Ideas on Starting a Website for Business - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Astrocloud · 03-02-2004, 10:23 AM

I'm still mentally working out the details on my website idea.

I think it will have three sides to it

1) a Business side where venders can advertise their goods

2) a Customer side where customers can browse vendors

3) a forum side where vendors can discuss their trades or customers can ask vendors for questions.

I have ideas for advertising and getting people onto this website but...

I've never actually owned, operated or developed a website...

Does anyone here have experience with this? Sure I can buy a website via netsol or Godaddy... but I'm looking for something that is naturally expanding. Also legal issues still come to mind...

03-03-2004, 01:56 PM

If you have money to invest, I would suggest contacting a local professional web developer so that you can walk through with them exactly what you need/want.
If not, search for website building services that meet your criteria. There's Geocities, Homestead, Earthlink, Angelfire, Xoom........there is also somewhere, not sure where, that will give a list of all webspace domains and will list the features/criteria/details of each one, and you can pick from that what will best work for you.

Devilinmypants · 03-03-2004, 05:43 PM

Here is an idea, though currently poorly carried out, create a god, then sell cheap stickers advertising your fake gods website to angry little gothic girls. (ie http://www.nameless-one.com) On second thought, dont bother, you'd never make enough to cover the 10 buck it takes to keep it up and running.

Astrocloud · 03-03-2004, 07:05 PM

Okay I'm trying to do this on the cheap. Perhaps I'll invest more money later.

Thusfar I have

1) Registered a domain name

I am thinking about putting something like a bulletin board on it... but a sectioned off bulletin board specifically for consumers and vendors to get in contact with one another.

Believe it or not I'm a pretty smart guy and can do things like web graphics all by my lonesome.

I like the God Idea... I'm just not sure how many business owners would react to it. (Maybe if I was solely focussing on the tattooing industry.)

ratbastid · 03-04-2004, 07:13 AM

This is basically exactly what my new company does: set people up with ecommerce websites.

PM me if you want to talk about this. I'd be happy to see what I can do for you as inexpensively as possible.

One way or another, you'll be into the hundreds of dollars, approaching the high hundreds but maybe not a thousand. That's about as cheaply as it can be done, to do it right.

Astrocloud · 03-04-2004, 06:49 PM

Alright, check your PM

ataylor20 · 04-28-2004, 10:43 AM

hello,

Im sort of looking for the same thing. I been to VBulletin website and I see that they are quite expensive for there Bulletin software. Is there any out there that is free or limited cost? Id like something that I can create catagorys like TFP has and a user name and pass word to access them. Some way of letting certain people in to certain areas as well.

Any help would be great..
Thanks,

Andy

03-02-2004, 10:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
Astrocloud Apocalypse Nerd	Ideas on Starting a Website for Business I'm still mentally working out the details on my website idea. I think it will have three sides to it 1) a Business side where venders can advertise their goods 2) a Customer side where customers can browse vendors 3) a forum side where vendors can discuss their trades or customers can ask vendors for questions. I have ideas for advertising and getting people onto this website but... I've never actually owned, operated or developed a website... Does anyone here have experience with this? Sure I can buy a website via netsol or Godaddy... but I'm looking for something that is naturally expanding. Also legal issues still come to mind...

03-03-2004, 01:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
:::OshnSoul::: Guest	If you have money to invest, I would suggest contacting a local professional web developer so that you can walk through with them exactly what you need/want. If not, search for website building services that meet your criteria. There's Geocities, Homestead, Earthlink, Angelfire, Xoom........there is also somewhere, not sure where, that will give a list of all webspace domains and will list the features/criteria/details of each one, and you can pick from that what will best work for you.

03-03-2004, 05:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
Devilinmypants Hippie relocationist. Location: Greensboro NC	Here is an idea, though currently poorly carried out, create a god, then sell cheap stickers advertising your fake gods website to angry little gothic girls. (ie http://www.nameless-one.com) On second thought, dont bother, you'd never make enough to cover the 10 buck it takes to keep it up and running.

03-03-2004, 07:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
Astrocloud Apocalypse Nerd	Okay I'm trying to do this on the cheap. Perhaps I'll invest more money later. Thusfar I have 1) Registered a domain name I am thinking about putting something like a bulletin board on it... but a sectioned off bulletin board specifically for consumers and vendors to get in contact with one another. Believe it or not I'm a pretty smart guy and can do things like web graphics all by my lonesome. I like the God Idea... I'm just not sure how many business owners would react to it. (Maybe if I was solely focussing on the tattooing industry.)

03-04-2004, 07:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	This is basically exactly what my new company does: set people up with ecommerce websites. PM me if you want to talk about this. I'd be happy to see what I can do for you as inexpensively as possible. One way or another, you'll be into the hundreds of dollars, approaching the high hundreds but maybe not a thousand. That's about as cheaply as it can be done, to do it right.

03-04-2004, 06:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
Astrocloud Apocalypse Nerd	Alright, check your PM

04-28-2004, 10:43 AM	#7 (permalink)
ataylor20 Insane	hello, Im sort of looking for the same thing. I been to VBulletin website and I see that they are quite expensive for there Bulletin software. Is there any out there that is free or limited cost? Id like something that I can create catagorys like TFP has and a user name and pass word to access them. Some way of letting certain people in to certain areas as well. Any help would be great.. Thanks, Andy