Building a Website For Your Home Based Business

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Posted on: 1st Jun 2014

It is possible to make money online, running your business from home. But to be
able to do this, you have to have a website. Most people starting up a home based
business will try and build their own, that's fine if you know what you are doing
but can reflect very badly if you don't. Home based business websites, need to be
professional looking but not overly flashy!

Some work from home opportunities include a website when you sign up but if
starting a new business, consider either one of two options.

1) Pay someone to build your web site for you. Look around you, websites can be
purchased at low cost these days.

2) Use a Free template or paid for template. Web site designers work from home too
and are happy to work for low fees to get their own home business of the ground.

Make sure your website is consistent.

Your customers will want to see a consistent website layout. They don't need to
know that you are working from home so a professional, well laid out easy to
navigate website is a must. Most users will make an impression of your site in
seconds. The difference between a good looking site and a bad looking site is a
potential lost sale.

If you run an e-commerce business from home, don't try to build the shopping cart
yourself. Use a third party product like PayPal, particularly good for selling a
few products and well respected. Payment processors like PayPal take care of your
Data Protection requirements and leave you to get on with promoting your internet
business.

Third Party Software

With a small investment, you can purchase a complete shopping cart or if you are
on a tight budget, you could use an open source e-commerce product. Either way if
your home based business sells a lot of products, why try and re-invent the wheel!

Paid host or free host?

Don't make me laugh! A year's worth of internet hosting with your own domain name
costs less than taking someone out for dinner. If you don't make this one investment,
why bother starting a business at home? Owning a domain adds professionalism to your
business. How many www. mysite.myinternetserviceprovidername.com web sites have you
seen, that are successful online businesses?

How much does it all cost?

Hosting your new website and fitting it out with e-commerce might cost you less
than a $100 per year. This depends how many products you sell and how much of the
work you are prepared to do yourself. But be realistic know your limitations and
know when to ask for help!

Good luck working from home.

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