How do I sell products on my website?

Q: How do I sell products on my website?

Open Store & Donations in your account. Connect a Stripe account under Payments (money goes straight to your own Stripe, and one connection also powers donations and paid memberships), add products under Products (physical or digital, with options like size and color, photos, and stock counts), then turn the store on in Store Settings. Your website gets a store page automatically, and the Store Designer lets you arrange it in your site's own look. Product details include a breadcrumb trail above the images and purchase options, with links to Home and Shop followed by the product name. This also appears in the Product block in custom product layouts. Orders arrive under Orders, where you mark them shipped or refund them; digital products deliver themselves by email. You can set the store up while your site is still a preview; checkout opens when the site is turned on. The store costs nothing monthly. Podspun's share per sale falls as you sell more in a month (5% on the first $500 a month, 3% to $2,000, then 1.5%), plus card processing.

Memberships & Income · Full walkthrough

Turn your work into a storefront.

Set up products, payments, shipping and your store presentation, then manage real orders in one place.

Before you start

Decide what you sell, whether it is physical or digital, its price and fulfilment process. Payment Setup supplies the shared Stripe connection for your store, donations and memberships. Previewing a store and accepting real checkout are different stages.

Step 1

Connect payments

Open Payment Setup and connect your own Stripe account using the displayed flow. Review the connection status before relying on checkout.

Payments go through your Stripe connection. Complete its required business and payout setup, and read any provider terms before accepting them.

Use the same payment setup for the site's store, donations and memberships rather than creating separate connections for each feature.

Step 2

Open your store

Open Store & Donations → Store Settings and turn Store On when you are ready to configure it. Read the displayed store and payment fees before enabling it.

Enabling the store saves immediately. The store remains unavailable for purchases until the website and Stripe connection are ready.

Review Details, Shipping and Tax separately. Enabling a store does not create a product or establish your fulfilment policies.

Step 3

Create the product catalog

Open Store & Donations → Products. Add the product's title, description, price, pictures and physical or digital details.

Review options/variants, stock and availability where relevant. A product picture should show the item being sold rather than unrelated website artwork.

For digital goods, check the delivery file. For physical goods, make sure the description and fulfilment information are clear before publishing.

Step 4

Set store policies and fulfilment

Open Store Settings. Review the store page, currency, categories, policies and order emails. Configure Shipping and Tax for your actual sales requirements.

Use the settings tabs for their separate jobs; review shipping zones and thresholds before offering delivery to a destination.

Check whether prices include tax and whether shipping is taxed. Use your own applicable settings rather than copying a generic example rate.

Step 5

Design the storefront

Open Store Designer and Product Page to review the catalog and individual product presentation. Preview image fitting, product information and the purchase controls.

Choose the store layout through the shared website design controls so it fits the rest of your site.

Use concise, accurate product details and clear category names. Preview long names, multiple pictures and a sold-out product.

Step 6

Review checkout and orders

Review each product’s Status: Draft stays private; Active appears in the store. When payments and the website are ready for live sales, verify the public purchase flow deliberately. Use Orders to review payment and fulfilment for real orders.

A preview alone does not prove live checkout is active. Checkout requires the site to be on and the payment connection ready.

Fulfil, refund or cancel only the intended order. Financial actions change a real customer's transaction; reviewing an order is separate from carrying out those actions.

Review checklist

Stripe and checkout readiness are verified.
Product, price, options and stock are correct.
Shipping, tax and policies match your business.
The public storefront and order process were reviewed.

If you get stuck

A preview shows a store but checkout is unavailable

Check site activation and Payment Setup. A design preview can exist before live checkout is ready.

A product is difficult to buy

Review availability, variant selection, shipping destinations and the product-page presentation.

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