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i was suggest getting a DBA since you're in the US if youre going to come off like a buisness. Otherwise I think grown ups would be fairly surprised to at the end of a project, be writing a check to a 14 year old boy's saving account.
If your parents are supportive, they might help you set up a DBA and a buisness account. It will only cost you some 75 dollars. Also, I'm not sure about US law these days but you're not supposed to make over a certain amount of money without a school work permit. So, make sure you cover your ass. And, if you do end up dealing with professional people, you better believe they'll claim the website as a buisness expense for their taxes. So, make sure your claim quarterly.
You have an affiation with Ebay? Amazon? is that for real? I wouldnt suggest putting that on your site either unless its real.
You could get yourself into more than a pickle.
I would suggest just putting together a normal portfolio site, and advertising yourself that way.
overall, at least (as far as I can tell) youre not ripping off other people's sites. That's a step in the right direction. You need to brush up on your composition skills and pay attention to detail. A little style sheet action might be nice to keep text styles colors and links in order and you wont have to change a million pages to change it. there are some pages that arent showing up. You will surely loose any potential client if they see that. I would loose the poll about your layout. It doesn't seem very professional. Develop your header at the top and keep an eye on page spacing and such.
Really, you should pick up a few coding books. You can't trust dreamweaver or frontpage to spit out code for you that is cross browser and cross platform. You can't try to sell a product that doesnt work on any computer except for yours.
Next year, you'll be a freshman in HS, yes? Word to the wise, take some serious english classes. Brush up on your buisness writing, or hook up with a friend who might like copy writing. LIVE in your school computer room and get used to using both MAC and PC early on.
Don't try to sell buisness cards or anything like that unless you can actually have them printed at a professional shop. Make sure you do research to make sure youre charging enough, but not too much.
There are some great resources for freelancers and small design companies out there, but i cant remember any offhand. anyone? anyone?
Sorry, just babbling. Keep on learning. You'll be awesome by the time you graduate HS if you keep it up.