How can a beginner start selling photos online?

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

A beginner photographer seeks guidance on starting to sell photos through Shopify, expressing concern about making mistakes and requesting step-by-step help.

Key Recommendations Provided:

  • Sign up for Shopify’s free trial (currently offering first 3 months at $1/month on select plans)
  • Complete Shopify’s free online course “Getting started with Shopify” covering product descriptions, payment gateways, and store setup
  • Review existing art and photography stores on Shopify for inspiration

Basic Setup Steps:

  1. Create Shopify account
  2. Choose store name and pricing plan
  3. Configure store settings (upload images, set prices, establish shipping and payment methods)
  4. Launch the store

The discussion remains open with no follow-up from the original poster confirming whether they’ve successfully started their store.

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Hi,my name is Elizabeta Lukic,l‘m trying to sell my photos on Shopify,but I don’t know how to start.Can please someone help me? I‘m afraid to do all alone because I don’t want to make some trouble.If someone can explain me what to do,l will be forever grateful.

P.s. I don’t speak English perfectly

Thank you

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Hello, Elizabeth!

Firstly let me say welcome to Shopify! I can definitely understand feeling reluctant to do things alone, it can feel like a lot! But the good news is we have loads of resources, and also support to help and guide you all along the way so you can absolutely do this. Also let me say, your English is excellent.

The first step would be to sign up for a free trial with Shopify, if you haven’t already. You are signing up at a great time because we do actually have a special offer running at the moment where you can get the first three months of your paid plan for only $1 per month on select plans. You can see this on the banner at the top of the page I linked above.

Once you have your account, I would highly recommend checking out our free online course: Getting started with Shopify. This course covers everything from choosing the right product description to adding payment gateways. It will leave you in a great position to be able to build your store yourself!

I also want to share this link with you - it is a collection of art and photography stores who use Shopify and have done an excellent job. I hope it provides some inspiration for you! I trust this helps, thanks Elizabeth.

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Hi Elizabetalukic9,

I hope you figured it out to sell photos on Shopify, if not, please follow the below steps:

  1. Singup on Shopify to build your store

  2. Pick and name and plan for your Shop

  3. Setup your store (adding images, setting price, shipping, payment method, etc)

  4. Go Live

that’s it. your store is ready.