Nowadays there is a website for everything you can imagine, and for good reason: websites are cheap and easy to start. I have been working online for close to two years now, and for the last seven months (as of April 2008) I have been building my own websites in my free time. From development to marketing and SEO, everything about the online business model can be learned and implemented with no cost other than time & willingness to learn.
The actual costs of hosting and domain leasing are negligible, even compared to the money that non-monetized sites can bring in. Discounts for website hosting plans are available, and they can double as a sales pitch/income stream for independent 3rd party sellers. As modern online marketing programs rely on actual sales delivered, sales is becoming an entrepreneurial opportunity that reduces risk to the company that produces the product or service for sale. And given the viral and residual nature of the internet, sales as a value added has never had so much potential. In other words, the cost of advertising is going down, but the value of sales is better than ever. Add that up and you'll find big profits at the margin.
For my generation, website building is an indispensable tool for all things related to marketing and promotion.
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Have you thought about starting a new website, but didn’t see any practical purpose? What reason could be better than participating in a revolutionary change in media? I suppose that isn’t exactly practical, so: How about all the money you could be making writing about topics you enjoy?