| Step 1: Goal | | | | domain. |
| Decide what type of website you need to launch, it | | | | Step 3: Web development |
| may be a personal website, commercial website or | | | | In the past, developing a web site was a big thing |
| non-profit organization website. Websites can be | | | | which could be done only by developers having |
| developed for anything like sharing ideas/thoughts, | | | | knowledge of HTML and programming. But this is not |
| reviewing books, products or games, promoting | | | | the case anymore; the current web design industry |
| products/services or offering information about a city, | | | | offers open source software and ready-made scripts |
| event, historical place, etc. | | | | to develop a website easily, even without any |
| Step 2: Domain registration | | | | knowledge on HTML. |
| In order to start a website, you need to register for a | | | | If you want to run a site like popular websites |
| domain and get it hosted through a hosting company. | | | | YouTube, Facebook, Twitter etc, you can chose a |
| Just select a domain name that appropriately suits | | | | clone software of those popular sites available in the |
| your website and check its availability with domain | | | | market. When you have decided to get a clone script, |
| registrars like namecheap.com, sedo.com, etc. Most | | | | check its features and reliability by viewing its demo, |
| registrars charge around $15-35/year for registration | | | | review content and testimonials and then buy it. |
| and take one - three days for registration, and some | | | | Start your dream website by following these three |
| of them offer hosting services at reasonable costs to | | | | steps. Don't stop with the web development alone, you |
| place the domain on the internet. | | | | have to maintain and promote it to survive in the web |
| You can choose a domain registrar that offers both | | | | world. This can be done easily by outsourcing web |
| domain registration and web hosting services, or | | | | maintenance and promotion to a well-experienced |
| register a domain with a registrar and choose any | | | | web development company. |
| web hosting company for hosting the registered | | | | |