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How to register and use ECWID

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Choose your browser

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In this tutorial, I choose Mozilla Firefox browser

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This is your homepage

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Type in www.ecwid.com in the address bar

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Youll see Ecwid homepage

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Just click Sign up

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This is the registration page

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You can either sign in thru Paypal,

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Google

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Facebook

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Or by creating a new Ecwid account

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In this tutorial, I decided to create a new Ecwid account


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Lets start by filling up the form

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Indicate your name

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Enter your email address here

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And your password

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Then re-type your password here

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Click on Register when done

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Youll notice the screen being loaded

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This is your Ecwid dashboard

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Notice that you need to validate your email address

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Now, go to your email acct

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Log in to your account

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And look for the validation email from Ecwid

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Open the email

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And click on the link provided

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Youll be redirected to your Ecwid Control Panel

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Notice that your account is now validated

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Just click Ok to continue

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In your Ecwid dashboard

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Youll notice these widget codes

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These are used in websites and blogs

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Let's try using these widgets in our blog


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In this tutorial, I used Blogger


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Open your blog account

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You can create a new blog or use an existing blog


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In this tutorial, I choose to use my existing blog


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This is your Blogger dashboard

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Click on Pages

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In here youll find all pages under your blog

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Lets create a new page for our store


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Click New page

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Then choose Blank page

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Youll see this new page

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Indicate the Page title here

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Then choose HTML format

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Now, lets go back to Ecwid website


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Copy the widget codes found in Ecwid

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Lets start with the Bag widget code

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Click on the highlighted code block

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which highlights all codes

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Then press CTRL + C

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Return to your blog page

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Make sure your cursor is inside the box

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Then press CTRL+V

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Notice that the codes are now in your page

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Repeat the process for the other two codes


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Here is the Categories Tab widget code,

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And the Product Browser widget code

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All three codes should be on the same page.


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When done, click Publish

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Voila! Heres our blog powered by Ecwid

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Now, Lets try adding new products and category


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On our Ecwid dashboard

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Click on Catalog

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Youll see your list of products

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Just click New Product

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Now, we can start adding products

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You can leave the SKU as it is

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It will be automatically set based on product count

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But you can opt to set it manually as well

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Write the product name

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Specify weight if youre selling the product by weight

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Check this if your product needs shipping

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Then input the product price

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You can also set the availability of your product


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Set to Enable if you have the product on hand

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Or Disable if its out of stock

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You could also indicate the number of stock you have


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Click on Manage in stock control

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Set this to Unlimited if you have a limitless supply

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Or indicate the exact number on hand

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You can also be notified if you need to restock

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Just indicate the number of stock left

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before a notification will be sent to you

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Leave Categories as it is

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Well create one later

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Write your product description here

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Then add the product image

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You can add image by clicking Browse

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if you have saved the images in your computer

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Heres our newly added product

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Click Save

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Youll see the new product on the list

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Now, lets add a new category for the new products


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Under Catalog,

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Click Categories

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Youll see the Categories screen

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Click New root Category

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Here we can add a new category

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Write the category name

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Then you can add an image

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Heres what I did

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If done, click on Save

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Return to Products

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Youll see the new products

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without specified category

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Click the new product

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On the product chosen click Add Categories

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Youll see the category choices

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Check your newly added category

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Then click Save & Close

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Do this with your other new products


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Ensure that all your products are categorized correctly

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We could now update our blog

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Return to your blog page

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Copy all the updated widget code from Ecwid

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Start with the Bag widget code

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Next is the Categories Tabs widget code

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Last is the Product Browser widget code

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Paste it all in your blog as seen below

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Then click Update

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Now click View blog

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Choose the Store page

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Congratulations!

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You have successfully added a new category

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And new products as well

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Continuous effort not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential - Winston Churchill
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