If you have a hobby, talent or any type of skill that others are also interested in, there’s a way you can make money from it on the Internet. I’m an artist and a web designer at heart so for me to utilize my talents the best is to create downloadable PDF e-books, theme templates, designs and fonts for sale to specific vertical and niche markets. For competitive reasons, I won’t disclose what they are at this time but I will show you how you can do it for yourself.
It took a while to assimilate all the components needed to make my system work for me instead of me for it. In this post I’ll share how to save you lots of time and money simply by systematizing the process. Listed below is the method I use.
Domain Names
Registering the proper domain names is key to yours and your website’s success. Many ideas are taken simply because you didn’t take action quick enough. so register wisely and efficiently.
Many times you’ll want to register your domains as private. This works best if you don’t have an office or a Postal Annex address to use or sometimes you just don’t want anyone to know what you’re up to. For this I suggest Moniker. You can register a private domain name for about $10 a year. In comparison, Godaddy charges around $18.00 annually for private domain names. Remember, the profit’s in the buying. Keep your costs low.
For hosting, I used Godaddy forever and then one day realized I was paying $900+ dollars a year in hosting. All the $3.99 a month dings started adding up. I searched around and found that DreamHost offers unlimited domain name hosting. Note: Their telephone support is totally lacking but their email support is great. Once you get in the groove you’ll be able to setup sites like there’s no tomorrow.
Merchant Accounts
You will need the ability to receive credit cards as payments. There are tons of merchant account options out there. Paypal has no monthly fees and the per transaction fee is minimal. Hey, it’s virtual money right? Sign up for a PayPal account today. Google checkout is another one to consider although some of the digital delivery systems don’t support it yet.
Cheap Digital Delivery Systems
If you have basic digital products, Payloadz is the way to go. They don’t charge up front until you start receiving orders. Once you hit the $100 in a 30 day period they will charge you the basic monthly rate. They also offer Google checkout. You will need your Paypal account to sign up with them. (See how to set up a Payloadz account.)
Unlimited AutoResponders
If you want to capture emails for cheap, GetResponse offers a decent system that allows you to offer free reports and capture emails for future marketing. They offer a free limited version email campaign system while you are getting setup. You can use as many domain names and marketing drip systems a month as you want once you upgrade to their paid version. The basic paid level limits the emails to 10,000 a month until you upgrade to the next payment level. If you are starting off they are pretty good.
There you have it, the system I use every time I come up with an inspiring idea to make more money online. Your startup costs and expenses will be relatively cheap so now you can concentrate on creating your content to sell.
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