Step by Step to your own Profitable Online Business for as little as $0.00

In this article I’ll show you how you can start an online business with a $0.00 to $15.00 budget.

Furthermore, you'll also have the option of designing and developing your own business website or alternatively not even bothering with setting up a site of your own. However, please don’t forget that the success of your online business has little bearing on cost but rather on many other factors including the products and/or services that it promotes and how well it is managed and marketed.

(A) Setting up your own Business Website

Firstly, let’s examine the costs involved in getting your business up and running with your own website.

• Domain Name & Web Hosting
  
  It is important that you register at least one domain name as soon as possible with a reputable domain name registrar such as Yahoo! where you can pick up a Free Domain Name with a webhosting package for only $8.96 a month »
  
  You will need your own domain name, even if you are not going to set up your own website, for e-mail purposes.
  
  You have nothing to lose by registering as many cheap domain names as possible - they can either be redirected to one site if you have a website or just be parked and gain some integrity with search engines as the older a domain name the better for search popularity.
  
  Or, finally if they are good domain names they could always be sold for a profit.
  
  You will also need to source a reliable and reputable web host and your best option for cost effectiveness and resources in terms of server software is to sign up for shared web hosting which gives great value (from $4.95 per month)
  
  Just be sure to choose a memorable domain name, preferably appropriately descriptive of your product or service, and a reliable & reputable web hosting company
   
• Website
  
  If you do not have Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 or Frontpage or a similar web design software package, the best option would be to download a free HTML Editor from the internet by doing a search for free HTML editor.
  
  If your HTML coding skills are not up to scratch, not to mention your graphic design capabilities, a better option would be to download a professionally designed website template to establish your online presence.
   
• FTP Program
  
  You will need one of these to be able to upload your web site files to your web host’s server so that your site is ‘live’ on the internet. Once again, the news is good as you will be able to pick up one of these for free, e.g. RightFTP.
   
• Products and Services
  
  If you don’t have your own product to sell there are many companies that you can sign up with, for free, as an affiliate to promote the many products they have to sell.
  
  I suggest you sign up now, at no cost to you, with the 2 of the most popular affiliate networks listed below. Once you have your account you can search their vast databases of products and select the ones you would like to promote.
   
  
  • ClickBank
  • Shareasale
    
  
  Alternatively you can target an individual organization’s product that fits into your website’s business theme.
   
• Website Traffic
  
  Register your site with the main search engines and directories, set up an RSS feed (also free with Feedburner).
  
  I hope you enjoy writing because the best traffic generator of all is to write articles related to your business.
  
  You then submit your articles to article directories like Ezine Articles, once again for free, and let them work at generating traffic and interest in the website through the link in your resource box at the bottom of your article.

(B) Without setting up your own Website

As I promised at the beginning of this article, it is totally possible to have an online business without really bothering with designing your own website.

• Select an Online Business Model complete with Website
  
  These internet businesses not only provide techniques and tricks that take absolutely ages to learn on your own, but also come with their own websites
  
  
  • Google Profits [$19.95]
  
  This model demonstrates how to make money combining the power of Google AdWords and ClickBank - included is a free website with the complete range of web management tools
  
  
  • Affiliate Commandments [$9.97]
  
  With this guide you will be shown how to implement quick and easy, but effective, money making techniques that will have you making money online quicker than you think.
  
  
  • Nick Marks Forex [$49.95]
  
  Not only can you learn how to make in excess of $500 a day, but owners of this package are provided with regular updates which are necessary to keep pace with the ever changing landscape of the internet business world.
  
  
  • Who Loves Money [$87.00]
  
  Whilst this package is one of the more pricier ones, it offers great value and created by 2 of the most credible internet millionaires on the net.


• Blogging
  
  For exactly $0.00 you can set up your very own blog at Blogger.
  
  What’s more is that the domain name and hosting for your blog (at Blogger) will cost the princely sum of $0.00.
  
  More good news is that your blog can be customized to your business’ theme and used to promote products and services just as you would on a ‘normal’ website.
  
  You would also need apply all the normal traffic generating techniques as outlined above in addition to submitting your blog’s feed (which blogger will generate for you) to feedreaders and so on.

Therefore, in conclusion you can see that whichever option you choose for setting up an online business, the costs & input vary significantly so be sure to check out one of the most popular systems that just never fails to make money online »