Let's open up the Shopify website.

In the simple form at the top of the homepage, fill in your store name, email address and the password that you would like to use with Shopify.

Make sure to use the store name you want - the address of your store will be based on it. It is literally the store name so you don't need to put in "www", ".com" or anything like that. Note down the password as you will need it again.

Click the Create your store now button and Shopify will start putting in place your store. The screen will show you a number of steps taking place and then confirm that your store is ready to go. Click the Take me to my store button to continue.

Before we get into the admin, Shopify needs a few more details to complete the setup of your account. Fill in your name, address and the other fields. Click the link if you would like to read the terms of service and click the I'm done button to move to the next step.