Even with limited knowledge and experience, you can build and maintain websites for profit. Here are just some ways you can do so.
1. Develop Websites for Local Businesses
Approach local business owners and convince them of the necessity and financial benefits of having a professional website. Local advertising may help you get started, but expect to gain a significant portion of your business through referrals. Charge your clients for the initial design and setup of the website. Work with them to develop a theme for their site based on their unique advantages over the competition. Keep the site simple at first so that the cost of producing it is not prohibitive to the business, and you can complete it profitably in a short time. In this business, you can also make money from maintaining and providing ongoing support for the website. Charge recurring monthly fees for services such as web hosting, updates and improvements to the site's content, search engine optimization and submission, increasing traffic, traffic analysis, mailing list production and maintenance, and more. You don't need to be an expert Internet programmer to provide these additional services. There are many free or low-cost sources of scripts and other resources available to you on the Internet. Offer your clients (and charge extra for) flash introductions, animated graphics, syndicated content, traffic counters, submission forms, chat rooms, pop-up windows, autoresponders, and more.
2. Sell Websites on the Internet
Build web stores, search engines, shopping portals, and other websites, and sell them on the Internet. Some people develop sites using templates sold by others, while others build websites from scratch. These websites have been sold on the Internet as turnkey businesses through platforms like eBay and others. Another option is to take existing free services and resell them. For example, you could use free web stores available on the Internet. Register a suitable domain name, obtain free or low-cost web space, and host that free store at your domain on your web space. Promote your website and increase traffic. Finally, sell your website to the highest bidder on eBay. Ensure that either your Reserve Price or Opening Bid is high enough to make it profitable for you. You will need to transfer the domain name to the buyer.
3. Become an Internet Marketer
Build your own unique website based on a niche theme that has a sufficient market. Then link your content with appropriate affiliate programs, as well as your own and others' products and services. To increase commissions and sales, you will need to regularly maintain your site by updating content, increasing targeted traffic, adding appropriate products and services, etc. These are just a few ways that you can profit financially from building and maintaining websites.