10 Easy Steps to Start Your Online Business (Part 4) | Choose Mode of Business

4)      Choose Mode of Business

Once you have settled on starting an online business, the next step is do is to decide either to only promote your products on a blog or to use a blog as the traffic generator to direct your viewers to your main business website.

For new set-ups or small businesses, it is advisable to first promote your business on a blog. Once you have generated sufficient interest and loyal followers, you may then wish to create an additional business website to further expand your business. You may want to refer to Get My Business Site to help design an appropriate website for your business.

Choose Domain

Choose a domain name that is eye-catchy and easy to remember. Next, decide on the domain extension that is suitable for your business.

i)   .com – represents commercial which is widely used by business entities

ii)  .net – represents networks and is widely used by Internet network providers

iii) .org – represents organization and is widely used by non-profit organizations

The most important thing to note when deciding your domain is to ensure that your visitors are able to derive what your website is about just by looking at your domain name. This is to pre-empt your visitors on the nature of your website and also serve as an additional branding for your business.

If your domain name is the first thing that your visitors think of when considering the purchase of a particular product, it means that your business is now one of the leaders in the mentioned area of focus.  

Choose Webhost

After deciding on your domain, you would also need to find a webhost to host your website. You may wish to sign up with Hostgator or Arvixe as your reliable and efficient webhost.



Go back to Part 3 (Draft a Business Plan).

Go to Part 5 (Form a Business Team).