The Internet is becoming the only “real estate” worth investing in at the moment. So many people are trying to sell you on how to make money online. The websites that sell products or have a shopping cart that is integrated for taking payments are called e-commerce websites. Websites used to be time consuming to create and many web owners had to depend on a webmaster to fix things or changes things. Those days are over!

I have built websites from scratch and have started using tools that help build them faster and easier – to save time and money. There are several that are not worth the time, and I’ve noticed a trend of large companies coming up with “make a website” kits. Some of these are probably good, while others may not have the options you really need. I want to recommend one website builder (for business or personal websites) that is a great, low-cost solution with tons of features. The place to go for building your own website is Quick Pro Website Builder.

Free 15-day trial – Full featured service to
make your own website with customizable templates.

Wanna know what features are included?

Here is a summary of the features and they are compared to other popular website builders: Compare Website Builders. A few of those features are:

• Builder starts by helping you build a site for your industry
• Domain registration included
• Hosting included
• Customer Database and Stats
• Add Appointment Schedulers, Calendars, Feedback & Contact Forms
• Auto Responder, Article Pages, and Event Calendars
• Ecommerce Shopping Cart  integrated
• Easily Add Product Pictures and Descriptions to your Ecommerce Shop
• Configure Shipping and Sales Tax
• Merchant Account

And there are more features that you won’t need at first but can grow into. They have a package that includes hosting and there are many templates to choose to start building a website in 5 minutes. Then, you can upload your own photos or website banner and change everything. You can also add e-commerce (a shopping cart) easily because they are one of the few services that have that ability as a built in option. Again, you don’t have to worry about what to do with hosting because they host your website for you!

If you are thinking of making a website to promote your business (such as a doctor’s office, dental office, vet services, real estate, automobile sales, beauty salon, books, gardening supplies, etc.) or sell your own products (including crafts, knitting, clothing, beads, or gifts), please check out this great place to make a website! I also want to add that their customer service is excellent – something that is hard to find online these days. Ask for any kind of help, and you will get a detailed reply (plus they have online help available).

Note: for selling affiliate products, read this post: My Secret Weapon – Building Affiliate Marketing Websites

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There is a promotion at the moment to try out this store builder for free for a month. I highly recommend this for anyone who wants another revenue stream from online marketing.  Let me explain this 5-minute challenge video demo before you watch it. This is a little crazy, but it’s entertaining and is actually showing (in real time) how quickly a store can be built. The products they are using for this demo aren’t really something I would build a store for, but it works for the demo:

So, now that you saw all that, you probably have no idea what was happening! Well, in a nutshell, a store’s template was modified and customized with photos and a video, store departments were added, store categories were added. Then products were added to the categories and some were selected as featured products (to show on the main or home page). Google ads were also set up.

It’s kind of hard to believe, but in 5 mintues a fully-functioning store was built!

This kind of store works great for niche marketing. I used this very system shown in the demo video to build several affiliate websites that sell products. The website builder was created by Traffic Genesis (which is part of Bizzites). The concept is really different than most affiliate stores because it is more customizable, has better SEO features and there are millions of products already in the system that you can easily add product pages to your store. As far as the SEO features – they are awesome. The sites get spidered by search engines really well (and you get pages indexed quickly). I have many, many pages that rank on the first page of Google (and Yahoo and MSN).

One of the best features has nothing to do with technology – it’s their customer service. They are the most responsive and competent group I have ever had to ask for help from. And there is a large group of users who write in the forum – there is so much free help there, you wouldn’t believe it. Many of the forum members are experienced marketers, too. Their tips and advice have helped me along the way.

So, crank up your favorite music and go on and take the 5 minute challenge. Sign up for a free trial and make an affiliate store. You’ll be using one of my current favorite online store building tools.

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