You want to sell a product or service on-line. You need not waste your time learning web design or paying a large amount to a web designer. As a small startup businessperson, you do not have the time or the money. What are the alternatives?

There are a number of highly reputable sites, which, for a reasonable monthly fee, will host your website and provide all the tools necessary to have an online selling vehicle. They provide templates for all types of websites. For selling goods or services, there are hundreds of templates of different styles and page layouts. These templates are completely customizable and can be adapted to your specific needs.

They also provide a secure server and shopping cart for customers to make purchases through your site. You will provide the credit card processing service or ability to make online payments.

You can upload your inventory, including descriptions, photos, quantities and other data. These sites provide real time inventory, so you are able to manage your stock easily.

Although this seems like quite a lot, it is really much simpler than trying to learn web design. Costs are minimal, and your new hobby won-t be learning html code. You can literally have a working site up and running in a weekend.