If you are new comer to the world of business and do not know the ins and outs, there could be a lot of waste of time, money and resources. The virtual world of internet facilitates you with starting a business at comparatively lower cost and without having to sacrifice the quality of service or product that you offer. Some of the street smart tricks to make the website successful are as follows.
Hosting:
There are a number of companies that offer hosting services. Some of these hosting companies are expert at business and ecommerce websites. The extent of support needs to be known before availing their services. One can seek the quotes from different hosting service provider and then compare the prices along with the inclusions in the package.
Selection of domain Name:
The name that you select should be directly related to the nature of the business. The name should not have more than 25 characters. It should not include special characters like hyphens and dashes. It is better to have the same name for the business and domain. The domain name should be attractive and easy to remember.
Hiring the services of a web designer:
You have two alternatives, getting the website designed either with or without hiring the services of a web designer. There are a number of web designers in the market. They are going to charge according to the service that they offer. Always clarify the terms and conditions and the charges because the bill should fit your budget.
Forms that make a difference:
There are a number of forms depending upon the situations and the website. The most prominent kind of forms that are displayed on the websites are the 'contact us' form, 'sign up for our newsletter' form, and 'order now' form. These forms are such that the visitor needs to enter his/her details. Among the three forms the 'order now' form is the most important because it is in this form that the visitor enters the user name and password of the financial tool to be used for the payment of the bills. If you are not good at creating these forms then it is better not to take any risk. A faulty design of these forms could devastate your business. A faulty form could lead to wrong billing being charged to a wrong person. Your newsletter could go to some other person and not to the one you intended. The financial confidential data of your buyer could land up in wrong hand and misused. You could land up in a loss to the tune of thousands of dollars. It is better to avail the service of a professional HTML designer who could design the right contact forms in HTML for you.
Email:
The email address with gmail.com, yahoo.com or hotmail.com in the latter part of the email address does not sound professional. The professional email address needs to be in the format "admin (at) domain".
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