What are the main steps for setting up an online business? what is the estimated cost?
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Get a business plan first. Then, learn to use open source software like OScommerce - loads of tutorial around, finally, grab a cheap hosting. Again loads of them around, most giving tools like cpanel to create your website and installing OScommerce fairly easily. Estimated cost per year $200, estimate time taken 100 hours. Payment is another part though. You will have to choose between many payment gateways like Paypal which cahrge a flat rate and take a percentage of your money
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you can buy your own website. I could sell you one, it will be all set up and ready to use.
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In my opinion, and experience, the best small business to launch is an online business. Create websites about topics of internest to you, then put on PPC ads from servers like Yahoo Publishers Network or Adsense. You will be paid for each click, when visitors come to the site, see ads of interest to them, and click the ads. The best things about this business is the initial investment is very low. You have no inventory to stock,no orders to fill, no customers to contend with, no shoplifting, no breakage, no back breaking boxes to lift, no employees to hire, no rush hour traffic, and no credit card fraud. You are looking at monthly hosting fees of $20 or less, you design in, so there is no design fee. We are making over $4000 a month just in the PPC revenue, plus we sell ads to other business directly. We work from home, set our own hours, and just wait each month for the check from Adsense or YPN to arrive. It doesn't get any easier, or any more flexible.
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You should take a look at this online presentation to get business online. It covers the basics through advanced techniques. Including audio explanations.\nhttp://www.azonlinemarketing.com/online-marketing-source-presentation1.php
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There is no rule of thumb for this because it depends so much on the type of business you are looking at,its situation & how you want to launch it.Will you buy or rent a property or work from home?What equipment do you need & can it be bought in good condition 2nd-hand & thus save money?Why lawyers' fees?Does the type of business need a lawyer's input at this stage?What about accountants?They can be more useful in advising on the type of business to start with i.e sole trader/partnership/limited company?How to keep simple records,VAt registration,PAYE if you expect to have employees etc.I would advise finding a properly qualified accountant in a small practice.Their fees are usually less & you should get better treatment.the big firms are both horribly expensive & rather stuck-up.(Sorry,but I know a lot about this particular subject!)\n\n\n Why not do research via trade organisations etc & thus save \nhiring market reseachers?
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Like any business, you begin by planning the business model. What is the purpose of the business, who are the customers, how will the business make money, what are the competitive markets? Develop the strategic plans, marketing plans, and financial plans. Determine the breakeven points and the profitable timelines. Establish the critical paths and associated timelines. In all of that you will uncover the guidelines that will provide your startup with a better than average chance of success.\n\nAside from the necessity of planning there are many legal concerns you must be ready to face. How will you protect your customers from fraudulent clicks? How will you prove in court if necessary, that the charges to your client are true “human” clicks from legitimate customers? You will want to establish a corporate structure to protect your personal property from the inevitable lawsuits and court cases these businesses are currently plagued with. Developing the software, establishing reliable hosting services, managing the billing and merchant accounts are all relatively easy from here.
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anyone who says "Online business has Bad ROI is point blank stoopid".\n\nanyways your friend is right. Service business online is one of the best ways. the best about this business is you can take it offline if you started out online or vice versa.\n\n25000 for online business is too much.. I advice you to invest wisely if you are starting online(like on monthly basis and check your results and profit). \n\nMost online business has low cost start ups. Just don't be fooled by website designing companies that'll guarantee top placements in google, yahoo for your site. They'll suck up your 25 grands in no time.\n\nThis is the start up cost for online business\ndomain name : $10 a year\nHosting : $5-10 a month ($60-$120) a year\nWebsite design : You can get a decent design for $100 at elance.com\n\nthats 230$ for first year. Now all you need to do is to spend some of your money wisely on advertisements. I suggest $5-10 a day. If you make profit from spending $5-10 a day. \n\nStart investing more in advertising as long as your profits margins are good & increasing.\n\nHere's Best Idea: If you are starting an offline business... invest $230 more in building a website for that offline business and promote your business online and offline both.
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Hey there. Have you ever thought about opening your own online business? Online business can be very lucrative and start up costs are very low. I have my own online business, and you can start too. www.live-wealthy.ws offers a free 7 day trial, and then it costs only $10 to start officially. I make $500 a week with the program, and plan on doubling that by the end of June. The www.live-wealthy.ws website features an online DVD presentation featuring just what the company is about, and what it can do to help you, as well as an income calculator showing you just how much you can earn! The earning potential is unlimited! You just have to work the system. If you sign up, and need help, email me at ecommsolutions@yahoo.com and I can help you out! The website again is www.live-wealthy.ws . Good luck in all of your future endeavors!
