How to start a webshop? We bring you a list of necessary activities

Before starting a webshop, clients often ask us “ How do I start a webshop? ” and what legal obligations do they have to meet in order to be able to register a webshop with their company or business at all.

To successfully open a webshop, it is necessary to do 7 steps with which you prepare for the creation of the webshop. Webshops used to work for months and even years. Today, with the help of technology but also good preparation, we can make it in just a few days.

How many products do you plan to have in the webshop? It is possible to fill the webshop with the initial 10 or so products and fill in other products after school. If you don't have time, we can definitely fill the whole webshop. A good way to prepare a product list is to export the list from your accounting program. For example, a store has a product database in an accounting program from which we can extract all products with prices and codes in an excel or csv spreadsheet.

The conditions for opening a craft are prescribed by the Crafts Act, and you can establish a craft through the e-Crafts service or by coming to the competent state administration office in the county. The company is registered according to the Companies Act, and you can significantly shorten the process of founding a company if you decide to use the services of the entrepreneurial service HITRO.HR. If you already have a business, then in addition to the business you are in, you need to register the business for the business required to run an online store .

7 steps of preparation for creating a webshop

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How many products do you plan to have in the webshop? It is possible to fill the webshop with the initial 10 or so products and fill in other products after school. If you don't have time, we can definitely fill the whole webshop. A good way to prepare a product list is to export the list from your accounting program. For example, a store has a product database in an accounting program from which we can extract all products with prices and codes in an excel or csv sprea

2.

What types of payment methods do you want to have on the webshop? There are several options but the most commonly chosen ways are:

• • • Card payment (one-time, in installments),
    • payment on account,
    • PayPal,
    • payment on account,

Fiscalization is required for card payment. We recommend that you use an accounting program that has the ability to connect to a WordPress cms system and that has integrated fiscalization. For the card payment system, we recommend CorvusPay, through which you contract cards in selected banks. Accounting programs that can be integrated into the WooCommerce system and have fiscalization are eRacuni or SOLO.

3.

Which delivery service will you choose?

Table with some package delivery services within Croatia:

*** Check with each delivery service about package delivery prices for you.

*** Delivery prices of delivery service packages depend on the contract and agreement with individual webshops and depend on the number of packages sent monthly.

4.

Product photos

Do your products have photos. Professional photos sell products on their own. That is one of the most important factors. In our offer we offer professional product photography. But if you want to submit photos yourself, it is important that the minimum size is 1000 × 1000 px.

5.

VAT

Is your company in the VAT system? If so, decide whether you want your prices to be displayed with or without VAT already calculated. The price with VAT can be inserted and the system itself shows how much the unit price is and how much the amount of VAT is.

6.

Product description

Prepare a short and long product description. In a short description, try to put together 1 or 2 sentences about the product. In the long description, put as much descriptive text as possible for that product. For example, the composition of a product, maintenance or warning related to that product. You can make this text in the entries because in our offer we offer composing and proofreading of texts.

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SEO Webshop

In order for your webshop to make sales, it is very important that every product has good SEO. What does SEO mean? SEO - Search Engine Optimization - search engine optimization. Through this system, we can insert a keyword and description into each product. Therefore, your last step is to compile a list of keywords and short descriptions alongside your product list.

It may seem like a lot of work to you, but it’s certainly more work when you open a physical store. The advantage of a virtual store is that once everything is set up, you no longer need to pay for additional maintenance.

WEB STORE MAINTENANCE SERVICE - by agreement and as needed (price 100 kn / h).

Maintaining a web store is not necessary but depends on your needs. We guarantee the security and existence of the web store with our hosting, so there is no need to pay for additional maintenance. Web store maintenance is taken if you do not have time to change the text or image on the page. As part of the web store, you get online training with which you can later change the content of the web store yourself.

To make it easier and faster for you to prepare for the opening of the webshop, contact us at info@design-ika.com. 

Our offer for creating a web store includes:

• We create and compose content quickly and easily for your web store
• We proofread existing content
• We professionally photograph your products or services, business premises
• Simple web store content management system - WordPress CMS system
• eCommerce system for web stores - WooCommerce
• Web store graphic design proposal
• The price includes the theme of the web store - Betheme - worth $ 60
• Education for using the web store system (online training - 2 x 180min)
• Optimize the page for all search engines
• Responsive Design works on all devices
• An understandable page for every visitor - User Friendly
• SEO Websites - Yoast SEO Premium - Value $ 89
• GDPR website
• SSL certificate
• installation of Wordfence plug-ins to protect the site
• the image gallery has state-of-the-art features that allow for excellent site responsiveness
• with the contact form we install a CAPTCHU which prevents the arrival of spam emails and ensures the security of the site
• Software with which you later fill the webshop with a large amount of products via an excel spreadsheet - value $ 199
• Integrated payment method - payment on account and cash on delivery
• Integrated delivery - GLS, calculation for Croatia and EU different delivery.

Mandatory information about the business entity on the web store

As prescribed company law the following information must be clearly indicated on your website:

• Name and abbreviated name of the company;
• Headquarters;
• The court where the company is registered in the Court Register;
• The number under which the company is entered in the Court Register;
• The amount of share capital of the company, and whether the share capital has been paid in full;
• If it has not been paid in full, it is necessary to state which part of the share capital has not been paid in;
• In a joint stock company, the total number of issued shares and their nominal amounts;
• Surnames and at least one name of a member of the Management Board;
• In a joint stock company, members of the management board, ie executive directors and the president of the supervisory or management board;
• The company and the seat of the institution with which the account is kept and the number of that account.

In addition, in addition to the above information, it is useful to set the OIB of the company and, in case you do business abroad, the VAT number (so-called VAT number ). It is common practice to include this information in the "About us" section, on the "Contact" link or in the footer (footer) of the page or web store. It is important to note that the previous provisions of the Law apply to all forms of companies which are registered as jdoo, doo or d.d., but not on trades.

Tip: Be sure to check whether your website contains the specified data, because according to the same Act, penalties are determined in case of failure to provide the prescribed data up to a maximum amount of HRK 50,000, or HRK 7,000 for the responsible person.

The domain or name of the webshop is a key factor. Did you know that every company has the right to a free .hr domain?

If you are in the process of starting a business, consider a name. Your potential customers will get a first impression of your web store right from the domain name, so think carefully about the name.