| If you are serious about making money online you will | | | | not have to buy hosting from same company you |
| need a domain, a hosting account, and an | | | | bought your domain from, although it is often easier. |
| autoresponder. In this article I would like to introduce | | | | Once you have a domain name and web hosting set |
| and explain what a domain, a hosting account, and an | | | | up, you are ready to create your own website. To |
| autoresponder are and their purpose. For a | | | | create a website, you will design it on your computer |
| newcomer these words may be foreign or confusing. | | | | at home. You will then upload it to your hosting |
| Two things are needed to get a website online and | | | | company. And then they, the hosting company, will |
| they are a domain name and a hosting account. | | | | transfer it to the World Wide Web. |
| - A Domain is the name you want to give to your | | | | - An Autoresponder is an automated email service |
| website. Most of the time it will begin with the letter | | | | and considered as an internet marketers secret |
| www, which stands for world wide web. To get a | | | | weapon. It is used to build and manage a list of |
| domain name, you will have to pay an annual fee to | | | | visitors(potential consumers). An autoresponder has |
| a domain registration company, also known as a | | | | many useful functions such as-allows the easy |
| registrar, for the right to use that name. A domain is | | | | creation of an 'opt in' form on your website, collects |
| not a webpage, just the name. | | | | email addresses of visitors to your website, sends |
| - A Hosting account is what is needed to get a web | | | | automatic messages to your prospects which is |
| page or web pages onto the world wide web. A host | | | | someone who has signed up at your site. An |
| is a company that connects your computer at home, | | | | auto-responder is very important therefore because |
| office or wherever you and your computer are to | | | | it allows you to build a relationship with your visitors. |
| the world wide web. Every website needs a host. | | | | A domain, a hosting account, and an autoresponder |
| when you purchase your domain name, you will also | | | | are the three main tools you will need to make |
| be offered the option of purchasing hosting. You do | | | | money online. |