Websites For Profit

Even with limited knowledge and experience, you can build and maintain websites for profit. Here are just some ways you can do so.

1. Develop Websites for Local Businesses

Approach local business persons and sell them on the 

necessity and financial benefits of having a 

professional website. Local advertising may get you 

started as well, but expect to get a large portion of 

your business from referrals.

Charge your clients for the initial design and setup 

of the website. Work with them to develop a theme for 

their site based on their unique advantages over the 

competition. Keep the site simple to start with so 

that the cost of producing it is not prohibitive to 

the business and you can complete it profitably in a 

short time.

In this business, you can also make money on the 

maintenance and ongoing support of the website. 

Charge recurring monthly fees for such services needed 

as web hosting, updates and improvements to the site`s 

content, search engine optimization and submission, 

increasing traffic, traffic analysis, mailing list 

production and maintenance, and much more.

You don`t have to be a master Internet programmer to 

provide needed, additional services. There are many 

free and low cost sources of scripts and other resources 

available to you on the Internet. Offer your clients 

(and charge extra for) flash introductions, animated 

graphics, syndicated content, traffic counters, 

submission forms, chat rooms, pop-up windows, 

autoresponders, and more.

2. Sell Websites on the Internet

Build web stores, search engines, shopping portals, and 

other websites and sell them on the Internet.

Some develop sites from templates sold by others. 

Others build websites from scratch. These websites have 

been sold on the Internet as turnkey businesses through 

eBay and other websites.

Another option is to take existing free services and 

resell them. For example, you could take advantage of 

free web stores available to you on the Internet. 

Register a suitable domain name, obtain free or low 

cost web space, and host that free store at your 

domain on your web space. Promote your website and 

increase traffic. Finally, sell your website to the 

highest bidder on eBay. Be sure that either your 

Reserve Price or Opening Bid is high enough to make it 

profitable to you. You will need to transfer the domain 

name to the buyer.

3. Become an Internet Marketer

Build your own unique website based on a niche theme 

that has a sufficient market. Then tie in your content 

with appropriate affiliate programs and your own as well 

as other peoples` products and services.

To increase commissions and sales, you will need to 

regularly maintain your site by updating content, 

increasing targeted traffic, adding appropriate products 

and services, et cetera.

These, then, are just a few ways that you can profit 

financially from building and maintaining websites.