Does it cost $ to advertise your website ?

Question

I am wanting to sell just for myself. No a company. Once I get a website built,
do I have to pay yahoo- or whoever....to get my website out there ?!

Answer 1

damn right its gonna cost. esp, if you wanna be in the top 10..
do u mean hosting ?.. . to have your website up ?. .then its only like $16 / month.

but for top ranking on the search results. . u have to pay premium bucks.

Answer 2

It's costs money to advertise. That's how it works. There are establish reputable online ad services.

It doesn't cost much money to SPAM the heck out of people though! But everyone hates a SPAM'r.

If you want to make money you have to spend money on marketing. Services that claim to boost your search ranking are all a scam. Just use plain text on your website to clearly explain what your goods and services are, and advertise. If you sell a good product, the word-of-mouth with get around.

Answer 3

It all depands on what are you selling... If you are selling something that is very common then I'd say it doesn't hurt to spend some money.
2nd way is free and more effective but takes a lot of time and that is find people online and offline who are looking for the stuff you are selling. For exmple, if you are selling jeans, find an online forum where people are talking about fashion and clothing and become a part of that community. That way you will gain not only trust of other board members but they will help you spread the word around as well.

I wish you goodluck with whatever you are going to start.

Answer 4

Depending on how you advertise your website, it could cost anything from $0 to $$1000 and beyond.

To reach the top of search engines, you probably will have to spend a lot of money in advertising since most search engines work with complicated formulas that are based on how many times your page is linked to another page and how popular that page is and so on. So unless you have connections with people who own good businesses, you probably have to pay to become their affiliate unless your business becomes popular.

Answer 5

Traffic is the key....but to be successful you need TARGETED traffic. Therein lies a big problem in buying an ad ... you can spend a lot of money getting traffic that has absolutely no INTEREST in what you are selling. Check out this information:

http://traffic.sitesell.com/Phil16.html

And here are some great examples of how and what people are successfully selling online with their products:

http://case-studies.sitesell.com/Phil16.html

Hope this helps and motivates you to keep at it!

Phil