What You Need To Make Money Online With Your Home Based Business

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Although there are probably plenty of readers here that have a good idea what’s required to make money with an online home based business, there’s always plenty of people just starting out.

If that’s the current status of your online adventure, I’d like to share a brief “checklist” of the different tools and resources you’ll want to consider for your new business.

Let’s get to it!

Online Home Business Necessity #1 - Web Hosting

Although you can sign up for free sites that provide you with your own blog/page, eventually you’ll want to upgrade to your own hosting to have greater control over your branding and resources.

There are several companies you can choose from that provide web hosting, but the two most popular are...

Host Gator - Host gator has a lot of great plans for news and established online business owners alike. You can grab a plan for less than $4 a month, or upgrade to the max hosting plan (their “business plan) for (at the time of writing this) $10.36 a month.

Not bad!

If you want to check them out, visit HostGator’s site here.

GoDaddy ...
... - GoDaddy provides a variety of different services, some of which we’ll be touching on in this article, but for now let’s talk hosting.

One of GoDaddy’s current main hosting plans is their “4GH” plan, which is as low as $4.24/mo and goes up to the max plan for $8.49/mo.

If you want to check them out, visit GoDaddy’s site here.

Online Home Business Necessity #2 - Your Own Domain

Your domain is your own small slice of the internet, and is essential what brings together your hosting and website.

Aside from hosting, GoDaddy is also a place you can go to register a domain.

Another popular registrar is NameCheap.com.

Online Home Business Necessity #3 - A Website, Of Course!

The next obvious step is putting your hosting to use, by setting your website up.

A lot of people struggle with the “tech stuff” of setting an online business up to make their money online, but there’s one solution that is extremely popular, versatile, and relatively easy to use.

The platform, which you’ve likely heard of to some degree, is Wordpress.

Wordpress allows your to create a site and host it for free at Wordpress.com, but you’re unfortunately stuck with their domain in your URL.

As I mentioned above, in the long run, you will want to host your own site so you can tap into the full potential of Wordpress and also have better control over your branding.

Click here to download Wordpress and get instructions to install it.

(If you grab a hosting account with Host Gator or GoDaddy, you can also use “Fantastico” in your admin panel to install WP with just a few clicks...)

Online Home Business Necessity #4 - Payment Processor

There are plenty of merchant account providers available, but some are pretty pricy and complicated.

When just starting out, keep things simple by signing up for either a free PayPal business account or you can use Google Checkout.

Online Home Business Necessity #5 - Analytics

As you start to get comfortable with managing your website, you’ll eventually want (need) to know where your traffic is coming from, how long they’re staying, and a variety of other possible stats.

For that, you need analytics.

If you don’t want to invest in any paid services, you can get free analytics with Google Analytics.

Final Thoughts On Finding The Right Tools For Your Online Home Based Business

When it comes to finding the right tools and software for your business, always look to see if there is a trial code you can use.

Doing so will allow you to avoid wasting money on a service you either don’t like or aren’t comfortable using.

Otherwise, you can check out review sites to get other customers’ opinions.

Steve Anthony is a top earner with several Internet Business Opportunities. Steve shares his 'tried and true' experience in making money on the Internet, and how is replacing his 9 to 5 job, and 30 years in the Construction Industry. Steve's passion is to positively impact tens of thousands of people who wish to replace their day job with a full time income the fastest way possible. He shares his true experience in his blog at http://steveanthonyinc.com/blog