General checklist for selling in China

This checklist outlines all of the steps that you need to take to get started with Shopify. The steps cover what you need to do before starting with Shopify, and guide you through opening and promoting your online store. You might find it helpful toprint this checklistor to download it as a PDF so that you can refer to it throughout the setup process.

Before you start

Before you start setting up your Shopify store, it's important to understand your goals. Ask yourself basic questions about your store. This can help you to focus your attention and speed up your setup process. You might also want to think about which pricing plan meets your needs. However, you don't need to choose a plan until the end of your free trial.

Find local experts to get advice on taxes and laws for your business

Register your business if necessary, but you can also explore selling online without registering your business.

Open a separate business bank account

Choose which sales channels you want to use. Some of these sales channels might not be available in China.

Think about which pricing plan you need

First steps

Before you stock your Shopify store with products, you need to enter some information about yourself and your store. You need to decide on some basic standards for your product listings and customer transactions. Also, you need to set up your domain to make sure that your customers can find your store online.

Log in to your store

Password-protect your store

Name your store and set your store's legal business name

设置你的商业ness address

Add your billing information

Set a default currency for your store listings

Set a default weight unit for your store listings

Staff your store if necessary

Set up your domain

Display your store policies and other legal information

Display important information on the checkout page

Organize your store

The way that your store looks and the kinds of products that you're going to sell are two of the most important parts of your online store. Try a few different themes to see which one looks best, and then add some products to sell. Depending on how many products you plan to offer, adding and organizing your product listings can be the most time-consuming step of setting up a Shopify store. Be sure to give yourself plenty of time to add your products, to organize them into logical groups, and to set the necessary tax and shipping information.

Make your online store look great with a theme

Add your products

Organize your products

Set up your shipping settings

Set up your taxes

Set up your payment gateways

Test your store

Before you launch your online store, place some test orders to see how the checkout process works.

Test successful and failed transactions

Test refunding and canceling orders

Test fulfilling and partially fulfilling orders

Test archiving successful orders

Launch your online store

After you've picked a plan and tested your online store, you're ready for people to see it.

Remove your online store password to give customers access to your store

Add other online sales channels

After you launch your online store, your business might benefit from adding some other online channels to your Shopify store. There are several optional online channels that you can add to your Shopify admin when selling online.

Sell with Facebook

Sell with Buy Buttons

Promote your business

After you launch your online store, you need to promote it. You can improve your online store's visibility by thoughtfully defining your home page metadata and by promoting your online store in all of the appropriate spaces.

Define your home page metadata

Promote your store