Bilivit

How to set up a free E-commerce website ?

1. Set up a Bilivit account

Register on Bilivit page In MyBilivit page, choose to create a subdomain, let's say you want to create a website about kitten so if you pick the subdomain `kitten` it will create a new website at the address `kitten.bilivit.com`

Optional: if you want a dedicated domain name like `kittenshirt.com`, have a look at our specific tutorial here.

That's it. You've just created a wordpress website. We've pre-installed you the woocommerce plugin for e-commerce. And a few other useful plugins.

2. Set up Inkthreadable account

Create an account on inkthreadable website. Or learn why we partner with them.

Link your WooCommerce store

In WooCommerce section, click on Link your store.
Enter the url of your store. It's going to be either `https://kitten.bilivit.com` if you have chosen a subdomain, or `https://www.odojoy.eu` if you created an ecommerce with custom Domain Name.
Click on connect. It will redirect you to your WooCommerce store and prompt you to approve access for the app. Click on Approve. That's it. You're e-commerce store is now connected to Inkthreadable.

Let's create a new product

Click on Product & Pricing > Clothing. Pick your favorite t-shirt. You'll be brought to the design page.
Upload your design or create it on their page, then click Create Product. Under your design, click on export product.
You can now edit the title, description and price. You can also choose which variant in size and color you'd like to sale on your website.
Then click Import to WooCommerce. You can now have a look at your website, the product was just imported and can now be sold and fulfilled easily.

3. Set up Stripe account

Create an account on https://stripe.com.
Get you api keys. In the Menu, api > Live Secret Key & Live Publishable Key.
Now go back to your woocommerce store. Click on Woocommerce > Settings > Checkout > Stripe and add your 2 api keys. You can use the test key if you want to test the checkout without actually spending money.
If you want a detailed video tutorial, have a look at this video from YouTube.

That's it, you can start selling.