Thinking About Making a Free Website?
It’s very tempting, when you are just beginning, to want to make a website for free. Hey, no one wants to waste money, in fact, I started out using free websites myself, they are a great way to get your feet wet, and learn some of the ins and outs of website creation. I was also under the (mistaken) impression that a “real” website was expensive and difficult to create.
Where to Make a Free Website
Here are some of the better places to make a free website:
- Blogger.com is a great place to start a free blog. It’s super-easy to get a blog started in just a matter of minutes. It’s run by Google, so it’s easy to add Google Adsense to your free blog to help make some money.
- Squidoo.com has a page creator that’s simple to use, and can create a nice free webpage. You can’t really make a free website here, but you can make a series of pages, and link them together.
- Weebly.com lets you make a free website with their site creator that more closely resembles a real website. They also don’t have advertising embedded in your free website, like many of the other free website hosts.
Disadvantages of Making a Free Website:
- No Control – free website hosts are kind of famous for changing their terms of service. They may, at some point, decide not to host websites with particular content. I’ve had sites removed because the free website host changed their minds on what they wanted their site to be about.
- Limited Advertising – many free website hosts limit what kind of advertising you use on your website, and some allow advertising supplied only by them (where they get a cut of your money.)
- Your Free Website Could Just “Disappear” – many free web hosts just “lose” your website when they do updates, etc. It stinks, but it happens all the time.
Making a Website for Free Makes Sense if…
- you are making a website just for fun, or experience
- you don’t plan on making money with your website
How to Make Your Own Website for CHEAP
It really doesn’t cost much to own a website that YOU have absolute control of. No need to worry about changing terms from the free website hosts limiting what content you have on your website, or how you choose to make money with your website.
You can make your own website for under $20… yup twenty bucks!
That $20 includes your:
- Domain name – you can get a .com name for $8.95 a year at Go-Mama, just plug in your desired domain name in where it says “Check Domain Availability.” If the name you want is not available, it will give you other possible domain names that are available.
- First Month of Hosting – I use HostGator. It’s $9.95 a month (less if you prepay) and comes with unlimited domain names on just one hosting account. No need to buy a new hosting account for each website you make! No matter how many websites you choose to make, they’ll all get hosted for this one low monthly price!
- To Make a Website, I use WordPress. It’s a blog-style website where your visitors can interact with you. It’s very flexible, and your website will be picked up quickly by the search engines.
Need Help Setting Up a WordPress Website?
If you’ll get your hosting through my Host Gator link, I’ll install and configure a WordPress website for you FREE. (I get paid by the Gator)
To Get Your Website:
- Buy a domain name. I don’t care where you get it, but you can use the go-mama link above to get a .com for $8.95.
- Buy Your Hosting Through the HostGator link above
Then, Send me an email with a copy of your hosting payment. We’ll then set up a time to talk on the phone, or web chat, then we’ll get you rolling. I’ll even do a little keyword research for you, point you to some nice free tutorials giving you the ins and outs of internet marketing, and answer further questions for you through email for 30 days. If you need help choosing a domain name, email me at the link above.
If you’re ready to own your own website, this is a great way to get started!