How to Setup a Facebook Store from Scratch

How to Setup a Facebook Store from Scratch

With the holiday shopping season nearby, now is perhaps the best time to start a Facebook Store. It allows businesses to open online shops where they can “show and sell” their products to Facebook’s nearly 3 billion monthly active users.

80 million other SMBs are also on Facebook, 25 million of them are active advertisers. With a Facebook Store, you can join this league, more so, because SalesForce has predicted a 15% y-o-y increase in holiday e-commerce sales this year.

Therefore, setting up a Facebook Store is a no-brainer. What’s more, with zero dollars and a few clicks you can be up and running. In this post, I’ll show you how to set up a Facebook Shop, how to choose the right products to sell, plus how to land your first sale, but first.

What is a Facebook Store?

Just like a Shopify store, a Facebook Store allows you to sell physical items online, only in this case, Facebook hosts your online store for you. This means you do not have to worry about domain name registration, hosting, updates, security. All you need is a Facebook Business Page, and at least a physical product.

According to Facebook, “this feature best serves merchants, retail, and e-commerce advertisers. We recommend it for businesses selling apparel, accessories (including bags and luggage), home furnishings, and baby or kids’ products.”

Following are 9 Steps to Create a Facebook Store