While creating a
classifieds website and maintaining seems like a lot of work, but it gets
easier when you have a direction to move forward.
Creating a classifieds website is much like creating any other blog or business website. However, the success of your classifieds website totally depends on how you promote and maintain it.
Creating a classifieds website is much like creating any other blog or business website. However, the success of your classifieds website totally depends on how you promote and maintain it.
- First of all you need to decide your scope, whether it would be a niche for specific products like vehicles, electronics etc. or a whole website covering major and minor categories like http://postadusa.com/ it has all categories for classifieds. Decide your preference.
- Choose the domain and hosting carefully. Domain name is the unique identity of your website on the widespread internet. So choose the domain name carefully. Here are a few tips on choosing the domain name for your classifieds website
Keep
it short and precise
Choose
a name that is easy to spell and remember
Try
to include keywords if possible.
If
possible, don’t go for a misspelled version of slightly modified version of an
existing domain name.
And
after domain, comes the hosting service. Choose the hosting service wisely,
because the performance of your website will totally depend on the efficiency
of the host. And all of that will eventually affect the user experience on your
website.
- Select design for your website. Whether it to be core designing or you want to have some theme. Both have equal pros and cons. If you buy a theme still you need a developer to ad some particular specs according to your needs. The design of your website is important too. Keep a design that focuses on content. Avoid excessive advertisements on your web pages. It is okay that you place a few advertisement banners to earn through your website, but access of anything is bad. And too many promotional banners on your website will negatively affect the user experience.
- List down the categories and make a structure for your site. More like a frame work of inner pages etc, categories, content pages etc. When it comes to using your website, you should make sure that it’s easy for your users to find what they came looking for
- Select an attractive color scheme as it does matter. We don't pay heed but these things do affect.
- Select you target audience.
- Keep preparing some content to spread the word on Social media even before launching your website.
- Make an excel file for everyday work tasks.
- Make crucial competitors analysis including each and every possible thing.
- Selecting your right competitors is another task, keep it steady and be careful.
- Make you moves, not by copying your competitors, but ensuring not to repeat the mistakes that your competitors did.
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