I believe that this is one of the questions that stuck on most newbie's mind. Those who just started in internet marketing, they don't know much about website creation and building up a website may seem like the end of world for them. However, the real thing is that, those who had a website and those who make a lot of money online, they too, don't know much about website creation, but still they can succeed.

Most of the people who get involve in internet marketing do not know much about website creation. In fact, building a website is not as difficult as you think. Furthermore, with the help of blogs, you can now use a blog to substitute your website, and at the same time, learn about website creation from your blog. So back to the fundamental question, do you need a website to make money online?

The answer is, it depends. Some people can make money without a website; some make a lot of money with a website. However, know this truth, with a website, it is just like your shop, you can manage and control every business progress. You can know who steps into your shop and who buys from you. If you don't have a website today, you will have less control over your business. Think about it, it is much the same just like an offline business. You can make money with or without a shop.

With a shop, customers can find you more easily, and because of your shop, customers will have more trust in you. So the best suggestion will be, to have a website. Let me give you a brief example here. If you are going to sell something online, be it your own product or an affiliate product. Without a website, how can you sell it? Maybe you can drive traffic straight away to your affiliate links, or maybe you can partner up with other people to promote your own product.

The problem is that, your conversion rate will be very low if you do this. You are leaving a lot of money on the table. Most people will not buy from you the first time. So if you are driving traffic directly to your affiliate link, you are wasting your money. Now, what if you have a website? A simple website, like a one-page lead capture page. You still do the same thing, driving traffic, but not to your affiliate link this time. You drive traffic to your lead capture page.

So what happens next? Your visitors come to your site, either they opt-in with their emails, or they leave. Once they have opt-in with their emails, this is the time where you can run your email marketing campaign to them. You can educate them, send them the content that they are looking for, and of course, promote your product or your affiliate product. This way, the conversion rate will be higher, because you are constantly following up with them, gaining trust from them and make money from them.

One more thing, don't forget that you still have the list of emails. This means that, you can come up with another of your product, and promote to them. You are making continuous flow of incomes this way.

So can you see it now? You can make money with or without a website. However, with a website, you can make more money; earn more credibility over the web. Do you want your business to go long-term or short-term? If you want to have a long-term business, you did better learn how to create a website now.

Don't worry about website creation. It is easy after you have taken the first step. It is difficult because it is your first time. Once you took the first step, everything will be smooth to you. So take your first step now.