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Set Up Hosting Account and Install Your BANS Software
There are a lot of places that will host your website and offer a variety of features and prices. I had no idea which one to go with when I first started with BANS, however, there were a lot of recommendations on the forum for Hostgator because it is BANS friendly. With a baby hosting account, you can add as many domains as you want for the low one yearly price.
Whichever host you decide to go with, you will need to change your DNS nameservers from GoDaddy to that host. When I registered with Hostgator, they sent DNS nameservers by email. You will need to keep them so you can make the change each time you set up a new account. There is a video tutorial on Hostgator that takes you step-by-step through making the changes. Easy.
Once you have your domain name, your hosting account set up, and your nameservers directing to your host, it is time to install your BANS software and upload it to your host. To do this you will need FTP software. I use CuteFTP 8, again because it was recommended by BANS. There are other programs including CoffeeCup. You can dowload a free trial version, of both and see which one you like better, or search Google for other programs. An FTP program is used to transfer files saved on your computer to your hosting account online.
Before you go any further, open your BANS software file that you downloaded to your computer, and open the installation manual. Take 10 minutes and read it through completely. Now, following the manual exactly, step-by-step, install your niche store.
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Step 4 – How to Register a Domain Name
After you have researched and found your niche, the next step is to register a domain name. I use GoDaddy because their registration process is easy to follow and they are reasonably priced. Most of the time you can do a search on Google for GoDaddy coupons or promos and get an even better price. I have used this promo list for the last several months and save at least $3.00 on every name I register.
On the first page of GoDaddy, you’ll find a place to search for domain names. Just type in the name you want in the search box, press enter, and it will tell you if the name is available.
It is good if you can find a domain name that also has your main keywords in it. Sometimes you can put a word at the beginning or end to make it work. For instance, if myniche.com is not available, try buymyniche.com or buy-myniche.com.
Tags: Affiliate Niche Stores, BANS for Beginners Series, Blog, Build a Niche Store
Build a Niche Store (BANS) Review
When you hear”eBay” and “money” in the same sentence you probably think of becoming an eBay seller.
You place product listings in the eBay marketplace, buyers bid, you pay your eBay seller fees and what you have left is your profit margin.
There is, however, another way to build a business which still revolves around eBay but which doesn’t involve you selling a single thing in the eBay marketplace.
This “other way” opportunity is based on the eBay affiliate program and a great tool which makes entry into this opportunity not only possible but also super easy. This tool is called “Build A Niche Store”.
Now if you don’t know – an affiliate program enables you as an individual internet entrepreneur to promote the products of a company in exchange for a commission on all sales that you refer.
You are basically operating as an internet middleman and connecting internet browsers to particular products and companies through you own network of websites and marketing methods.
If we return to the eBay affiliate program, eBay actually invites you to promote all of the product listings in the eBay marketplace and in exchange for your efforts will pay you up to 75% of the revenue they make from each sale you refer plus up to $35 for each new active eBay member you refer.
You can have a read about the eBay.com affiliate program here.
What this means is that you can earn up to three quarters of eBay’s revenue simply for connecting people to the products listed in the eBay marketplace.
Not only do you get to partner with the best branded marketplace in the world, you also get access to and control over ALL of the products listed in this marketplace. The eBay product inventory becomes YOUR product inventory and yet you do NOT have to stock items, deal with customers, organize shipping or process refunds.
You are no longer limited to selling only those products which you can buy and sell for a profit margin. You can choose ANY niche market and promote those eBay products relevant to your chosen niche outside of the eBay marketplace, funnelling targeted traffic through to eBay and into your own affiliate commissions.
Golf clubs, sewing kits, laptops, dog collars, diamond rings, Florida real estate…
If you know eBay you know how BIG it is – there are NO limits.
At this point you might be thinking – well this sounds interesting but in reality is there any money in it? Well, here’s the shocker – eBay’s top affiliates make over 1 million dollars a month. That’s right – 8 figures a year without stocking, selling or shipping a single thing!
Now eBay does provide some basic free tools to help you succeed as an eBay affiliate and build an affiliate business BUT it has been the development of a tool outside of eBay that has really opened this up as a legitimate business opportunity.
The tool, as I mentioned earlier, is called “Build A Niche Store” and what it enables you to do is build eBay affiliate websites targeted to any eBay niche you want. These act as the medium through which you funnel targeted visitors to eBay.
Here are a couple of my first websites, one targeting light therapy products for treating Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and the other targeting Vintage Collectible Dolls:
As you can see, these are professional looking websites that contain all of those eBay products related to their target niche inside a searchable store format, each of which automatically contains your eBay affiliate id.
These stores then automatically update as new products are listed for sale and old listing expire from the eBay marketplace and the software has built in development features which enable you to create new store pages, add content to these pages, create content pages, modify your template etc etc.
Basically, in the space of about 10 minutes (once you are familiar with how the software works) you can create a fully functional eBay affiliate website targeted to the niche market of your choice.
Your store content is all search engine friendly which will provide the foundation for attracting targeted traffic from the search engines and you can then use the development features to attract more targeted visitors which will in turn mean more eBay affiliate commissions.
It really is a brilliant concept and I’ve been hearing great things about the guys behind the project and the member forum which you get lifetime access to when you purchase the product.
Build A Niche Store comes with a step by step user manual which will walk even the most technically inexperienced through setting up their eBay affiliate website, 9 professional template layouts which can be customized (from inside your admin panel) to match your target niche, lifetime member forum access, comprehensive product support and possibly most importantly – an UNLIMITED domain license which means you can build as many of these niche websites as you want for the small one time fee.
Think about how many niches eBay caters to!
How big could your eBay affiliate business be?!
This product gets my full recommendation – check it out today…
Click Here To Read More About Build A Niche Store.
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Welcome to Affiliate Niche Stores
I have been building affiliate niche stores using Build a Niche Store (Bans) since November last year, and I have several stores active and earning money. I decided to start this blog to help others by sharing tips and strategies I pick up along the way. Plus, I hope it will help to keep me organized.
Thanks for visiting. Take whatever infomation you find useful. If you see something you really like, I hope you will use the bookmark button to share it with others. Feel free to leave comments and don’t forget to sign up for my RSS feed so you won’t miss anything.
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