Guide to make money online!

The first step to making money with your website is to actually have a website. If you are new to website design, there are a number of programs that can simplify the experience for you, or you can dedicate a great deal of time to learning html coding. Alternatively, you can go to wordpress and follow the process using templates to have a basic website quickly and easily. Look around and see what works best for you, I've included a couple links below for your convenience.

You will need a domain name, there are many free ones available as well as ones that you have to pay for. Note that many of the free ones are subdomains, so if you are wanting your own dot com site, you will most likely have to spend some money, but these days, buying a domain is pretty cheap for the most part. I personally use godaddy.com for my domains. Compare and see what is affordable and right for you.

Next, you need a place to put your website. Hosting services allow you a place to put your website and the information that it contains. There are a number of hosting services out there that are cheap or are free. However, if you are using your website to make money, you will want to make sure that the service doesn't prevent commercial use or force you to use their ads. Just look around and compare, and see what best suits your needs.

Now, you will want something on your site to earn you money. This is where placed ads and referral/affiliate links come in handy. You can make money on a website displaying ads or when someone uses your referral or affiliate links and purchases a product. These are two of the most common ways to make money online. Examples of these methods are that you can join the google adsense program and make money with adsense, and there are many strategies for using google ads on a website that can make you a lot of money - or you can join clickbank and become an affiliate, which pays a lot more when someone buys something, however, if they don't you won't make anything. Those are only two methods for monetizing your website. There are tons of ad companies and affiliate programs out there to help you earn income with your site. Alternatively, you can sell ad space on your site yourself, although that can be a much more difficult process and less effective for that matter. One last monetizing method is to sell products from your website, whether you are selling them yourself or on behalf of a third party similarly to affiliate marketing, but be careful as there are further legal implications to making money with your website this way that may constitute stricter regulations on your website as a business, especially when an exchange of goods are involved. Always know the laws that apply to you.