How to Start Selling Homemade Chocolates Online in 7 Easy Steps
I have been longing for two things for too long now: swimming pool dips and chocolates. Sadly, I must admit, I neither have a pool at home nor plan to go out and shop for my favorite chocolate bucket because of the ongoing pandemic.
Though I am pretty sure that if you have the knack for entrepreneurship and a super delicious, homemade chocolate recipe, you can build an online homemade chocolate business of your own.
I mean, who doesn’t like a big, tasty Sundae covered in Choco syrup and red cherries on a hot Saturday afternoon? And if you are foody, like me, with a never satiating sweet tooth, it’s not just one afternoon. And it’s not just ice creams either!
Apple wedges, sweet potatoes, strawberries, cupcakes, and a whole world of edibles seek to befriend chocolates to titillate your taste buds.
An online report that I read a few years back claimed that around 51% of Americans admit to having a sweet tooth. 51%!!!!!! That’s more than half of the population. According to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s Global Chocolate Market Report 2020: “(Global chocolate) Market (is set) to Reach US$182.090 Billion by 2025, Increasing from US$137.599 Billion in 2019.” Dreaming to become Uncle (Choco) Scrooge already?
You have the skills, a big market, and a pandemic situation that isn’t allowing anyone to go out and shop for themselves.
What more could you ask for before you start googling how to sell homemade chocolates online? So, before you start questioning yourself “can I sell chocolates from home?” and succumb to procrastination, here is a quick guide to how to take your homemade chocolate business online using DotcomPal.
Why Choose DotcomPal for Selling Chocolates Online?
Selling your homemade chocolates online is indeed a noble business, where you aim to sell little bars and buckets of happiness to people of all ages.
But to make it a success you would still need every bit of planning and execution. Setting up an online store with DotcomPal is as easy as eating a bar of chocolate. It offers all the online sales and marketing tools that you might need to manifest those plans of yours.
The best part is, everything is available in a drag-and-drop building manner. That means you can build landing pages, websites, emails, customer journeys, etc., without having to write a single line of code.
Just go on the website, sign up for free without giving up card details, choose a business name, put your product information in a few simple clicks, and voila! Your chocolates are up for sale.
Start by Signing up for Free with DotcomPal
Sign up to DotcomPal, Sign up here. Once you sign up you will be on a login screen like below. Login to DotcomPal from there.
Get Started with Sell Module
Step 1: Once you are done with choosing a name for your business, head directly to the “Sell” module.
NOTE: You may choose to build a website, landing page, email list too, but for now let’s stick with how to take your chocolate store online.
Step: 2 Now click on the “NEW PRODUCT” button that you see in the red box below.
Step: 3 As chocolates are physical products, choose the one on the right.
Step: 4 In this step, you are going to add the name, description, summary, cost, shiping charges, stock limit, and a few other details that will make your product page more appealing and informative to your visitors.
Step: 6 You do want to get paid, right? That what time is it? Payment gateway time! DotcomPal allows you to add fully-secured payment gateways that help you collect payments from across the globe.
Congratulations! Your homemade chocolate store is online and you are all set to conquer the world with your tasty treats. Fair winds!
Way Forward!
Once your store is up and running, you would need to build an email list for promotion. You can easily build that using a landing page and website. DotcomPal helps you get both, for free, using drag-and-drop builder. So do check out these features along with the others. You will find them at the same place you found your “Sell” module.
If you any questions regarding email marketing, landing page optimization, SEO for online business, or anything related with digital marketing, then let me know in comments below and I will help you out.
