Estimated Small Business Cost

Starting your own business can become very costly and take up a lot of someone's finances. there are many factors that come into a situation such as starting your own business, these include computer equipment, right to a domain name for your website, ISP costs, software, and hiring a web designer. here is an estimate for a small business to start:

• Computers- $700 * 5 computers = $3500
• Printers- $400 * 2 printers = $800
• Network Interface Cards- $130 * 5 cards= $650
• Domain registration- $12/year from http://www.godaddy.com/
• ISP charges- $47/month
• Software- $350 * 5 software packages = $1750
• Web Designers- $1500

It is important to hire a good web designer to help make your website as easy and attractive to your consumers. It is a costly procedure, but it also helps build your company fast and gain interest to the public quicker. Entrepreneur's should be aware of how much they need to spend to create a business under their names and how to prepare for them.

Setting Up Your Company Internet

Small Business and Home computers are connected to an ISP in three different ways: Dial-up which uses a regular telephone line, DSL modem which is a special telephone line, or Cable modem which uses a T.V. line. One service that is used in small businesses frequently is the cable modem setup.

Cable modems provide high speeds using the same cable that hooks up to your Television line. The ISP installs high capacity fibre cables in your small business and connects to a distribution area in the area which sends the service to all of your computers. The advantage to cable modems are their download speeds and the number of people that can use the service on the same distribution centre.

Choosing Your ISP

The Internet is a very powerful tool that many people use on a daily basis. Sometimes choosing the right company to get your Internet service can be difficult with companies offering different package prices. There are many Internet Service Providers (ISP's) that can offer you their services such as Bell, Rogers, and Shaw. Here are some comparisons of lite speed and high speed services:

Shaw's packages include

• High Speed Lite-1 mbps download $25/month
• High Speed- 7.5 mbps download $37/month

Bell's packages include

• Essentials Plus- 2mbps download $24.95/month
• Fibre 6- 6 mbps download $34.95/month

Rogers' packages include

• Lite- 3 mbps download $35.99/month
• Express- 10 mbps download $46.99/month

It is important to choose a reliable ISP to your site because there are packages that offer more or less download speeds depending on the work being done daily and how long the services are being used. For a small business it would be more appropriate to go for a package that offers higher speeds to allow downloads such as PDF files and documents become faster to complete downloading.

Assigning a Domain Name

There are a few key steps when creating a successful domain name for your business website. Here are the following steps a business should use when starting a website:

• think of a domain name that is oringinal and that has not been taken by another organization.
• the name should be relivant to your business and can advertize what the business is about
• create a name that is easy and convenient for consumers to find through search engines
• the domain name should be professional and attractive to consumers.