| In this article you'll see how you can start an online | | | | to sell. |
| business for as little as $0.00 with a monthly cost of | | | | For instance Clickbank and Commission Junction are |
| $0.00. | | | | two popular ones that you can join for free. They both |
| Furthermore you also have the option of designing and | | | | offer many products on behalf of their merchants that |
| developing your own business website or alternatively | | | | you can promote and sell for a commission from your |
| not even bothering with setting up a site of your own. | | | | website. |
| However, please don't forget that the success of your | | | | Alternatively you can target an individual organization's |
| online business has little bearing on cost but rather on | | | | product that fits with your website's business theme. |
| many other factors including the products and/or | | | | • Website Traffic |
| services that it promotes and how well it is managed | | | | Register your site with the main search engines and |
| and marketed. | | | | directories, set up an RSS feed (also free with |
| (A) Setting up your own Website | | | | Feedburner). |
| Firstly, let's examine the costs involved in getting your | | | | I hope you enjoy writing because the best traffic |
| business up and running with your own website. | | | | generator of all is to write articles related to your |
| • Domain Name & Web Hosting | | | | business. |
| Yahoo, for example, offers domain names at | | | | You then submit your articles to article directories like |
| ridiculously low prices in the region of $2.99 and web | | | | Ezine Articles, once again for free, and let them work |
| hosting for less than $10.00 a month. | | | | at generating traffic and interest in the website through |
| However by doing a search for domain names and | | | | the link in your resource box at the bottom of your |
| hosting you'll get an overwhelming amount of options | | | | article. |
| to choose from. | | | | (B) Without setting up your own Website |
| Just be sure to choose a memorable domain name, | | | | As I promised at the beginning of this article, it is totally |
| preferably appropriately descriptive of your product or | | | | possible to have an online business without really |
| service, and a reliable web hosting company | | | | bothering with designing your own website. |
| • Website | | | | • Purchase a ready made Site |
| If you do not have Dreamweaver or Frontpage or a | | | | A typical site would be ready made to sell products |
| similar web design software package, the best option | | | | and services all encoded with your affiliate tracking |
| would be to download a free HTML Editor from the | | | | code to ensure you receive the commission for each |
| internet by doing a search for free HTML editor. | | | | sale. |
| Furthermore if your web design skills are not very | | | | CBmall is one such program that is also one of the top |
| advanced, download one of the many web design | | | | Clickbank sellers and can be purchased for $47.00 |
| tutorials that exist on the net, e.g. Killersites offer a | | | | • Blogging |
| decent design 'do it yourself design' tutorial. | | | | For exactly $0.00 you can set up your very own blog |
| Don't forget there are masses of free website | | | | at Blogger. |
| templates, some better than others, that you can | | | | What's more is that the domain name and hosting for |
| download and customize for your own business, e.g. | | | | your blog is also $0.00. |
| from Template Monster. | | | | More good news is that your blog can be customized |
| • FTP Program | | | | to your business' theme and used to promote products |
| You will need one of these to be able to upload your | | | | and services just as you would on a 'normal' website. |
| web site files to your web host's server so that your | | | | You would also apply all the normal traffic generating |
| site is 'live' on the internet. | | | | techniques as outlined above in addition to submitting |
| Once again, the news is good as you will be able to | | | | your blog's feed (which blogger will generate for you) |
| pick up one of these for free, e.g. FTP Commander | | | | to feedreaders and so on. |
| Pro | | | | Therefore, in conclusion you can see that whichever |
| • Products and Services | | | | option you choose to start your own online business, |
| If you don't have your own product to sell there are | | | | that has every chance of success, the cost can range |
| many companies that you can sign up with for free as | | | | from as little as $0.00, (i.e. for free) to $47.00 for a |
| an affiliate to promote the many products they have | | | | ready made money pulling website. |