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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,370 --> 00:00:05,880 OK fantastic so you bought your Shopify plan and now when you look at the store it hasn't got a plan 2 00:00:06,100 --> 00:00:10,200 over place and hopefully you're looking at a page something like this. 3 00:00:10,230 --> 00:00:13,800 Now the next thing me to do is to get a domain. 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:14,100 All right. 5 00:00:14,100 --> 00:00:17,580 So one enjoy attention to how we've been set up for the time being. 6 00:00:17,580 --> 00:00:24,960 So if I go over to the store at the moment what we have is Tim's super deals dot my Shopify dot com 7 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,050 and that is basically what we call a sub domain. 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:35,020 It's hosted on my Shopify and it's a subdomain on my Shopify is not our own domain. 9 00:00:35,310 --> 00:00:39,840 Now don't get me wrong you could build out a store on this and never change it but when it comes to 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:40,820 building your brand. 11 00:00:40,830 --> 00:00:46,650 And in fact being taken seriously having something on a subdomain on my Shopify subdomain is really 12 00:00:46,710 --> 00:00:48,270 not the way to go. 13 00:00:48,270 --> 00:00:53,940 It's really not going to help you build a professional brand and a superb store that you're ultimately 14 00:00:53,940 --> 00:00:54,790 looking for. 15 00:00:55,050 --> 00:01:02,400 So what we want is a domain such as w w w dot Tymms super deals dot com. 16 00:01:02,430 --> 00:01:04,360 Now there are two ways of doing this. 17 00:01:04,390 --> 00:01:11,190 I want to make you fully aware of both ways and the limitations the advantages and disadvantages of 18 00:01:11,220 --> 00:01:14,550 both so you can make the correct decision for yourself. 19 00:01:14,550 --> 00:01:20,210 Now option one is to buy your domain through Shopify which is a very straightforward process. 20 00:01:20,220 --> 00:01:26,570 If you just good at the online store go to Mayne's you'll have the option to buy new domain. 21 00:01:26,570 --> 00:01:31,700 Obviously you won't see this if you haven't signed up for the plan but assuming you have all you need 22 00:01:31,700 --> 00:01:41,390 to do is in this bit here where it says Dumaine is to type in the domain that I want so WIFW at Tim's 23 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:49,290 super deals dot com. 24 00:01:49,290 --> 00:01:52,070 All right now immediately tells me whether it's available or not. 25 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:56,540 We've got these tickets available and it'll cost me 14 dollars for the year. 26 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:58,970 And I have to do now is go through and buy it. 27 00:01:58,970 --> 00:02:01,250 And I would have that domain. 28 00:02:01,250 --> 00:02:05,840 And then what would happen is that Shopify would instantly switch from this. 29 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,010 Tim cymbidiums dot dot com. 30 00:02:08,150 --> 00:02:11,330 To simply Tim's super deals dot com. 31 00:02:11,330 --> 00:02:15,710 So there's a very very straightforward process for fourteen dollars a year. 32 00:02:16,130 --> 00:02:24,470 Now the disadvantage of this is when it comes to email now Shopify does not have a full blown email 33 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:25,830 hosting service. 34 00:02:26,060 --> 00:02:28,790 What they do is that they forward emails. 35 00:02:28,820 --> 00:02:30,020 So what do I mean by that. 36 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:36,620 Well I signed up with Tim at e-commerce mindset dot com as I'm sure you remember and we Shopify I can 37 00:02:36,620 --> 00:02:42,350 set up an email for example info at Tim's super deals dot com. 38 00:02:42,350 --> 00:02:49,430 But then when somebody emails me on that it will forward it to Tim at e commerce mindset dot com so 39 00:02:49,490 --> 00:02:53,830 ultimately get all of my e-mail on Tim at e-commerce mindset dot com. 40 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,190 I hope that makes sense. 41 00:02:55,580 --> 00:02:59,900 So what that means is that when I'm replying to customers they are also seeing that I'm replying to 42 00:02:59,900 --> 00:03:03,100 them with Tim at e-commerce mindset dot com. 43 00:03:03,350 --> 00:03:09,440 Nothing to do with Tim's super deals so I hope you understand the important point. 44 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,000 Now you can certainly work like that. 45 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,400 That's not really a big deal. 46 00:03:12,410 --> 00:03:17,310 But again when it comes to building a brand you are to a certain extent confusing your customer with 47 00:03:17,310 --> 00:03:19,670 now a different e-mail address. 48 00:03:19,670 --> 00:03:22,040 And for me I just find that unprofessional. 49 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:27,890 But I want to stress that my opinion after years in e-commerce but you can certainly do it that way. 50 00:03:27,950 --> 00:03:29,360 So that was Option one. 51 00:03:29,540 --> 00:03:30,920 So what's option 2 all about. 52 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,740 Well you might have noticed this link up here. 53 00:03:32,750 --> 00:03:38,740 Connect existing domain and what we can do is we can actually buy a domain outside of Shopify. 54 00:03:38,740 --> 00:03:45,090 OK not at all in the Shopify platform but with another provider and then we can connect it to our store. 55 00:03:45,260 --> 00:03:50,870 And the advantage of that is I then get the professional e-mail set up that I want. 56 00:03:50,930 --> 00:03:55,880 So I'm going to show you that in the next lecture so that you're fully aware of both options. 57 00:03:55,880 --> 00:04:00,170 And as I said before that will enable you to make the decision that you're most comfortable with. 6087