Thanks to its online store built using Sitebuilder, De Thuisboetiek now has an online storefront

Helping you make your home a pleasant and comfortable place to live. That was the challenge Joke and her husband set themselves when they launched their own homeware store under the name De Thuisboetiek. They organise fun home parties at your place to present you with all sorts of items from the collections they carry: bedding, bath towels, nightwear, and so on. "We even bring our daughter's handmade ceramics," says Joke. It is therefore obvious that De Thuisboetiek needs a clearly structured website. Which the very energetic entrepreneur created all by herself using Easyhost's Sitebuilder.

Despite the fact that Joke is very busy running De Thuisboetiek, she managed to design her online store using Sitebuilder, paying attention to the smallest detail. This makes it an essential part of her homeware store. Joke: "Our online store is our online storefront. So it has to radiate the same cosy and friendly atmosphere that you experience at our home parties. The whole online concept has to be flawless. People who come to a home party can take a look at our product selection in advance. And if they are unable to attend, they can pass on their order to the hostess via the online store."

"Not expensive"

Taking control of the online reputation of the business was one of the main reasons for Joke to choose Easyhost's Sitebuilder. "I once had a WordPress online store created for me. That store definitely had some great features, but as the owner, I could only make minor changes to it. Can you believe it cost me 75 euros just to have a simple photo changed? I remember saying to myself that I never wanted to go through that again. I wanted to be able to do everything myself".

"I used to have to pay 75 euros to change a photo. Thanks to Sitebuilder, I can change everything myself".

Eventually, Joke decided to handle everything to do with De Thuisboetiek's online presence herself. "I compared different website builders. One of them was Shopify. Unfortunately, this platform is much more expensive. With Easyhost, on the other hand, I pay much less on an annual basis. I even find that their solution isn't expensive at all! So my choice was made very quickly. After all, I already manage my domain names and associated mailboxes with Easyhost. So there was no trust issues on my side."

"Thanks to Sitebuilder, I can do everything myself"

So one day it was time to take action, and that is when Joke started creating her own website. It turned out to be very easy: "Sitebuilder is actually pretty self-explanatory. You choose a template and off you go! With Sitebuilder, anyone can create a website; no need to be an IT whiz. So I don't need anyone to do anything for me, because I can make all the changes I want myself. Sometimes I still have doubts about some details, but then I use the information provided on the Easyhost help pages.

Although the online store is a big hit and Joke is getting positive feedback about it, she is already thinking about the future. "Now that all my pages are designed the way I want them, I have plans to optimise everything. Because I want people to be able to find my pages more easily on Google. That's another thing Sitebuilder can help me with."

The support provided by Easyhost

Seeing De Thuisboetiek's online store appear in the top Google search results and having products listed properly online is obviously key for a young entrepreneur like Joke. "I was worried about nothing. I couldn't find my site on Google. After a lot of struggling, I decided to call Easyhost's helpdesk. One of your staff put me on the right track and now all my online store settings are correct.

As Joke puts it, she has zero regrets about her decision to switch to Sitebuilder. "I'm a pretty demanding person, especially on myself, so that's why I've been working hard on our online store [laughs]. But the result is really impressive and I'm extremely happy with it!"

Do it: build your own online store!