What’s the best way to create a pottery e-commerce website as a beginner?

Be careful about treating e-commerce as a simple website. Once customers are entering payment and personal information, security, privacy, order handling, and reliable hosting all matter. Using an established commerce platform is much safer for a first project, especially if the store needs to launch soon.

For a real store, I’d start with Shopify, Squarespace, or Wix rather than building the entire e-commerce system yourself. They handle payments, inventory, checkout, security, and hosting, while you can customize an existing theme. WooCommerce is another option, but it usually requires more maintenance and technical knowledge.

Separate the learning project from the business launch. If you want to learn web development, begin with HTML and CSS, then add JavaScript. A pottery site could initially be a simple gallery with product descriptions and contact information. Add e-commerce later, once you understand the basics. MDN’s beginner web-development material is a solid place to study.

AI can still be useful as a tutor, but don’t paste generated code into a live store without understanding it. Use it to explain HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and error messages, then test everything yourself. It can help you learn, but it won’t automatically handle every security or business requirement correctly.