: Select e-Store template
Your e-store Skin is a template that determines the
design and look of your store. There are a variety
of skins with different color schemes, graphics and
overall appearance of your store. If you already have
a store logo, you may choose a skin that coordinates well.
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Step 5: Design homepage layout
Using our design wizard, you are able to personalize
and control what content you would like on your homepage,
this is what is featured and where it all is placed.
For example, you can have images or information about
you in the center, category lists, grids, and/or an area
that rotates featured products on the right, with a
search box and a mailing list sign up on the left side.
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Step 6: Setup payment & shipping options
Select which forms of payments you would like to accept
(Paypal, credit cards, telephone, fax, etc.). Also, select
shipping options that are available. This includes, FedEx,
UPS, US Postal, which of their services are offered, any
fees you will charge, and tracking features.
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Step 7: Contact information, terms & conditions and policies
You are able to customize how you would like to be contacted
by your customers, specify your terms and conditions and
establish your policies for shipping, returns and privacy.
We do provide you with a standard terms & conditions, and
privacy policy for your e-store. You can edit and add
elements to these policies, along with your return policy
and shipping policy.
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