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 First, before we continue you should already have registered a domain name and got your web hosting provider in place. (What is a Domain name?) The next step and a crucial step at that, is learning how to start a website. Starting a website for beginners can be very simple and straight forward, if you go down the right path that is. There are many do’s and don’ts when first looking at how to start a website and we will go through these in this post.

 Where To Start

 After you have everything in place with your domain and website hosting you will now face the scary task of tackling how to start a website for the first time. The steps you take here will be crucial to your success of developing your own website. You could always pay a developer or company to do the website for you however, what most people dislike about this is that they have no control moving forward with editing that website. The best way to kick start your web developing skills is to use straight forward tools out there which wont deter you from completing your website. We have spoke to many entrepreneurs who have stalled their business as they have come to a brick wall with their website – do not let this be you!

 Website Tools/Providers

 One of the most simple options is to use one of the website builders that are offered by your web hosting provider. This will make it easy for you to create a basic website from scratch. The website builders will offer you a range of templates to choose from and most offer ‘drag and drop’ features which makes it very easy for beginners to get that professional look. If you want to use more developed tools then WordPress is a proven success and we would strongly recommend this especially for bloggers. For a dedicated ‘drag and drop’ website builder you could always take a look at Wix which has come a long way since it’s launch.

 Tips

 We were all beginners one day when it came to building websites, the truth is, you do not have to be an expert with coding to have that professional looking site. We have some tips outlined below to help you on your way;

 Make sure you recognize your own skills and do not try to push yourself too far.

• Pushing yourself too early will stall your site and you may lose patience.
• Use templates to get you started.
• If you have no knowledge of coding, stick to drag and drop website builders.
• When using WordPress make use of the Plugins!
• The best way to learn is by doing!

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People nowadays due to daily busy schedule none of us have time to visit department stores, retail outlets and shopping malls and waste time there. On days when we get holidays none of feel like going out of the house after spending a whole week at office. This is the main reason why people today prefer shopping online by sitting in their office, home or any other location. With the invention of e-commerce websites, online shopping has become much easier.

If you are a eCommerce Web development professional then you must know that there are certain websites that have a complicated design and these websites are not easy to navigate and this acts as a drawback for the users. Individuals visit e-commerce website to enhance their shopping experience and in return if they face difficulty it is obvious that they will not stay on the website.

We will discuss in details about the numerous mistakes that are made by website owners and shopping cart development professionals.

1. When an individual visits your website for the first time he will go through your website and the services and products that you offer. Thus, you must not force your visitor to register to your website at the beginning. If the visitor wants to buy a product he or she must be asked to register.

2. Do not create a website whose design will create confusion in the mind of the visitor. The design of your online store must be simple and it must be capable of drawing the attention of the visitor. The products must be displayed properly with all the details so that the visitor does not need to search for them.

3. There are numerous online stores that make it very complicated to search for a particular product. Do not integrate functions that will increase the level of difficulty. If the visitor cannot find the product in your store they will move to another online store to find the product.

4. Only designing an attractive website will not do the work for you. You need to give the complete details about your company and also include the customer care number so that after buying a product if the customer is unhappy they will find a way to get in touch with you. This will also built trust for your online store.

5. Make sure that your website does not take much time to update the products. As we all know that everyone is short of time and none of the individual would like to wait for long. These situations must be taken care off.

6. Your website musthave the best technical support because at times your website might fail due to some reasons and this will automatically decrease your sales and thus these situations must be avoided.

7. When individuals shop from an online store they also make the payments online and thus all the financial and the private details of the customer must be maintained and the money transaction procedure mist be safe so that the customer feels secured.
These are certain things that you must avoid and get them mended for increased visibility and revenue generation.

Building your business Website are not only for public expression of a business; 

it is also a very personal statement by the business owners on how they view their work and vision. And that’s not always a good thing.]

Business websites are about talking to customers and potential customers. Depending on the nature of your business, your personal vision may be a huge part of the message you want to communicate to customers. But if your site’s not saying “Hey, come do business with me,” it is speaking the wrong language, or at least trying to speak to the wrong groups of people.

If I am a potential customer, that’s what I really want to know: How are you going to help me? 

So the  first step, is to send along a simple little audience profile questionnaire for all stakeholders to complete. It goes like this:

Describe briefly the three groups of potential clients who you want to visit the site:

• What are these people looking for?
• What is the main impression you want to make on them?
• What are the three most desirable actions this type of visitor can take upon their visit.
• What is the main thing you would like to learn about the three groups of people who visit your site?
• How do visitors to your site find you in the first place?
• How often do you want visitors to the site to return?

For new or fragmented companies, this can be a pretty extended, even painful, process of figuring out exactly what you want to do, but this client knows what it does, and how to describe that high-value process to customers. It’s just not conveyed on the website.

What is Web hosting?

First let’s start with something that you are most familiar with, a website. How does a website created?

Before a website become accessible through the internet it goes to several processes.

First a web designer will build a website based on what is your requirement. He/ She will use his scripts like HTML, JAVA, CSS, etc. After the web site is build it is still not accessible via internet it is because the website is still stored in the web designer’s computer.

So how can we connect out website to the internet? For the people around the world can access the website.

The next step is to upload your file into a web server which is directly connected to the internet. Once the upload is 100% completed your website is now available in the internet.

And who is providing these servers? They are what we called web hosting provider, they allows any individual to have their website available via World Wide Web.

Now in order for your visitors can visit your website you need a Domain name. What is a Domain name?

The Domain name is referring to be the URL address like google.com, yahoo.com and imapwebsolutions.com.

In short having a website is like owning a house.

• You need a web hosting for your space.
• Web design for the renovation of your house
• Domain name for your address so your friends and customers will be able to visit.

With these tree main requirements you can now have your own website.