How to Build an Online Store Without Coding or a Developer

What You Actually Need for an Online Store

An online store needs four things: a product catalogue, a shopping cart, a checkout (with payment processing), and a way to manage orders. That's it. Everything beyond that is optional until you're scaling.

The Old Way

WooCommerce on WordPress (requires hosting, theme, plugin, and developer setup), or a fully custom build. Either way: £2,000–£10,000 to launch, ongoing maintenance costs, and technical decisions you shouldn't need to make.

The Sitepresso Way

1. Sign up and choose the Ecommerce vertical
2. Pick your industry theme
3. Add your products with photos, descriptions, and prices
4. Connect Stripe for payments (10 minutes)
5. Set your shipping zones and rates
6. Launch on your own domain

What Gets Built for You

• Product pages with image galleries and variants
• Shopping cart and checkout
• Order confirmation emails
• Order management dashboard
• Customer accounts (order history, saved addresses)
• Mobile-optimised shopping experience

Starting Small

You don't need hundreds of products to launch. Start with your 5–10 best-sellers or most popular services. Get the store live, learn from real orders, and add more products as you understand what works.