Steps

It takes only a couple of minutes to get a basic site, but give yourself more time customize your store and write good product descriptions.

1. Sign up for a PayPal account – You’ll need the email associated with your PayPal account when signing up for bigcartel.
2. Sign up for a bigcartel account – Fill out the sign-up form and choose “Band” as the “Store type”.
3. Products – Login, click on the “Products” tab at the top, and click “Add product”. Fill out the form and move on to your next product.
4. Design – click on the “Design” tab and then “Basics” to add your logo (”Header image”) and change the colors as your see fit. If your techish, change to “css” and go to town. If you have a paying account,

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One of the quickest ways to start selling your music and merchandise on the web is to sign up with a site that provides a simple Ecommerce store. There are a lot of them out there that have varying levels of functionality, customization, and cost. This review will cover one of those sites: bigcartel.

Overview

Bigcartel bills itself as providing “Simple Stores for DIY Rockstars” and they do a good job at providing the basics of an Ecommerce store. When you’re ready to start selling your CDs, T-shirts, or other merchandise to your fans, you can simply sign up, create your own store, and start raking in the cash. In addition to bands, they also specialize in stores for record labels, and clothing companies.

What you’re really signing up for is an easy to use product catalog and shopping cart. It’s something that will guide your fans through your inventory (albums, songs, merch) Continue Reading