Businesses that want to accept credit card orders online can set up a PayPal account for no setup or monthly fee (which is not common). The customers do not have to have a PayPal account, and the transactions are handled on PayPal's secure server for extra security. The merchant pays only low transaction fees when the service is actually used. Account setup takes a few days.

Cost: Around 2-3% processing fees plus $0.30 per-transaction fee).

If you want to protect your personal assets, you may want to think about incorporating. SmallBiz.com offers a lot of information and a great service where you can do it all online.

Cost: Depends on type of incorporation and state.

Are you selling products or paying employees in Illinois? Here is the Illinois business tax portal. If you're selling products you'll need to register to pay sales tax.

Cost: Varies

I highly recommend Logoworks to get a great original logo. $20 off Professional Logo Design

Cost: $399 for the Gold Package which includes unlimited revisions.

Sending an online newsletter is an excellent way to build relationships with your existing customers. It's important to have a good tool provided by a knowledgeable provider that will get your messages through and follow all the rules. Innucopia has chosen to partner with Addemar, and can provide all the information and expertise you need to be successful with online newsletters. Contact Innucopia for more information.

Cost: One-time Setup Fee and Monthly Fee

Press releases are an excellent way to get word out on the web about new products, company news, and other announcments. Innucopia recommends PRWeb for online press releases, where you can get press release advice and do the press release for low cost. Build Online News with PRWeb.

Cost: Varies, minimum $80 for a wide distribution.

You can earn money from your website traffic by linking to other websites' products or paying other websites to link to yours.

Cost: Contains both free and pay options.

The more you know about all of the above, the bigger the benefits to you and your business. Innucopia recommends a number of books and software tools, and refers you to our News page, where you can find links to recent online news articles on the subjects.

Cost: Varies