[GUIDE] How to create an online store and accept Bitcoin by using open-source

[Pavle]

I've spent the past 15 days writing a very detailed tutorial on how to create an e-commerce store and accept Bitcoin, from scratch, with no coding skills required by using only free and open-source software.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILw1o6acYIY

We've been running our own bitcoin store for a year now, and wanted to do something for the community and spread the adoption.

The article contains detailed instructions that will guide you through the process step by step.

It's quite in-depth, there are 10200 words and I also recorded 18 videos to help you along the way.

You can read the article here https://bitcoinshirt.co/how-to-create-store-accept-bitcoin/

And watch the video in an assorted playlist here  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7b9Wt9shK2ouN9E-g0viktMMEKFFqelm

Here's the table of content

1. Under the Hood
1.1Web Hosting
1.1.1Shared Hosting
1.1.2Dedicated Hosting
1.1.3VPS Hosting
1.1.4Why do you need both VPS and Shared for this setup?
1.2Domain name and SSL
1.3WordPress
1.3.1WordPress Theme
1.3.2WordPress Plugins
1.3.2.1Woocommerce
1.3.2.2BTCPay Server
1.4 The cost

2. Web Hosting
2.1Choosing The Hosting Plan
2.2 Domain name
2.3 Setting up the account
2.3.1 Extra Services
2.4 Phone verification
2.5 Creating Wordpress and WooCommerce
2.6 E-mail verification (inbox)
2.7 Previewing the website

3.   Customizing WordPress
3.1 Logging into WordPress
3.2 Getting familiar with the back-end interface
3.3 Installing the Theme
3.4 Removing the demo content
3.4.1Removing the plugins
3.4.2Removing the Products
3.4.3Removing product categories
3.4.4Removing posts and comments

4. Woocommerce Customization
4.1WooCommerce General Settings
4.2 Creating WooCommerce Pages
4.3 Creating product categories
4.4 Adding products
4.4.1 Creating Simple Product
4.4.2 Creating Variation Product
4.5 Shipping rates and methods

5. Installing plugins
5.1 Adding Contact Form

6 Customizing Theme
6.1 Customizing Header
6.2 Customizing Footer
6.2.1 Adding About Us in the footer
6.2.2 Adding Bitcoin Accepted Here Sign
6.2.3 Adding Menus to Footer

7. Setting up BTCPay Server
7.1Installing BTCPay WooCommere Plugin
7.2 Connecting to a Third-Party Host
7.2.1 Registering with a third-party host
7.2.2 Pairing your store with a host
7.3 Installing BTCPay self-hosted Server
7.3.1 Buying the VPS
7.3.2 Creating an account
7.3.3 Creating the Virtual Machine
7.3.3.1 Buying  additional volume
7.3.3.2 Attaching a volume
7.3.3.3 Enabling CPU usage
7.3.4  DNS Setup
7.3.5 Deploying BTCPay Server
7.4 Connecting BTCPay with your wallet
7.4.1 Connecting your wallet with Ledger Nano S
7.4.2 Connecting your BTCPay manually
7.5 Testing BTCPay Checkout

8.Summary
8.1Official documentation
8.2 Managing your orders
8.3 Free Plugins
8.4 Search Engine Optimization
8.5 Support groups
8.6 Marketing
8.7 Credits
8.8 The stores made by following this tutorial
8.9 Thank you

If you have any feedback, let me know.

If you or someone you know end up with making a store that accepts BTC by following it, please let me know, it would make my day :-)

Let's spread the adoption.

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[enhu]

I didn't really read the article but after just reading the table of contents which says we need the VPS and shared hosting plan, my interest in setting up a store already is gone. Lets say BTCpay really needs intense resources but the amount to pay monthly for it while the store is just starting seem not really just a smooth profit when we are competing with a store that already is visible on search engines. Which means we are also going to spend for its SEO adn then the shared hosting that is to be payed too.

Are we able to use the VPS plan to set up masternodes or it will be just solely for the BTCPay?

[Pavle]

VPS is like 9.4$.
if you're on a budget you can attach to a free BTCPay host and receive payments to your wallet. If you read that part it'll be much clearer than just by reading the TOC.

[LeGaulois]

I didn't really read the article but after just reading the table of contents which says we need the VPS and shared hosting plan, my interest in setting up a store already is gone. Lets say BTCpay really needs intense resources but the amount to pay monthly for it while the store is just starting seem not really just a smooth profit when we are competing with a store that already is visible on search engines. Which means we are also going to spend for its SEO adn then the shared hosting that is to be payed too.

Are we able to use the VPS plan to set up masternodes or it will be just solely for the BTCPay?

You can easily get a cheap VPS nowadays, the price has been drastically reduced compared to before. A few years ago, you would have to pay x10 to get the same specs. Depending on what you target, you may rely on SMM and SMO without the need to go for a full SEO campaign