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Hey there! Running your own online business can be an extremely lucrative venture as well as one that requires very low start up costs. I run my own business from home, and make a little over $500 a week, and I just started a month and a half ago. I am hoping to double that amount by the end of June.\n\n Basically, you are providing top level domain names in the .ws category. It’s exactly like a .com website, only it’s easier to find the domain name you are looking for in the .ws genre. The ws in .ws means website. With this business, you can sell .ws domain names and hosting, or refer others to do it for you. Either way, lots of money can be made by promoting either the website, affiliate program or both.\n\nBy signing up, you will receive your own top level domain name of your choosing, hosting, as well as all of the promotional tools and support you need to make your business successful. This website can be used for your own personal/business use by uploading your own files, or to promote the GDI program by using the re-direct feature. There is even a forum with thousands of helpful members just waiting to answer your questions. And of course, you can always email your upline to hear about their success stories and to find motivation.\n\nCheck out www.live-wealthy.ws . The site features an online DVD presentation that you can view to see what the company is all about, and what they can do for you, as well as an income calculator so you can see just how much you can make. The earning potential is unlimited! Some members are earning hundreds to thousands of dollars a week with this program!!\n\n www.live-wealthy.ws features a 7 day free trial so you can check the program out for yourself, and see all of the tools and support that are available to you. To become a full member, you only pay $10. This can easily be recouped within the first day that you start if you start working the program from day one.\n\n If you are interested sign up, and should you need any help at all, you can email me personally at ecommsolutions@yahoo.com . I would be happy to help you out any way I can! Good luck on all of your future endeavors!
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You can start at Yahoo Shopping. I guess you can set up a small online store there with minimum effort. Once your business grows, you may move it your own site and buy some custom built website.
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Consider http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ - it is excellent; or if you have no budget then consider www.blogspot.com - you cansetup your own template and can do reasonable amount of hosting.\n\nNot recomended to setup your own service.
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I would start by doing lots of research on opening a business and jotting down just off the top of your head what you'll need to get started before you even try to figure out costs - listing everything will give you a place to start.  Here are some things I would think about:\n\n1) where and how big do you want this shop to be?\n2) what space is available in the area where you want the location\n3) will you need to do your own renovating/remodeling to the space\n4) do you plan to buy or rent the space?\n5) location is really, really important; are there other businesses in the area that draw people and might promote walk-in business for your shop?\n6) how close is your nearest competition? don't even try to compete with starbucks if they're anywhere near unless there's something so unique about your shop that you'll have your own niche following\n7) how will you advertise?\n8) will you need to hire employees\n9) who will handle the legal work? the accounting? \n10) how much insurance will you need - property insurance, insurance against loss of inventory, liability insurance in case a customer or an employee gets hurt in the store\n11)how much inventory do you need to get started?\n12) how much money do you need not just for upfront costs but to keep the shop going in the beginning before the business takes off\n13) have either of you worked at the kind of coffee/tea shop you'd like to own - are you willing to do that for awhile to really learn the ins and outs of the business?
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There are several ways to go about it:\n\n1. Create your own ecommerce store = you need a domain name, a website created, you need to choose your shopping cart system, get SSL certification (for your https - secured ordering pages), payment gateway, merchant account. It can be difficult and expensive, especially if you do not know how to install various components. But you will not pay any fees for listing and selling a product unlike eBay, and it can grow with your business\nhttp://www.powerhomebiz.com/internet/ecommerce.htm \n\n2. Use a turnkey solution = if you do not know how to install each component but still wants the flexibility and autonomy of having your own website, you can go to Yahoo Stores for example that will basically supply you every component you need. The downside is little room for configuration and flexibility\n\n3. Sell through marketplaces such as eBay = You can open an eBay store and list your products there. The downside is that you pay fees for EVERY product you sell. Plus, you have no flexibility in terms of product presentation and you are looked upon as "small time" (even if you do big business)
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http://online-internet-business-opportunity.net/ free step by step guide to start an internet business.  I wish I would have started when I was a teenager.
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good idea but you need to find out if you can find customers for them.\n\nI guess the easiest way is to plan a few things first - what designs are likely to be popular, how much you are going to charge, which areas are you going to sell (locally, nationally or world-wide), how you are going to distribute your products, what about after sales service, etc.\n\nOnce you are through with the above, take a few good photographs, create a site on Yahoo Shopping, and go for it.\n\nBest of luck.
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You Can Start Your OWN online businees... It is free but many will ask you to pay fo that... i'll help you
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Hi, I have no experience with this but I've found two sites that may help in starting up your business.\n\nGood luck!