Ecommerce Website Kenya: Create Online Shop For Free

Last updated on June 6th, 2020 at 08:41 am

Are you looking to create an eCommerce website in Kenya? Where people can buy goods online?

In this article, I will walk you through how to create a Magento e-commerce website right from the cPanel dashboard. So, if this is something you’d be interested in, stick around until the end.

Truehost cloud Cpanel provides Magento as a free Content Management Software (CMS).

Developing the website start with deploying of Magento CMS on your Truehost Cpanel Account.

There are two provisions of installing Magento on Cpanel

1. Scripts -provides links for installing Magento

2. Softacolous – A comprehensive collection of more than 4oo applications located under software in the Cpanel

Click on the Softaculous Apps Installer

It loads Softaculous installation panel

There is a collection of 400 application available for deployment.

Go to the Ecommerce section on your left pane. This is where you will find a ton of ecommerce software. But remember, we are not looking for just any other software, we are looking for Magento

Locate Magento as highlighted and click to start installation of this powerful ecommerce website software in Kenya.

Add the configuration details requested after clicking install now

Fill all the required details. Remember to remove anything in the Directory option to avoid installing on a subdirectory and thus install on a root folder

After Clicking Install at the bottom of the page – Magento will start to install. Well, this might take anything between 2-3 minutes. So you’ll have to get that cup of coffee and start sipping as the ecommerce software is installing.

Customizing ecommerce website Kenya

Here is the newly created site that you can start editing to your preference. Change images here and there, add texts, you know, make it personalized, and that is the beauty of this software.

There are no boundaries here. Get those creative juice flowing.

Login to the admin.

This is the place where the magic happens. You can add and remove products from your store. And also, this is the place where you manage orders.

Admin area for all back-office operation

Start selling online with a Magento Website at Truehost Cloud