Next, you need an idea for your product or
service. Sell something you know and love — something you won’t mind
spending hours possibly finding, then listing, describing, and selling. It helps if your
items are small and easy to ship, too. You’ll need to find a ready source of such
merchandise at wholesale prices so you can resell it for a profit.
Come up with a business name that can also serve as your domain name, which is part
of your site’s URL.
Yahoo.com and wikipedia.org are examples of domain names. Your domain name should
be just as easy to remember.
Register your domain.
Plan a logo that will express your business’s identity in a single image.
Finally, you’ll need a host, which is the website that will serve as home
base for your business. You have a lot of options for the kind of web host you need.
If you want to blog and talk about yourself or your area of expertise, find a host
that streamlines the process of using blog software, like WordPress, to design and
structure your site.
A good host will help you with Search Engine Optimization (SEO), which helps your
business turn up in search results. It might even help you with selling directly to
contacts on Facebook.