I want to create my own website?

Unless you are some sort of prodigy, you cannot make an entire E-Commerce site by yourself. You will likely need to hire a firm to develop it for you. Creating a reliable, secure web site, where customers will feel safe about uploading their credentials to, will take years of experience, and is usually created by a team of talented web developers.

If you don't know if you need those, You are most likely not going to be able to create one

Are you a software developer? Or at least your are a web developer? If not, please spend some money to pay for a good web developer to do that. But if you still want to know steps to create a web site, you can read more below: 1. You need to buy a domain, usually you pay 10$/year. 2. You need to buy a good web-host, and the price is vary, it is up to what is your website platform. Website build with .NET need a Windows host, website build with PHP or Java only need a Linux host. And Linux host is cheaper that Windows host. 3. Beside of buying a host, you need to buy some security service (like SSL) to to protect your customer information when they are trading with you. 4. Develop a e-commerce website is not easy, you should find a professional to do that. 5. There are some free open source e-commerce websites but these websites are easily to hack if you dont know how to fine-tune it.

if you want all of this simplified i could run you through it email me at [email protected] if you want some help understanding it all (it's very complicated, i know) Best of luck, Smithy

Man, you need to get GDI. That's all there is to it. I tried Godaddy. But, you have really got to be an advanced user to setup sites with them. I also tried a thing called SBI. But, it was like 300 dollars per Year. With GDI, I get a Domain Name, Site Builder, 10 e-mails, forwarding services and the ability to use FrontPage or Dreamweaver. It is the most simple for beginners and at only 10 dollars per month, it is also the most cost effective. Thanks......

I recommend one of these: http://www.hosttell.com/ Powweb is on a 50% sale - $3.88/month ($46.56/year), and you get a free domain from them. (like www.yoursite.com) They include easy, one click install of these E-Commerce solutions: ZenCart ZenCart truly is the art of e-commerce; a free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart system. The software is being developed by group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants that think e-commerce could be and should be done differently. osCommerce osCommerce is an online shop e-commerce solution that offers a wide range of out-of-the-box features that allow online stores to be setup fairly quickly with ease. It is an e-commerce framework solution that not only remains easy to setup and maintain, but also makes it easier for store administrators to present their stores to their customers with their own unique requirements. CubeCart CubeCart is an eCommerce script written with PHP & MySQL. 100% template driven, XHTML & CSS valid, plug and play shipping/gateway/affiliate modules, tax by state/zone or country, multi currency support, email marketing, inventory stock control, sell digital & tangible goods and more.

You can find step by step guide on how to create your own website at website like http://oktutorial.com/webdesign.htm ,etc .

i think you need a WEB-HOST

As you may know a domain name is just a name, not a real website. If you are going to create your website: 1- Buy a domain name. A domain name is a name you want to call your website. To get a domain name, you have to pay an annual fee to a registrar for the right to use that name. 2- Buy a web hosting service to provide your online space and enable you to get your website online at your purchased domain name. To get further information take a look at: http://www.threehosts.com/build You need a web hosting service which supports online payments like, Master Card, Visa & PayPal. It is very important that your service be uptime. It means that you can access your account whenever you want to update your web pages, and your visitors can view your website whenever they type your website address. If your hosting service is not uptime it is real hell! If you want to start your website I recommend purchase your domain and hosting together. In this way it is possible to get your domain for free. Some hosting services offer this gift today. If you want to run a successful e-commerce you must choose a reliable web hosting service. The security of your business directly depends on the security of your hosting service. (Hacker safe) Take a look at: http://www.threehosts.com/business There you can reach the three reputable companies that are leaders in the E-commerce web hosting industry. They fulfill all your requirements to sell online. By using each of them, everything you need for your business website is provided in one eCommerce Hosting Package. Good Luck!