Do you mean "how to start an online bead business without cost to you" or do you mean "how to start a business giving away free beads." I'm betting on the later of the 2. If I'm correct what you need is to create a free website and have free hosting. Yahoo offers free hosting through geocities.com. if you havent already done this, log into yahoo and click on this link and create a free account.
http://geocities.yahoo.com/
You can choose one of their template and go through the wizard or build a free website elsewhere with a free template and then upload it to geocities. You can get free templates online if you are not very savvy on creating your own website.
Try
http://www.webtemplateszone.com
If you choose to create and upload your own template or website then you only have to upload the website files and images to geocities using the upload feature in the file manager.
You will have a free url with geocities. Then you want to do some free marketing. Submit your website url for free. You can do this once a month at
http://www.freewebsubmission.com/
Simply go the the bottom of the screen and input the free url provided by geocities. select all of the search engine sites and press submit.
You'll want to make sure that your url page (a.k.a. index page) includes the following meta tag.
In the quotes after the = sign replace those words with your own keywords or keyword phrases seperated by a comma.
This meta tag should appear between these tags
If your not sure about any of this it may be wise to consult with someone close to you who is familiar with it. Or you may have to pay to get it done. You can also get some free html classes using an html tutorial. Like at these locations;
http://www.w3schools.com/html/
http://www.2createawebsite.com/build/html.html
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/
Get free business cards at
http://www.vistaprint.com. Include you new website url. You only pay for shipping.
You can also make you own using microsoft word or microsoft works. but youll need business card paper which is still going to cost at least the same as the shipping fees of vistaprint.com.
Then you want to tell you friends and family about your business.
Everywhere you go and everyone you meet make sure they get your business card. Put an ad in as many free online advertising sites or free online classifieds as possible.
Good Luck
-CHEZ
2007-05-08 02:15:40
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answered by Anonymous
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Selling your beading online is not a great business idea. You'll never make back the cost of materials. If your work is really unique, try crafts fairs or local galleries. If your work is not really world class, make gifts for friends and relatives.
2007-05-07 17:25:55
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answered by squeezie_1999 7
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