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[hwistlere31]

So I have a website idea and its a unique spin on a type of site that's already out.I think the ideas have have behind it would keep the traffic steady.the thing is I don't know anything about making or running a site,and I don't have any money to do so really.I want the site to be professional and succesful and I think if it had the right financing and team to run it could be.what could I do?or what should I do?what I would like is to present the idea it to some "investors" maybe and pretty much have them make it successful-I don't really care about the money from it I just want at least some type of credit for the idea.and I kind of want the domain name that I have in mind to be used.I'm pretty sure you can't hold claim to an idea;so if I tell someone they can simply just do it and I guess patent the finish product or whatever.

[sylvester37]

Starting Off:
If you have a good idea, don't let it go to waste. You don't have to spend money to build a site, just register it under a free domain name like Google Sites. It is a good enough start for your idea and will definitely get your idea out there. Best of all, it's free! All you have to do is have a Gmail or type of Google Account.

Here's the link:
sites.google.com/

Further Expansion:
If your site goes in with a great bang, then you might want to move to a better domain, where you can place ads and get revenue, for a cost of course. You might want to try going to a different domain, like GoDaddy or something of the sort, for a price of course.

Here's the link:
www.godaddy.com/

[eliot]

as cooltan said, you can always start on a free site, such as sites.google.com. Personally, I raised my site through iPage (good deal: got unlimited bandwidth, domain, and storage for $30/yr), but godaddy is a little more well-known. Getting an initial webpage is actually pretty easy - HTML is designed as foolproof.
Before approaching potential investors, you at least want to make a prototype. If you can't show them something that kinda works, then they won't look at you twice, much less open their pocketbooks to back you. It also helps by getting peoples' opinion on something. No sense in investing money in a completely unique idea that everybody hates. Talk with friends, strangers (your biggest threat of poaching is when you bring it to a big company), anyone. See what their opinions of it are. On this note, once a prototype is working, kickstarter is a great way to fund a project. You will probably want to work with a web developer on the project, since you are not comfortable handling anything higher end. You might have some type of agreement on it that doesn't immediately involve money (I.E. "you will get X% of all profits from the project" or "you will get paid X% of the kickstarter"), since you have little to kick it off with. Depending on the detail of the idea, there is potential to copyright it before it's creation.