1. How to Start an eBusiness Greg Shorts CIS 126

2. Find and Secure a Domain Name Figure out a Domain Name that will Work –Use a register to secure and park your name

3. Select a host See examples from godaddy.com

4. Review Legal Issues Age – Under 13 Copyright User agreements Privacy Interstate commerce Shipping Warranties Trade Secrets – View Source Others

5. Accepting Payments Paypal or Other Internet Payment –Easy Set-up –Low Cost Credit Cards –Wide Acceptance –Costly to low volume users Checks/Money Orders –Delay in fulfillment

6. Creating a sticky site Crete reasons for users to come back –E-mail lists –Chats –Discussion boards –Pools –News, content and more

7. Marketing Online Promotions Offline Promotions Search Engine Optimization

8. Search Engine Considerations Meta-Tags –Keywords –Description Title Domain Name Crawler Considerations –Flash Restrictions