WEEK 4

This week was both overwhelming and informative. I learned so much about the difference between hosting sites and domains and website builders. I and excited to learn more about how things work and to get started putting content onto my new site 🙂

it seems surreal that I am going to have an online jewelry store that is actually ready for traffic and taking orders. I know this may sound silly but I am worried I won’t be able to keep up with order demand. That seems pretty optimistic considering I have no idea what I am doing but I think that keeping an optimistic view will help me stay focused and prepare for things as best I can to ensure that I will be ready for whatever comes my way.

there really are so many site builders and hosting sites that are perfect for what I am doing. the hardest part was making the decision and sticking to it. I compared a few hosting sites and several site builders and the last time I attempted to build a site I focused on cost because I was very budget conscious but this time I am focused more on time. right now my time is more valuable than anything else. so finding something that works for me with cost and saving time I am all for! I chose Shopify and got the domain through their site at domains.com. it was very simple to set up and now I want to make sure I get my SSL cert in place so that I can have a secure site for my customers to feel comfortable inputing their payment information.

I am a little worried about how the shipping stuff works. I want to find out more as I go and set up a call with Shopify so they can walk me through it and answer the questions I run into as I learn so that once orders start coming in I can be ready 🙂

I really loved the videos given to us to learn more about how to build sites and the different descriptions for each site builder so that we could make informed decisions. the comparison spreadsheet is amazing! I am going to save that template and use it for all my decision making!

it is starting to feel real and that is exciting and nauseating haha. I am not sure how it will go but I have a good feeling 🙂 I am grateful to be in this class at this time. I really feel like the Lord guided me to where I needed to be so that I could could build my dream and help me provide for my family. we have had a rough 4 years and I am very anxious to make this year a great one and become more self sufficient and confident that my family will be ok. 🙂