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Getting Started |
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Follow these 10 easy steps to get started with a powerful business website on OnlyBusiness.com
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Register on OnlyBusiness.com |
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Decide on the website address that you want to use for your OnlyBusiness.com website |
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2.1 |
Do you want to use the default web address provided for free by OnlyBusiness.com?
(e.g. www.onlybusiness.com/members/yourwebsite)
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Do you want to use a dedicated domain that ‘points’ to the default web
address provided by OnlyBusiness.com? (e.g. www.yourwebsite.com)
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If you wish to use a dedicated domain name, you can either use a domain name that
you have already registered or you can register a new domain name and use that as
the ‘pointing’ web address. |
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NOTE: This dedicated domain may not be used for any other website. |
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Decide on the type of business website you want: |
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3.1 |
Do you want to only receive inquiries from prospective customers for purchases of
your products and/or services?
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Do you want to accept both inquiries and credit card payments for purchases of your
products and/or services?
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Build a sitemap |
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4.1 |
Please see an example sitemap below which you may use as a guide |
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Please note that you can adjust the structure of your website from the one outlined
in the sitemap below. This is intended as an example only.
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Create a folder on your computer to store all of the files and images that you will
be using on your website. This should include: |
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A digital file of your business logo (if you have one). This file can be in
one of the following file formats - JPG, GIF. |
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The content that you want to go on each page of your website. These can be stored
in any word processing file format (e.g. Microsoft Word, Notepad, WordPad, etc). |
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The imagery you want to go on to each page of your website. These images can be
in one of the following file formats - JPG, GIF |
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The product/service details that you would like for each product/service that you
will list on your online catalog. This includes: |
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5.4.1 |
Product Name |
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Brief Description |
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Product/Service Description |
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Product/Service Price |
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Image - This file can be in one of the following file formats - JPG, GIF. |
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Go through the OnlyBusiness.com website builder |
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Add your pages into your website as per your sitemap plan |
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Add/edit the imagery and content to go onto each page of your website |
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Publish your website |
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Go into the Control Panel and click on the ‘Manage your website and products’
link on the left hand navigation bar. |
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Add and edit the various categories and the products/services that you wish to appear
on your website. This includes: |
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9.1 |
Creating the desired categories within your online catalog |
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Adding products/services under each category |
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Submitting all of the relevant product/service information |
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Deciding if these product/service listings should be included in the FREE auction
and tradelead sections within the OnlyBusiness.com marketplace. |
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Go to your OnlyBusiness.com website and check that all of the page content and layout
and your product/service listings and categories appears on your website to your
satisfaction. |
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NOTE:
- You can edit any of the page or product/service content and imagery at any time
for FREE, simply by:
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Logging into the system |
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Going to the Control Panel |
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Clicking on the ‘Manage your website and products’ link |
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Click on either the ‘Manage products’ link or the ‘Edit Site’
link.
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- Once you have completed building your website, you can invite associates to join
OnlyBusiness.com, build common interest groups on OnlyBusiness.com and take part
in the world’s most powerful online business community and marketplace.
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