If you want to do affiliate marketing, you need to learn how to set up a website in detail. If you want to be a successful affiliate, you must specialize in every step of the website from the setup stage to the design and development stage.
If you do not improve yourself in these matters, you will struggle to sell with websites that lack quality. What’s worse is that you don’t even have enough knowledge to build a website.
I know that you currently do not have the technical knowledge to set up a website. But you don’t have to worry about that. You will soon learn step-by-step how to set up a website. And in the easiest way…
Build Your Website in 3 Steps!
STEP 1: Choose Your Website Build Platform
Before you start building a site, I’m sure many questions come to mind:
- How do I set up the website?
- How do I edit the site?
- What can I do about design?
And many more questions like this… Drop them for now and decide which website-building platform to use.
What is a Website Building Platform?
It is also called a content management system. In other words, platforms that make building a website simple…
Platforms like WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla have allowed people to build websites without using coding languages.
Years ago, people were building websites using HTML, CSS, and Flash scripting languages. It was impossible to build a website without knowing computer programming languages.
But nowadays, building a website has become almost child’s play thanks to some content management systems (website-building platforms).
Especially with WordPress…
A simple but at the same time professional content management system called WordPress allowed people to set up websites with ease. Moreover, without coding knowledge…
The Most Used Website Building Platforms
As seen in the picture, according to a study conducted in 2017, 50% of the websites on the internet were established using the WordPress content management system.
Why Should You Use WordPress When Building a Website?
- It is a free platform.
- You can easily download it from the internet and upload it to your server.
- You can build professional sites without the need to learn programming languages.
- The admin panel is very easy to use.
- It allows you to use many components and themes.
- You can make your site more functional with the help of plugins.
- With a responsive theme you will use, your website will be 100% mobile compatible.
- It is an efficient content management system in terms of SEO.
- You can find a lot of resources about WordPress on the internet. That’s why you can specialize in WordPress day by day without spending money.
- Even famous brands such as CNN, eBay, Sony, Samsung, New York Times, Forbes, and Mercedes use the WordPress platform.
- Almost all of the people who do affiliate marketing use WordPress. It’s a great platform to set up promotional blogs.
In the next section, I will explain in detail how to install WordPress. Be patient and keep reading what I wrote carefully.
STEP 2: Choose Domain and Hosting
The two most important things you need to build a website are:
- Domain (a website name such as affiliatemarketingsistemi.com)
- Hosting (The platform where the website files will be uploaded)
Although WordPress is free, you have to pay a certain amount for domain and hosting. But the numbers you’ll pay are pretty ridiculous, so you don’t have to worry.
You can easily own a website for 8-10 TL per month.
It is very important to have your own domain and hosting. Only in this way can you build a professional website that is under your control. If you want to build a simple website using free services like Blogger, you can do that too.
But I recommend that you set up a professional site where you have complete control over your own domain and hosting.
Which Sites Do I Recommend to Buy Hosting and Domain?
A website where you can buy the domain: GODADDY
A website where you can get hosting: GÜZEL HOSTİNG
These are the sites I recommend… Of course, there are many companies on this subject. There are many places where you can get domain and hosting. But these are the sites I recommend. I myself use these companies for domain and hosting services.
Which Extension Should I Use When Buying a Domain?
The extensions we have achieved the most successful results as a result of our work so far:
- .COM
- .NET
These two extensions are the most suitable extension for the website you will set up to become an affiliate. For example, you can get domains like:
- com
- net
Be sure to use it.COM and .NET extensions. Think very carefully when choosing a domain name. Spend your efforts on a quality domain name. Build your website on a well-thought-out, quality domain.
If you plan to set up more than one website while hosting, you should purchase a Reseller Package.
If you are going to build a single website, you can purchase a Cheap Package that allows you to build only one website.
NOTE 1: You will purchase a single CPanel for a website. If you are going to set up more than one website, you will purchase a Reseller Package.
NOTE 2: You will purchase hosting using the Linux operating system.
NOTE 3: When you want to choose a panel, you will click CPanel, not Plesk Panel.
STEP 3: Install WordPress on the Hosting
When you install WordPress on your hosting and follow the necessary instructions, you will now have a website. You will be able to promote a product you want to affiliate with on this website and earn a commission per sale you make.
If you want to earn money on the Internet, you can achieve this by writing promotional articles on the websites you will establish. Now let’s see how to install WordPress.
How to Install WordPress?
1 STAGE:
Download the WordPress file to your computer.
If the compressed file is downloaded, it will be extracted to the desktop as a folder with the Winrar program.
STAGE 2:
Connect to CPanel by entering the IP, username, and password information of CPanel in the Filezilla program. Use 21 as the house number.
Click to download Filezilla for free.
If you have purchased a Reseller hosting package, you will create the CPanel that you will use when installing WordPress, through the WHM Panel, where the login information is sent to you.
NOTE: WHM panel is an advanced panel. And it allows you to create a separate CPanel for each website.
3. STAGE:
Upload the WordPress file to your hosting via the Filezilla program. For this, open the public_html folder after connecting to Cpanel.
Drag the WordPress files to the empty window that appears.
4. STAGE:
Create a database via cPanel. For this, you need to create Cpanel via Google Chrome.
You can reach the Cpanel login page by typing the site address in your web browser and adding the phrase “/cpanel” to the end.
Example: affiliatemarketingsistemi.com/cpanel
Option 2: You can also log in by adding the phrase “/cpanel” to the end of the cpanel’s ip address.
Example: 192.534.64.64/cpanel
Then you can log in to CPanel by entering your username and password on the login page that opens.
After logging into the cpanel, click on Create Database (Database Wizard).
Create a database from the database wizard.
Then create a user for this database.
Save this database name (DB_NAME), database user (DB_USER), and database password (DB_PASSWORD) you created in a word file. Because we will use this information shortly.
It will then give you some options. From here, you will activate all the options it offers by selecting the ALL PRIVILEGES box.
5. STAGE:
Go to the domain management section by logging into the Godaddy account where you purchased the domain. Then go to the Name Servers section of the domain settings on which you will build a website.
Click on the Change option and enter the Name Servers sent to you when purchasing hosting on the screen that appears.
When this process is completed, the connection between the domain and hosting will be established.
NOTE: It may take 15-20 minutes for the Name Servers to change. So wait a bit after this process.
6. STAGE:
Start the installation process by entering the domain name in your browser. Open Chrome and type the domain name into the browser.
At this stage, it will ask you to enter the database information you created. When you say install WordPress, you will be directed to the site information page.
You will enter the site title and description sections. This will complete the installation process.
Congratulations, you now have a website. =)
After you finish the website setup process, you need to do editing and design work within the site. By editing your content, you will complete the missing parts of the site and make your site ready for use.
