How to Get Your Business Online — The Complete Guide for Small Business Owners
The decision to get your business online is easy. The actual process — domain, hosting, website builder, payment setup, Google registration — can feel overwhelming if you haven't done it before.
This guide breaks it down into the right order. Follow these steps and you'll have a professional online presence within a week.
Step 1 — Register Your Domain Name (Day 1, 30 minutes)
Your domain name is your address on the internet. yourbusiness.com, or yourbusiness.co.th for a Thailand-specific address.
How to choose a domain:
- Use your business name if it's available
- Keep it short and easy to spell
- Avoid hyphens and numbers where possible
- .com is the most universally trusted extension
- .co.th signals Thailand-local businesses to Thai customers
Where to register:
- Google Domains (simple, reliable, integrates with Google tools)
- Namecheap (affordable, good for multiple domains)
- Your local Thai registrar if you want .co.th
Cost: approximately ฿400–800/year
Step 2 — Choose Your Website Platform (Day 1, 1 hour)
Your website platform is where your site lives and how you manage it. The main options:
AI website builder (recommended for most small businesses)
Describe your business, the AI builds the site. Fast, includes SEO, usually includes CRM and e-commerce. Best for: businesses that want to be live quickly without technical involvement.
Traditional drag-and-drop builder
Choose a template, customise manually. More design control, more time investment. Best for: businesses with design requirements and time to build.
WordPress
Highly flexible but requires more technical knowledge. Best for: businesses with a developer available or significant content/blogging needs.
For most Thai small businesses starting out, an AI website builder is the fastest path to a professional online presence.
Step 3 — Build Your Website (Day 1–2)
With an AI website builder:
- Sign up for an account
- Describe your business in as much detail as possible
- Review the generated site
- Add your actual content — refine the AI-generated text, add your photos
- Add your products or services if applicable
With a traditional builder:
- Sign up and choose a template
- Customise each section with your content
- Add pages for each service or product
- Configure navigation
Target: a working first version in 1–2 days.
Step 4 — Set Up Payments (Day 2, 1 hour)
If you're selling products or services online:
For Thai businesses:
- PromptPay: add your PromptPay ID to your site settings — customers pay via QR code, you confirm payment manually
- Stripe: card payments, requires a Stripe account, available globally
- PayPal: international customers, easy to set up
For service businesses:
- A contact form for enquiries is the minimum
- A booking system if you take appointments
- An invoice link or payment link for confirmed bookings
Step 5 — Connect Your Domain (Day 2–3)
Connect the domain you registered in Step 1 to your website platform. This typically involves:
- Adding the domain in your website platform settings
- Copying DNS records from your platform to your domain registrar
- Waiting 24–48 hours for propagation
Most platforms have step-by-step guides for this. It looks technical but takes about 15 minutes of actual work.
Step 6 — Set Up Google Business Profile (Day 3, 1 hour)
Google Business Profile (formerly Google My Business) makes your business appear on Google Maps and in local search results. It's free and takes about an hour to set up.
Go to business.google.com and follow the setup. You'll need to verify your business — usually by postcard, phone, or video. Once verified, your business appears on Google Maps for local searches in your area.
Step 7 — Submit to Google Search Console (Day 3, 30 minutes)
Google Search Console tells Google your website exists and lets you monitor how it's indexed.
- Go to search.google.com/search-console
- Add your domain
- Verify ownership (your website platform will usually have instructions)
- Submit your sitemap (yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml)
- Request indexing for your homepage
Step 8 — Publish Your First Content (Week 1)
The fastest way to build organic search visibility is consistent content. In your first week:
- Write and publish your first blog post — answer a question your customers commonly ask
- Add your full service or product catalogue
- Add a testimonial or two if you have any
This gives Google something substantive to index beyond just your homepage.
The One-Week Timeline
| Day | Task |
|-----|------|
| Day 1 | Register domain + sign up for website platform |
| Day 1–2 | Build website, add content, add products/services |
| Day 2 | Set up payments |
| Day 2–3 | Connect domain |
| Day 3 | Set up Google Business Profile |
| Day 3 | Submit to Google Search Console |
| Day 4–7 | Publish first blog post, refine content |
Following this sequence, you can have a professional, search-indexed online presence within one week.
How Krubly Compresses This Timeline
Krubly is designed to get small businesses online as fast as possible without sacrificing quality. The AI generates your complete website — including SEO foundation, CRM, shop, and blog — from a single description. Steps 2–3 from the list above happen in hours instead of days.
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