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1) Go to http://www.18dvds.com/OpenYourOwnAdultStore.htm and fill in your details.
2) After you’ve logged into your account, take a note of your five digit store number.
3) Go to http://wickedzone.net/web_hosting.html and create a free hosting account. Create a free sub-domain name of your choice ( xxxxx.wickedzone.net).
4) Download and edit the index document (http://www.makewickedmoney.com/downloads/index.htm) and follow the instructions included in the comment sections.
5) After you’ve made the changes to the index.htm file, upload the file to your hosting space on http://www.wickedzone.net.

There you go! Your own free adult online store

I’m selling PlayerLifestyle.net, a blog with loads of articles on seduction, relationships and dating. I figure I better start selling most of my existing sites to invest in new ones 

More details on the digital point forum if you’re interested.

Every webmaster knows that open source software is wicked cool! I used to think open source software meant just Linux software but then I found a few that were made for Windows too. But I didn’t realise that there were open source versions of full websites. Especially Web 2.0 type sites. Here are a few interesting versions of current Web 2.0 sites that I’ve found:

Video Sharing

PHPMotion

Show In A Box

Plumi

Social Bookmarking

Scuttle

Unalog

Getboo

Sabros.us

Social News

Pligg

Wiki

JSPWiki

Social Networking

Bevey

Appleseed

Check out this other list of social networking software.

Photo Sharing

Photospace

Online Collaborations:

Dimdim

Grab them while you can. Pligg is being sold off on Mashable. I personally don’t think the new owners will start charging for it. They’ll probably just do what Wordpress do and provide consultancy services instead. But you never know!

If you find any more, just leave a comment

I don’t know about you but I think this Million Dollar Wiki idea is a novel idea. It’s a clever innovation on the Million Dollar Homepage. However, I wouldn’t recommend buying a page.

Most newbies will probably make the assumption that just because it’s a wiki that it’ll automatically be given some Google love. The reasons that Google ranks Wikipedia so highly are because it’s a collaboration of worldwide editors and because EVERYONE links to Wikipedia when they want to reference something.

But Million Dollar Wiki is a PAID wiki. Only you’re not paying for a “review” like on a paid directory. You’re paying for a page with links. And when Google finds a few newbie webmasters start selling some for their links on their paid wiki pages, those unlucky enough to have bought a page will likely find that their $100 will have been wasted. What’s more, they’ll likely find the websites that they’ve linked out to have been penalised.

This wouldn’t apply however to something like the Million Dollar homepage. This is because they’re selling pixels; not links.

Nevertheless, it is a novel idea….though I don’t think it has any longevity. Just my 2 cents (or 1 pence).

For the past year, most of my sites have been mini-sites. Cheap to build or buy and fairly easy to market (mainly through SEO and posting on forums). This is especially good when you’ve got limited resources (translation: little money!).

Now is the time to go to the next stage. Building flagship websites.

My next site is going to be based on Pligg, which is the open source version of digg. I’m not sure how well it’s going to go but hopefully it’ll be something different to digg and its competitors. Unlike the rest of them, the site is going to be targeted towards a different audience….kind of like Sphinn

Hopefully it’ll be stirring up some controversy and maybe even get a mention on sites like Mashable and Techcrunch.

Here’s to the next stage…

The following scripts can be used to build social networking sites to be customised to your chosen niche. These can be monetised by either showing advertisements or by selling subscriptions.

PHPizabi

Free social networking application. Has been downloaded over 100,000 times already.

Boonex Dolphin

Free social networking application that is centred on dating. If you want to remove the company’s links, you’ll need to pay a fee.

Elgg

Free social networking script that’s targeted mainly to educational institutes though this can be customised easily.

Barnraiser AroundMe

Open source social networking application. Can be integrated with wikis, blogs and forums. Also has built-in support for OpenID.

Google have finally started expanding their Adsense referrals range! Instead of just promoting Google’s own products, you can now promote all kinds of products from other companies. Not sure about their competitiveness against already established affiliate marketing networks though.

