Question hello, i'm Sam and my friend grace and i have made these characters, little pictures. our form teacher says we could try and market them he thinks that they'd be popular. he said to start we could set up a website, but we don't know how to do that, we're only in year nine. to make a professional website sounds hard and expensive but would it really be worth all the hassle? any tips would be helpful thanks.
Answer Making a website doesn't have to be hard or expensive if you are familiar with the use of computer programs. If yo0u have the ability to use a program like PowerPoint, you have the ability to figure out how to use the programs that website hosts provide to allow you to design your site and get it put online.
A website is a living thing and it grows and changes on a regular basis so, don't be too concerned about your intitial attempt.
In order to sell things, you have to have a site that has a way of charging customers so, you will need to pay a monthly fee. This fee can be below about $7.00 per month to start out so it is not too bad. You will also need to buy a domain for less than $5.00 per year. Before buying your domain, give a lot of thought to what it should be. It should reflect your enterprise and be easy to remember. It will be something like littlepictures.com or specialcharacters.com or samandgrace.com, if you get the idea.
To practice, you can set up a free website at freewebs.com to get some what familiar with the use of the software and hosting. It may take you some time to learn it so be patient. People will not buy things from a free website so you will need to get a commercial one before you really start trying to sell your characters.
After you get your site set up, you will need to promote it. The best way to do this is through blogs that are appropriate to the nature of your business. If your target market is young people or education find those kinds of blogs.
You will also find free things to help on my web pages.
