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In Part I, we discussed the two initial steps for setting up an ecommerce site—getting a domain name and hosting your website. The third step, web designing goes hand in hand with both of them. In fact, most of the best web hosting companies like Apollo Hosting etcetera provide you with a number of easy to use web design tools free with their web hosting service. It is advised that you host your website with a service that provides you with free web designing tools and professional web designing help.

Step III—Design Your Website
Your website is going to be like a virtual store or a front office for your business. Make sure that it is easy to navigate, good to look at, user friendly and fast. You should try to put in pictures of your products and a user friendly shopping cart to aid quick sales. Apart from this, added features like an online 24X7 chat helpline and FAQ pages help in converting browsers into customers and building up a solid customer base. There are a number of easy web designing and marketing tools that you can use for creating your own website.

Apart from designing a good looking and easy to load website, your web hosting firm should be able to provide you with a number of shopping cart options. An easy to use shopping cart is important if you want customers to finalize sales instead of leaving them midway. Select a shopping cart that is apt for your products.

For more on starting your own website, read Part III

Isabel Rodrigues - Works for Apollo Hosting
www.apollohosting.com