How To Design A Website For Your Online Business
Whether you choose to design a website from scratch or use a free Web template to design a website for your online business, there are many things to ask yourself before you get started:
1. Do you plan on selling products on your website? Will you need a shopping cart to collect payments?
2. Do you plan on displaying articles or having a blog?
3. Do you plan on having advertising on your website?
4. Does the website design need to be interactive for site visitors?
5. Do you want to run your website through a content management system (CMS)?
6. Does the website need to include an audio or video player?
7. Would your target market appreciate a flashy design, or something simple?
Once you’ve answered those questions, it’s time to design a website for your online business. There are a few general options to consider when deciding how to design a website:
1. Hire a professional Web designer and/or Web programmer to create a custom Web design and backend system or e-commerce solution, including any necessary tools. You can find great programmers and designers at websites such as http://Elance.com and http://RentACoder.com. When you post a project on either of these services be sure not to choose a bidder just because they are the cheapest. Choose someone with a very long history of positive feedback.
2. Design a website yourself if you already have the Web design and coding skills (or take the time to learn HMTL/XHTML/CSS/PHP etc.). I only recommend this option if you are very technical and very quick. Your time is best spent on building your business not learning the details of web design — unless, of course, you want to get into the business of web design.
3. Use a pre-designed Web template from free Web template providers, or purchase a Website template. You can use Web templates as-is, or customize them to fit your needs. A great source for templates is http://TemplateMonster.com.
4. If you don’t have any experience with creating websites and you do not want to hire a designer then there is still an option for you. I like to refer to this option as a Website-In-A-Box or a Store-In-A-Box. Basically the service gives you everything you need to get your website online quickly and easily. Yes, you have to pay a little more for these services and some of them even take a percentage of every sale but your website design will not stand between you and your ultimate goal — making money online. Some examples of these services are Yahoo Small Business (http://store.yahoo.com), http://SiteBuilder.com, and http://Web.com.
No matter how you decide to design a website for your online business, make sure that the website design serves the needs of both your online business and its customers or target visitors.
Darlene Ciarcia
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Best web hosting company for building an online graphic design studio business website?
Im starting an a small design business of my own- an online graphic design studio. The business will be completely internet based. I will be putting up my business website in a .com domain. The website will also include the following features:
1) SSL secured transactions for online payments by clients
2) "Request a quote" form for clients
3) Provision for transferring final designs to the clients by FTP
4) Company’s design portfolio in flash format
I am a newbie and have no idea which features to look out for in a host to make sure that i am able to build and run such a website.
To give a rough idea i want a website similar to this one-http://www.eharrington.com/index.html
Please suggest a good web hosting company that will suit my requirements.I am not looking for free hosting. Quality and efficiency are the important factors. Thanks in advance.
http://www.getawebpage.net
That site lists the best website hosting companies.
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