Saturday, October 18, 2008

Ways To Choose a Website To Earn on Internet.

By Cecil Heim

There are many methods available to make easy money on the internet. The owning and developing of a good quality "how to website" which offers good value to the visitor, both in information and products, should be very high on the list for anyone wanting to earn on the internet.

There are various options open to you to have your own website. Let us take a closer look at some of the advantages and disadvantages of the available options.

Build your own website.

If you have some experience in this area, great. If not, there are free website making tools available to make your own website for those of you who want to take on the challenge.

You could hire someone to create the website for you. But this could be a very expensive exercise.

Lastly and still the easiest option. You can take advantage of the loads of mass produced, free, paid or subscription based websites available. Let's take a closer look at these options.

1. Free Websites

In reality, there are thousands of Free websites available to you. Search for "free website", and you will get the picture. This fact is their main disadvantage. You have all these sites to compete with to try and earn some money.

Now you may well ask. Why are they free?. Well, you normally become a subscriber on the list of the website creator (very often this is a condition). Then you receive lots of sales emails about products and services promising some or other "secret" to overnight riches. Say no more.

2. Paid Websites

These sites are normally of a better quality and are of a higher standard then their free counterparts.

The majority of these sites are one-page sites, which do offer some informative value to the visitor. The main disadvantage of this type of website is. There are just too many of them. Then there is the added opportunity to earn commission by selling these sites to other investors like you.

Consider this for a second. You buy the site. You then have to compete with all the other identical sites out there to attract customers to your site. Mostly it would have to be paid traffic. But you manage to sell a website or two. More competition! You do not have to be a rocket scientist to see that the only person who is winning in this deal is the creator of the website.

3. Subscription Based Website

Most of the subscription based website's offer additional multi-steam income. The downside is that you will have to be a paid subscriber to all the steams is order to benefit. This can be very costly monthly investment, and it could take months before you show any return on your investment.

The main downside of this type of website, is that in most cases. It is a one-page site with a number links pointing to the products or services that you and all the many other subscribers are trying to market. Additionally, in many cases there is no or very little real informative value to the visitor, other than the products being marketed.

Now, I am not saying that all subscription or paid sites are bad. Don't get me wrong. There are some that are really very good value for money. What I am saying is that for your own protection. You need to investigate as many as possible. And there are a few important questions you should ask:

a. Are subscriptions limited? If so, great. you have less competition.

b. Are you able to change and modify all the aspects of the site? If so, Brilliant. This means that you will be able to ensure that your site is not penalized for duplicate content.

c. And last but not least. Will you be able to add or remove products at will? If so. You can then take advantage of the best products available on the market. Which in turn could lead to a greater return on investment.

In this article I have covered only a few of the factors that you need to keep in mind when opting for you own Website. It is my sincere hope that going forward. You will be better armed when considering these options. And, that you will then be in a more favorable position to earn on the internet.

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