How to build an independent website? How to build an independent website by yourself?

To build an independent website, you don’t need to provide a company business license. Merchants only need to have a corporate email address. It is easy to get started, with low barriers and low costs. Only the website building fee is charged. So how to build an independent website?

How to build an independent website?

1) Naming

Choosing a good brand name can have a significant impact on your small business.

2) Create a logo

You can use Canva for the early logo design. When the independent site reaches a certain amount of traffic, you can spend money to design a more iconic logo, which will help increase brand awareness.

3) Buy a domain name

After the user registers, the system will generate a second-level domain name for free, but it will have a platform logo. Most independent website sellers will purchase domain names from GoDaddy, Namecheap, or domestic service providers such as Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud, and then bind their own domain names to the store.

There are three things to note when choosing a domain name: use the brand name/product name; the key is to make it short and easy to remember; it is recommended to use the domain name suffix .com or .net.

4) Website building tool selection

There are three ways to build an independent website:

a) SaaS website building: Suppliers deploy application software on their own servers, and sellers order different services and service durations according to their needs (such as: Shopify, Ueeshop, Shoplazza, etc.). It is the first choice for novice independent site sellers.

With the iterative upgrade of the SaaS model website building function, the page design of the independent station is more free, and the module adjustment and content addition are more convenient, which can achieve personalized customization. At the same time, Alibaba Cloud ECS is adopted, and CDN acceleration, load balancing and other technologies are used to ensure the security and stability of the server, greatly improve the global access speed, and help sellers solve technical worries.

b) Open source website building: Suppliers open source code, and sellers can conduct secondary development by themselves to achieve the desired functions (such as: Woocommerce, Magento, Wordpress, etc.), which has certain technical requirements.

c) Independent development: not relying on any website building platform, developing the website with own or outsourced technical team. It is difficult and not recommended.

5) SaaS website building

The SAAS website building system has now developed to maturity. You don’t need to understand code, you can directly select a template and upload products, making it easier for novices to get started.

Then, you need to open an account and set up the basics of the independent website, including the store theme, PC page decoration and mobile terminal decoration. Then you need to group products, upload products and edit product details pages.