Money Online, The First Steps – Establishing Net Presence (1)

After deciding to take the plunge, the notion that this is when I begin to invest my first bucks started to set in. I have to tell you, overcoming this first reluctance was a big deal for me. I’ve been an employee my whole adult life, following the instructions of my superiors. I have never been in a situation where I had to invest my money in something that I wasn’t sure going to bring me profit. By the way, the employee state of mind followed me around in personal finance too. Walking into my bank I couldn’t, and still can’t, make an independent decision about my stock portfolio, always having to stop by the investment consultant. I realize now that this is something I will have to overcome.

The first step that seemed logical to me is becoming an owner of some form of Internet property. That’s why I decided to to purchase a domain name as soon as possible. I didn’t want to use any of the free domain solutions, and, my company, where I work as operations manager, uses GoDaddy.com for purchasing its domains, and, naturally that was the first place I went. I checked the prices for domain registration there and then Googled for other registrars. I found CleverDot.com, that was cheaper with .com domains. Every other domain registrar was more expensive, and since I wanted a .com anyway, I didn’t even pay attention to .biz or .info. (although I later saw that it was $2.99 on GoDaddy.com).

Anyway, since my company uses GoDaddy.com and I thought I could use the help of our IT if I needed assistance, I registered an account with GoDaddy.com. The difference is very small when you realize this is for a year, and knowing (hoping) that you would be making money online, hence, certainly covering this expense anyway.

A few minutes later my credit card information was sent, and I became the proud owner of www.net-entrepreneur.com

- Alex