The good thing is payments vary in currency according to the program you choose. Most of them pay in US dollars but there are a few that pay in Canadian dollars and Indian Rupees.

Most of the ads look just like normal adsense ads though there are a few graphical banners.

They still need to work on their search though! What do asthma medicines and mannequins have to do with viagra??

Anyway, it will be interesting to see when they add this to Adwords.

One of the most basic ways to make money online is by selling your own products. I’ve spoken to a few successful internet entrepreneurs who run successful online stores (trust me, they make a VERY comfortable living) and have compiled this list of tasks they go through to build their network of online money makers.

1. Identify a need and market. Do some research and find out what items are related to that market. It’s preferable to sell items that can give you a high profit margin but are still affordable and competitive in the market. Products that are related to celebrities or fashion usually fit into this category
2. Find dropshippers for your chosen items. E-sources is a good choice for both UK based and international dropshippers and wholesalers, whilst DOBA is more suitable for US based dropshippers. You can also do a Google search for dropshippers of specific items.
3. Sign up to Paypal and download one of the following free e-commerce shopping carts:
   • osCommerce
   • Cubecart
   • Zen-cart
   • Mal’s e-commerce
   • Shop-script
4. Sign-up with a good hosting provider. There’s a good list of free hosting providers you can start off with.
5. Website installation and configuration. You can either install and configure the website yourself or outsource this to someone on elance, getafreelancer or some other freelancing website for a . Don’t forget to include a web analytics application like Google Analytics and Statcounter into the site.
6. Setup your records. Track your finances using a site like moneytrackin or a spreadsheet (ex: outgoing payments, revenues, expense, etc). For customer relationship management, download the free Sugar Open Source.
7. Market your online store. Sell a few items on eBay, advertise through PPC, email your friends, market on myspace and other online communities, start a blog, partner with other online stores. Check out the rest of this blog for more ideas on getting traffic to your site.
8. Start an affiliate program and recruit affiliates. Use an inhouse, custom-built affiliate management software that you can get designed and integrated by a freelancer from the freelancing site used in step 5 above or install a bespoke affiliate marketing software from about $50.
9. Continue your growth. Increase your product lines, improve your conversions, expand your marketing, automate your processes and keep your customers happy….or if you want to move on to other things you can sell your website to another budding entrepreneur on eBay or Sitepoint.

Myspace Resources Website Script. Contains layouts, generators, codes, friend train, upload tools, graphics and more.

Comes with Google AdSense built in. Just add your Adsense publisher ID and you’re off!

Add this script to an existing website to keep people coming back! Or sign up with a free hosting site instead and start a standalone site.

Download it now for free.

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Most affiliate programs give you a bunch of text links and banners. But there are also affiliate programs that are similar to white label programs. They give you fully fledged sites without needing to promise waves of traffic or even pay for hosting or domain names. Usually, you are provided with a sub-domain name (like yourstore.mainsite.com). I’ve made a list of sites where you can start online stores for free.

Bravisa

• Products: clothing, food, pet products, puzzles & games, sports & recreation, electronics and more.
• Commission: depends on your mark-up.
• URL: http://www.bravisa.com

Zlio

• Products: books, DVDs, mobile phones, computers, video games, food and more.
• Commission: up to 20% (depending on merchants chosen).
• URL: http://www.zlio.com

Amazon astore

• Products: books, music, DVDs, toys, electronics, clothes, jewellery and more.
• Commission: 4% to 10%.
• URL: http://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/join (USA), http://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk/gp/associates/join/main.html (UK).

Spreadshirt

• Products: personalised t-shirts and other clothes.
• Commission: depends on your mark-up.
• URL: http://www.spreadshirt.com (USA), http://www.spreadshirt.net (outside USA).

Cafepress

• Products: personalised t-shirts, CDs, books and gifts.
• Commission: depends on your mark-up.
• URL: http://www.cafepress.com/