Launching Your Website

This article is all about the step by step process required to launch a website. As you well know, a website is the online face of our business. Especially for most home based businesses, it is a pre requisite for earning money online. Let’s have a look at the key attributes which have to be kept in mind for building a website.

Domain Name & Web Host

A domain name in simple terminology is the online address of your website. An example of a domain name is www.moneycontrol.com. The key factor for facilitating earning money online is the relevance and catchiness of the domain name as regards the targeted consumer. Just as a domain name is the address of your website, a web host is the server on which your website resides.

At this stage it is important to understand that selection of a domain name and web host is basically a tradeoff between cost and space. You have to make a careful assessment of the adequate quantum of online space required as usually higher the space, higher is its cost. Another factor relevant here is the support provided by the domain name and web host seller in building the actual website.

Some of the popular domain name and web host sellers include godaddy.com, hostgator.com, and bigrock.in, yola u cozweebly doombywebnode wix etc.Depending upon the space provided; charges vary from Rs 1500 to Rs 5000 per year.

Building the Actual Website

Apart from the basic considerations of template disk space and bandwidth other important considerations to earn money online are password protection blog forum email chat etc file catalog statistics etc.

Unless you are a technocrat conversant with various web building technologies such as HTML, JAVAetc, you are left with two options; outsourcing the task to outside professionals after negotiating on cost and compiling a list of your requirements.Traditioanlly this has been the most preferred option for entrepreneurs seeking to make money online.

However if you are net savvy and comfortable with basic computer operations, many web hosting firms provide website builders. These website builders are inbuilt precoded softwares which allow building of a website without manual coding, hence simplifying the process of earning money online.

The choice between outsourcing and using a website builder boils down to the level of customization required. A website builder has inherent limitations in terms of features as well as the level of those features. However for most home based businesses, a website builder provides more than the basic level of functioning .A good option is to start with a website builder and then move upto professional standardizes architecture if the need so arises. Depending upon the number of features the cost comes to around Rs 10000 to Rs 20000.

This was all about the intricacies involved in building a website. Just few words of wisdom. Building is just the first step. Once a website is built, it’s all about the content.