How to make an online shop accepting Bitcoin Cash in 10 minutes.

I've made dozens of online shops over the past year or so.

A handful of which accept crypto!

I had a chat with a friend recently and he was both surprised and amazed when I told him I run a few online shops that accept crypto. The friend in question is usually very bored and disinterested when I talk to him about what I do. This got me thinking, why aren't more people making online shops that accept Bitcoin etc? Maybe they assume it's too complicated or too expensive.

Newsflash jabronis, it's neither!

Step 1: Choose your domain and hosting package (2 minutes)

For buying your domain and hosting I recommend Netnerd or Guru. You may be able to get a cheaper deal if you buy your domain name at a different site to your hosting, but this is what I like to call faff. It's best to keep it all under one roof for simplicity.
At the time of writing this I've spotted that the sweet domain bitcoincashboutique.com is available, so we will use this as in example. (If one of you guys out there ends up buying this, you're welcome!)

So, we buy the domain name bitcoincashboutique.com, and we select our hosting package. Essentially, the more expensive package you buy, the faster your site will be and the more traffic it will be able to handle.

For a small site with a small amount of traffic (2000 hits per day) you'll be fine with the cheapest options. (Tip: Netnerd offers free hosting if you're really tight for satoshis!)

Step 2: Install Wordpress & Woocommerce (4 Minutes)

Both Wordpress and Woocommerce are free, and both are adaptable, awesome, and everything you need to make an awesome, adaptable, small shop.

To install both, first we need to login to the Cpanel of your site, which you should be able to get to through your hosting provider. Most decent hosting providers have an 'app installer' or 'one click install' section where you fill out a few boxes, click a button and it installs Wordpress for you. This may take 2 minutes.

Once you've installed Wordpress, login to the Wordpress admin area, which is usually: http://www.bitcoincashboutique.com/wp-admin/
Now, on the left hand side, scroll down until you see 'Plugins'.

We need to search for a new plugin called (you guessed it) Woocommerce, install it, and then activate it. *

Step 3: Install Coinbase Commerce (2 Minutes)

Next, we install another plugin called 'Coinbase Commerce'. There are hundreds of other similar plugins that will let you accept all kinds of crypto in all sorts of ways but I personally think it's better to go with Coinbase, the big boy as you can trust the big boys (more than you can trust a solo developer anyway). If you don't already have a regular Coinbase account you must be mad, and you need to get one here.

You'll need to sign up at Coinbase Commerce also but once you install the Coinbase Commerce plugin you will be prompted to do so.

Coinbase Commerce will make you use 3FA which takes a minute to set up and you'll also need to set up the API, which is easier than it sounds, you follow the prompts in the plugin and essentially have to copy and paste keys from Coinbase Commerce to Wordpress. *

Once you're set up your store will be ready to accept:

• Bitcoin Cash

• Bitcoin

• Litecoin

• Ethereum

• DAI

• USDC

Cool huh?

Step 4: List a Product (1 Minutes)

Head back to your Wordpress admin area and if you should see on the left hand side under 'Woocommerce' something called 'Products'. Hover your mouse over it and another menu will pop up, select 'Add New', fill out the form that loads and BOOM, you've got yourself a product live on an online shop that can be bought with Bitcoin Cash.

That's not bad for 10 minutes is it?

*Well, actually it is, I've missed out loads of little steps along the way that if you want to create a serious shop, you would not want to skip. There's hundreds of areas I could have covered such as designing your shop, installing a theme, setting up SEO and sitemaps, but that's for another time (maybe).

The point of this article was to show how simple it is, the 1o minute factor is a bit of clickbait-badness on my part. However, if enough of you are keen for me to do a more detailed guide, I'd be happy to, maybe, let me know below, just in case.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR NOOBS:

Do not confuse installing Wordpress with signing up for a free blog at wordpress.com - this is completely different in all but name.

Peace.