How to Develop a Commercial Website

Last Updated: June 3, 2021

When you develop a commercial website, it is important to follow some general guidelines. You want your website to look professional, be easy to navigate, have quality content and, perhaps most importantly, you want it to show up favorably in search engine results. If you understand how to develop a commercial website by implementing all necessary aspects into your site, you will increase its chances of being a success.

Steps

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Decide the scope of your website, and plan to meet the needs of your potential customers. Be sure to obtain the correct amount bandwidth to accommodate your expected traffic. If your business sells merchandise, be sure to develop a fully fledged set of product pages that are easy to navigate--if you sell services be sure to list the contact information of the appropriate business associates corresponding to the particular services described.
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Focus on making your website look professional. People, in general, will take your website more seriously and appreciate it if your website has a clean, professional look. Nothing should distract from the content of your website or make it more difficult to navigate.
- Bright colors with too-high contrast and too much saturation of pictures and videos are examples of what can detract from your website's focus. Also poor quality photos, disorganized information, and a haphazard design can make a website look unprofessional and amateurish.
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Create quality content so that potential customers are able to learn what they need to know by visiting your website. If you make the effort to show people you know what you are talking about and prove to them that you can help them understand the knowledge related to your company's purpose, they will be more likely to trust you and feel comfortable buying from you.
- Develop your product information so that it is both informative and easy to understand.
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Prioritize having a website that is easy to navigate. Ideally, visitors should be able to find what they are looking for in a half dozen clicks or less, starting from your website's homepage.
- Focus to make your website's navigation as intuitive as possible, which lessens the time visitors must invest to find what they need. If a person cannot find what they need within your website in around half a minute, then there is a good chance that they will visit a competitor's website instead of continuing to trudge through yours.
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Implement a product selection and purchasing system that is easy for your customers to navigate so shopping with you is a simple process.
- Display your products with photos and complete descriptions so all your products are easy to find and learn about. The selection process needs to be easy as well, making it also simple to remove items the customer has selected in case they change their minds.
- Utilize a shopping cart system that is easy to use. If feasible, take as many forms of payment as possible, including credit cards and online payment methods.
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Implement search engine optimization techniques so that your website displays favorably in search engines. Ideally, you want your website to show up on the first page when a person performs a search using keywords appropriate to your website's purpose.
- Strive to be one of the first few websites displayed when a user searches for your types of products or services. Creating a sitemap and utilizing both Meta and ALT tags will help your website display favorably.
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Dedicate yourself to keeping your website as up-to-date as possible. Doing so will help ensure that existing customers continue visiting your website and that new visitors will find their way to your website and want to become customers.

Community Q&A

Question

How can I develop a free website?

Adam Leech

Community Answer

Weebly.com has a free website service. About.me is another one. You can get a super cheap website from GoDaddy that includes hosting for $13 for the year (right now) through coupon codes.