What You Need To Start A Website?

Ok, the nuts & bolts you need to start a website; you need to buy your own domain name (i.e. www.yourname.com), search for quality web hosting service (i.e. the people who store your websites contents on their servers), web programming software to make web pages for content, and if you are going to sell something online, you will need to have a shopping cart and merchant account.

To go with these products and services, you also needed to know html programming. Not to mention, all the other stuff that goes with a website, like marketing and advertising, etc…

How much does this cost? Well, a domain name is the cheapest at around $10/year, hosting is about $10/month or $120/year, programming software like Dreamweaver costs around $399, and shopping carts can range from $100 to $500 and higher.

So, you are looking at anywhere from $500 and up, and that is still not figuring in advertising and marketing, graphics, etc You need to be able to market your website or no one will know you are there. As you can see a traditional website could run you into the $1000s.

Now that you have the basics, what else do you need for a website?

First, you need a niche(market). A specific niche market that you can focus on to start making money online.

The second thing you will have to be able to do is design, edit and update a basic website. It does not have to be complex and flashy, just simple and full of information you can edit and update.

The third thing you need is to build relationships with a list of subscribers. Research shows that most sales online are made from the 5th to 10th contact. So build an email list.

Fourth, you need learn how to monetize your site. Money is only made two ways online, one is through advertising(adsense) and the other is through selling products(Ecommerce). Either you develop a content site that sells advertising, or you develop a content site that sells products, or both. Content is King, Just remember that! People are not looking to be sold, they are looking for INFORMATION.
The fifth thing you need is CONTENT. Content is KING! It is called the information highway for a reason.

Finally, you need lots of niche traffic. You can’t build relationships if people do not know you exist.

In the end, when it comes to starting a website, you just cannot see everything.
Business always has new obstacles, that is what makes it exciting. The key is to figure them out never give up.

Those that succeed in an online business do not allow anything to get in their way. Like Cortez in history, they burn their ships and just keep going forward. Each day you will gain momentum and those obstacles will become easier. Not because it actually is easier, but because you will have changed and become better.