As I surf around the web, I have found many blogs and websites with awful color combinations. Since I am designing a new website, I started searching for good color combinations. In my search, I came across two great tools to help with my color selection at ColorsOnTheWeb.com.

The first tool is the Color Wizard. Start with one color and you will find many different color combinations. Let’s say blue is one of my favorite colors, hex #077EDD. I input this number and click on set. The color wizard shows me the hue, saturation and tint & shade variation for this color.

Plus, you can choose a monochromatic, analogous, triadic, complimentary or split complimentary scheme.

• Monochromatic. Variation in saturation and hue of one color. Easy to manage but lacks contrast.

• Analogous. Colors that appear in close proximity to your chosen color on the color wheel. Easy to create but also lacks contrast.

• Triadic. Three colors equally balanced on the color wheel. High contrast and looks harmonious.

• Tetradic. Four colors arranged into two complimentary color schemes. Very rich in color, but hardest to balance.

• Complimentary. Two colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. Better contrast but harder to balance.

• Split Complimentary. Uses adjacent colors and complimentary colors. Hard to balance.

The next tool at Colors On The Web is the Color Wheel. Simply spin the wheel and you will be provide various color schemes. Granted, some of the schemes are very ugly, but spinning the wheel is very addictive! I think I spent at least thirty minutes just looking at the results that the wheel gave me.

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I have been looking at this product for a while now and have decided to take the plunge.  I think I have come up with a good niche and will keep you appraised of my progress.

Build a Niche Store of BANS utilizes eBay auctions to produce your “sales”. Every time someone purchase a product from your site they are actually purchasing from eBay and you get a commission. You also get a commission every time someone finds your site and then signs up for an eBay account.

The KEY to making this process successful is finding a niche that will bring your profits. For example, maybe you will choose sports memorabilia, laptops, mp3 players, etc. After choosing your niche, you will utilize the Build A Niche Store website that you will receive. Here is an example of a BANS store that has been setup to focus on race cars Race Car eBay Affiliate Website and one for golf equipment Golf eBay Affiliate WebsiteYour store will automatically update as new products are listed for sale and old listing expire from the eBay marketplace and the software has built in development features which enable you to create new store pages, add content to these pages, create content pages, modify your template etc etc.

Build A Niche Store comes with a step by step user manual which will walk even the most technically inexperienced through setting up their eBay affiliate website, 9 professional template layouts which can be customized (from inside your admin panel) to match your target niche, lifetime member forum access, comprehensive product support and possibly most importantly – an UNLIMITED domain license which means you can build as many of these niche websites as you want for the small one time fee.

So far, I have purchased a domain name and hosting package.  I have also done some extensive research on a number of niches.  The key to making the site successful is promotion as well.  Follow my progress as I see if I can set up a successful BANS store.

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If you are willing to use a subdomain for your website, you can sign up for free hosting.  How does this work?  BYET Internet Services offers a free subdomain and free hosting, but you must choose from their list of domain names.  For example, I have a one page affiliate program that I want to promote.  I can choose from the following list of domain names:

• mywebsite.2kool4u.net
• mywebsite.isgreat.org
• mywebsite.22web.net
• mywebsite.10001mb.com
• mywebsite.iblogger.org
• mywebsite.talk4fun.net
• mywebsite.totalh.com

I like isgreat.org.  I could name my website - thisproduct.isgreat.org.   After choosing my subdomain name, I get 250MB of disk space, 6 MB monthly transfer, 5 SQL databases, PhpMyAdmin and free support.  Free hosting is for those users who aren’t going to have a big website and just need a one or two page website to promote their product.

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Another blog, Etienne, is offering a contest with lots of prizes!  Subscribing to her blog by email will get you one entry and blogging about it will get you another entry.  Here is what you could win: 

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