Guide To Getting A Free Site

 

I created a free site today that has animations, effects, graphics, and all kinds of neat things that I would have never thought a free site would give me. It turns out that free sites are all over the Internet and it isn’t very hard to get one. This brief article was created in order for me to let the world know how to build a great site like me without paying any money.

 

The first thing you must determine is whether or not you want to pay for your web site or create a free one. There are some advantages to having a paid for web site that you may want or even need. The benefits of paid sites will be explained so that you can determine if they help you or not.

 

The major advantage of a paid site is that you have full control over the site and never have to worry about it arbitrarily being torn down. You can continue to renew your domain name over and over again without ever worrying about somebody taking it from you.

 

If having full control of your site is not a big deal to you, you can always go ahead and get yourself a free web site to use. There are many options to choose from so you will not have to worry about not getting what you want.

 

I clicked on a link that said get a flash website for free to obtain my free website. The link took me to a great website for designing and building free flash sites. An email address was the only thing I needed. It is critical that you have an email address when you apply for a free website. All free websites ask that you provide them with a user name and an email address.

 

You can get a free email address at sites like Excite, Yahoo, and AOL. You’ll also find that your Internet service provider has probably given you a website address to work with as well.

 

You’ll find its easy to find a free website in the search engines or by simply following the link I posted two paragraphs ago. Searching will give you many options to choose from, but you may not find a flash site. Sites like Wix will let you use flash prior to learning any sort of programming skills. You’ll find this to be fantastic if you want to use flash but just can’t learn to code fast enough.

Lucrative Websites

Now-a-days a number of powerful tools and resources are available on the internet. If you get the required resources, you can earn a huge amount of money because the internet offers a vast opportunity to make a lot of money. With the My Free Affiliate Website system you are in a better position to earn some additional income. They first give you Money Making Website Builder along with Five Successful Websites to begin with. Each of these websites cost the company thousands of dollars to build and examine.

My Free Affiliate Website can help you to setup online right away in just 4 steps. The company guides you if you get stuck or have any queries about the setup. One of the things I thought was cool about this system is that you end up receiving 100% of the sales commissions for any sales your Websites generate. The company even allows training to help you start promoting your website.

Though the actual cost of this system is $ 1497 for a certain period of time they offer it for free. They do have an option to upgrade to their Pro Website Builder but I wasn’t able to see the cost of this after visiting their website. The one thing I didn’t like is that I tried to go through the ordering motions of the pay plan just to get the price, but it wanted me to register a domain before even telling me what the price was. In order for the My Free Affiliate Website system to work correctly you have to register your domain through them and they work with a Registrar called Blue Wired Domains. Personally I don’t like going through motions like this until I’m quoted a price. They also mention at the bottom of the page before you sign up for the free option that they were able to give you a great deal for a Hosting Service they’ve partnered with.

So I’d say try using this service with caution and start out with the free option. Like my dad used to say no one can get hurt of your credit card stays in your wallet. So try out their free website and make sure there are no mandatory up sells. If there are then proceed at your own risk. I think one should first try the system for free and find out whether it helps to generate any income.

If you’re able to generate income from this and you are already earning profits from it then it would be a great idea to upgrade your system to the more expensive version. Once you sign up My Free Affiliate Website does have a member’s login area. So if you want to see if this is setup right and if they offer the support they mention, give one of their Free Affiliate Websites a spin and see what it can do for you and break out your Credit Card only when you’re sure you’ll be on the winning side after paying them.

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Free Websites and Blogs - Bad For Business

by AJ Farro

 

Free websites and blogs can only take a serious entrepreneur so far.  They’re a great sandbox for getting your feet wet and figuring things out, but they’re full of advertisements, gaudy templates and themes that reek of “free”.  It’s like doing business out of the back seat of your car - with a Hannah Montana sticker on the bumper.  Few people, if anyone, will take you seriously.

 

If you build your business on free sites, you risk losing everything because you do not own the site and it can be taken away from you for any reason.

In May 2009, Facebook disabled accounts with, what it “assumed”, were fictitious names.  People with legitimate accounts that have spent years building personal or business relationships had everything disappear in the blink of an eye.

When I first started using free blogs, Blogger shut down one of my blogs and to this day I don’t know the exact reason why.  It could have been because I was using it to pre-sell affiliate products.  It could also be because I hyperlinked every occurrence of my main keyword to my main website and they considered that spammy.  What did I know, I was a noob.  I couldn’t get back into the blog to fix it.  No amount of contacting them ever got an answer and I was forced to abandon it.  Can you imagine if I had built an entire business around that blog? 

I also know that using free WordPress.com blogs for business purposes is a violation of their terms and they will shut you down, too.

Many people starting out don’t know that because they never read the terms of service.  Stay away from free blogs.  You need to own your own blog or website.  Always remain in control of your business.

Before you can run your own website or blog you need your own domain name and web hosting.  The good news is, it’s cheap to get started and I’m going to give you my personal tips for doing it.

Warning:  Do not take advantage of “free domain names for life” when you buy web hosting.  They are only free if you keep your hosting account with them.  Plus, you will not own the name, the web hosting company will.  Always remain in control of your business.

Domain Registration

I’m not going to get real deep into selecting a domain name because that’s beyond the scope of this material.  However, I will leave you with a few guidelines. 

If you want to be found in the search engines, it only makes sense to include a keyword or two that people are using to find what it is you’re selling.  So if you’re an affiliate selling outdoor furniture, incorporating “outdoor furniture” into your domain name is nothing but beneficial.  BestOutdoorFurniture.com beats TomsDeals.com.  No one is going to be searching for outdoor furniture using the words “toms deals”, but they will be searching with “outdoor furniture”, even “best outdoor furniture”.

Only use a .com name.  Stay away from .net, .biz, .info and all the other dots if you can help it.  People don’t remember extensions so when they type in your domain name they will be typing your domain name and automatically adding .com to it.  So get found.  Don’t be invisible. 

Make a list of several domain names because the chances of finding something that isn’t already taken is going to be slim.  Oh, and to stay out of legal hot water, do not use trademarked names in your domain name. 

A great example of that is new businesses that come on board at Commission Junction or other affiliate networks frequently have no restrictions on their name.  Then affiliates will go hog wild snapping up domain names with the vendor’s name in them and spend weeks or months promoting and establishing an online presence.  Then sooner or later the vendor modifies its terms and suddenly bans the use of trademarked names.  It’s happened to me more than once.  It’s a knife to the core of your business.   

Hot Buying Tip

• Get your domain name at NameCheap.com. 
• $9.69 for a .com name, but use the coupon code and get it for $8.81.
• They don’t sneak stuff into the shopping cart during checkout like other registrars.
• They have a very easy to use Domain Manager interface.
• NameCheap is a great domain registrar, but don’t buy web hosting there because you pay too much.  Just get a domain name.
• Be sure to enable the free privacy manager on the domain.  It will hide your personal details from spammers.  goDaddy charges $8.99/year for privacy protection.  At NameCheap, it’s free for the first year and renews at only $2.88/year after that. 

Web Hosting

In order for your new domain name to be seen online, you need to have it hosted by a web hosting company.  It pains me to see web hosting companies take advantage of their customers, so I will only recommend companies with outstanding customer service and reliability.  I also wouldn’t recommend something I don’t use myself.

Hot Buying Tip

SuperGreen Hosting- Unlimited green hosting with cPanel.  Very reliable.  My WordPress blogs run at lightning speed and customer service is quick and courteous.  Easy blog setup.

I hope you found these tips helpful for getting your business off on the right foot.