Setting up a website with online payment.?

Assuming I know nothing about creating / designing / registering a website, can anyone give me a few step-by-step pointers to get me on my way to setting up a website (including an online payment facility) which I am hoping to start as a hobby (which will hopefully develop into a business). Domain names and hosting mean nothing to me. What are they.





Thanks for your time.





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Setting up a website with online payment.?
Ok let's start from the top!





Domain names = the name of your website, the unique address someone puts into a browser to reach your site. I.e. www.yahoo.co.uk - that is a domain name. You need to pick one that is available...highly difficult these days! You can choose between .com, .co.uk and many other alternatives. If your site is local, you'll have better luck finding available .co.uk domains.





Available .com names are extremely difficult to find because of certain unscrupulous people registering thousands of domains they don't need and then selling them to the highest bidder. I go schitz when I hear this, as this really should be illegal! To see if a domain is available, use www.dnsstuff.com or www.godaddy.com or www.just-the-name.co.uk





Next...





Designing a website: If you don't know how, it's best to leave it to the professionals. A handy way to start is to go to www.templatemonster.com - go through the various sites there and choose something you like. Once you decide on one, you can get them to alter the template to suit your needs for a small fee. Now you have a pro design, with your own content in it...at a fraction of the cost of creating one from scratch.





Hosting: Again, if you're not sure what you're doing here, best to ask someone you know to lend you a hand, as it can get fairly complicated. Sticking with monsters, www.hostmonster.com offers a reliable, cheap and excellent hosting solution.





Payments: You can use a variety of internet payment gateways such as Paypal.com; nochex.co.uk; Worldpay.com etc. Once again, it's not entirely simple to set up, so get the web developer helping you with your template to implement the payment system for you.





I wish you the best of luck.
Reply:Try http://www.carboncookie.com website builder, they have integrated tools for accepting online payments, a very easy website builder and hosting all included, it's great for both beginners and professionals. They have a free version and paid version with additional features.
Reply:You should look for an affordable full service web design company that can handle this for you.
Reply:Keep it Simple


Try - a Yahoo Store or Google Store


it's as easy as myspace or blogger has a built in advice, template, and shopping cart for credit cards.


I believe it's about $99 a month for either but it's worth it. Additionally it puts you in a good location for people to find you. Traffic is king online.
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Reply:You Can Set up your own free web site


google search


and type Free Webs


it go's step by step too..


you can set your own payment


up to its Free and pretty easy....
Reply:Maybe you should try this company they help you set up a internet business
Reply:If you do need a website that really works and earns for you,don't go behind allurements. Go to a site that is reliable and really works, because web hosting is not a simple job. You host it for a purpose.That's my experience. Try this site





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