If you're interested in earning extra income by creating a successful shopping site, there are many resources available at your fingertips. You can create a shopping portal, directory, or themed (product specific) site of your choice.

Take the following steps to begin:

• Choose a good Domain name;
• Choose a reliable Web Host;
• Create your Web Site. If you don't know how to create a web site from scratch, you can choose from a variety of Free Web Site Templates;
• Join quality/reputable Affiliate Networks;
• Insert Code Contents to display retail ads;
• Upload your new site;
• Submit your new web site for Free to a variety of Search Engines such as Google Search, MSN Live Search, Yahoo! Search and other Search Engines;
• Find more Free Web Site Promoting Resources Here.

Be careful not to make your site graphic Intensive. Graphic ads take longer to load and many shoppers still use a 56K modem, so you'll need to make appropriate considerations in your site design to benefit all visitors.

It is very important that you consider purchasing an effective Internet Security (Anti-Virus/Firewall/Anti-Phishing/Anti-Spam) software package for your PC because as your site becomes more popular, along with visitor communication, your PC will be vulnerable to receiving virus and hacking attempts, as well as phishing scammers. We highly recommend Trend-Micro's PC-cillin Internet Security. You can buy online, or find it at Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry's Electronics and CompUSA.

Another precaution to take...when adding your email address to your website for communication with visitors, make sure to encode your email address. Like search engine "bots", there are automated programs that search the internet for live email addresses, then sell or distribute the addresses to the highest bidder. If you do not encode, you will receive virus and phishing attempts, and a large amount spam in your mailbox.

You won't hit number one rankings overnight, but with proper web site set-up and maintenance, your site will provide you with a great residual income for years to come. We recommend that you do not use paid advertising services to announce your site...they are not as profitable as one would expect...you will lose a money.

Best wishes in your new endeavor.

Webmaster,
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