How to create an online retail website?

[Tommy]

Hi,

To answer your question in short:

1) To buy a domain name, you will have to visit godaddy.com or similar websites to buy it OR visit webhost websites that would buy the domain and host your website for you (I recommend this).

2) There are a lot of webhosts such as hostgator, bluehost siteground and etc.

3) When you work with a web hosting website, they usally provide Content management systems (CMS) that you can download and install themes (Such as Wordpress). Although the theme may be some what general but there are thousands of themes out there, what are the chances of seeing a similar one. Furthermore, you can have plugins and widgets to customize it a bit so it will be different.

4) If you plan on using Wordpress, you can download woothemes, wordpress ecommerce and etc and they usually come with payment gateway option or you can use PayPal. You can download all these plugins for free with wordpress

5) When i first created my online retail website, it cost around $80/year to have a decent website that works. You can spend more to buy themes or more plugins to make it look more fancy.

This article explains how to create a website step by step. Check it out.
http://www.mktdojo.com/how-to-create-a-website