- Do I need a website if I already sell on Instagram?
- Instagram is where people find you, but it has no catalogue, no cart and no checkout, so every sale runs through you personally. A website for your Instagram business handles the browsing, the totals, the payment and the tracking, and leaves you the content and the packing. Most sellers keep both and just put the store link in their bio.
- How do I create a website for my Instagram shop?
- Sign up with your phone number and an OTP, name your store, paste your UPI ID and upload your products with photos, prices and stock. Your storefront is live on its own link straight away. Then put that link in your Instagram bio and story highlights.
- Can I make a website for my Instagram business without coding?
- Yes. There is nothing to code, host or install. You pick one of three themes, set your accent colour, and the product pages, cart, checkout and order tracking are already built. If you can post a product to Instagram, you can list one here.
- How much does a website for an Instagram business cost in India?
- You can start free with no credit card. There is no commission on any sale, on any plan. Instead you get a one-time grant of 50 credits at signup, and a paid order spends credits on a band set by its value, so orders up to ₹149 cost nothing and the largest orders spend 20 credits. After that you top up with a credit pack or move to a paid plan.
- How do customers pay on my Instagram store website?
- By default they scan a UPI QR built from your own UPI ID and upload the payment screenshot, which you verify before shipping. You can instead connect your own Razorpay keys, and then card, netbanking and UPI payments confirm the order automatically. In both cases the money lands in your account, not ours.
- Will my store have its own domain name?
- Every store gets a free address at yourname.smolbusiness.in the moment you sign up, which is enough for a bio link. If you own a domain, you can connect it on a paid plan and it becomes your store address everywhere, including share and tracking links.
- Do my customers need to create an account to buy?
- No. They browse, add to cart, verify their phone number by OTP at checkout and pay. There is no signup, no password, and they track the order afterwards using the same phone number.
- Can I still take orders in DMs after setting up a store?
- Yes, nothing stops you. Most sellers reply to a DM with their store link so the buyer picks the item, enters their own address and pays, and the order arrives in the dashboard complete. You keep the conversation and lose the copying.
