Just launched my Shopify https://admin.shopify.com/store/420shopzach?ui_locales=en-CA
@Zach420 Quick thing first, the link in your post goes to your admin, so it only opens for you, everyone else gets a login screen. Edit it and put your storefront address in instead, the one ending in myshopify.com. I tracked it down anyway, so heres some feedback.
The big theme running through everything is that the defaults are still showing. Three places, all quick to fix.
Your homepage is still the themes demo text. Woven reverie, sartorial poetry that transcends trends, an atelier where fabric meets philosophy, silhouettes drift like whispered secrets. None of that is yours, it shipped with the theme, and the big photos are the themes stock images too. So someone reads all that and then finds four products that have nothing to do with it. Replace it with your own words, even really plain ones. Plain and true beats poetic and borrowed.
Your policy pages still have the template placeholders in them, things like INSERT RETURN ADDRESS. Those are live right now, so a customer working out how to return something reads a bracket instead of an address. Go through all five under Settings, Policies and fill in every bracket, or delete the sentence if it doesnt apply to you.
Your footer social icons all link to Shopifys own accounts, because thats the placeholder value. Anyone clicking them right now lands on Shopify. Swap them for yours or remove them.
Now the important one, and Im flagging it because it could cost you the whole store rather than a few sales.
Youve got a PS5 at $295, marked down from $405, listed as Secret game consoles, on a brand new store with no reviews and no custom domain, sitting next to t shirts and swim shorts. Im sure its legitimate. But that exact combination is what a scam store looks like, and its not only customers who notice. Payment processors and Shopifys own risk checks watch for it, and a new store selling discounted consoles sits near the top of that list. If you want to sell it, fine, but I wouldnt have it on a week old clothing store. It puts everything else at risk.
While were there, nearly everything you sell shows a struck through higher price. When everything is permanently discounted people stop believing any of it, and in a lot of places there are rules about advertising a reduction from a price you never actually charged. Pick a real price and stand behind it.
None of this is really bad news. Placeholder copy, unfilled policies and default links are what every store looks like on day one. Its an afternoons work. Do the homepage copy and the policies first, those are the two costing you most.
So I downloaded this thinking it would be somewhat straight forward and thats definitely not the case! Lol im not even planning on keeping it up because the only reason I downloaded this app is because of financial needs, I have been struggling like everybody has but yeah it just confused me more than anything 
I appreciate u telling me that stuff tho!
Yes most of the time, e-commerce is attention-heavy, time-consuming, and costly. Good for side-hustles, but it does take time to learn and you need to have something that people want. That last bit is what makes people ask “why no sales”, and eventually quit. Think like a customer. What are you looking for? What stores do you shop at? What do you consider worth giving your money? I would suggest picking up a trade or craft. Etsy → Shopify is a very popular transition. Get the customers/experience on Etsy, then start Shopify to expand.
Hey @Zach420 I feel for you starting a store can be overwhelming, especially when you’re doing it under financial pressure.
Mayra’s feedback is honest but helpful. Here’s the thing: most of what she pointed out are just placeholder defaults. It’s not that you did something wrong—it’s that Shopify ships with a bunch of demo content you have to replace. Every new store looks like this at first.
If you decide to keep going, I’d suggest just one small thing to start: change the homepage text to something simple about what you’re selling. Even a few sentences. That one change makes the store feel less like a template and more like a real shop.
But also if this isn’t the right time, that’s okay too. E-commerce isn’t a quick fix for financial struggles, and it’s better to step back now than to sink time and money into something that doesn’t feel right for you right now.
Whatever you decide, the community is here to help if you want to give it another shot.