Do you have your own website?

There are free websites available online. Like wordpress.com for example. But the difference is instead of having an address like www.yourbusiness.com it will appear like www.yourbusiness.wordpress.com. I run a website but it's personal and not a business type. I bought that website from godaddy too. But I won the hosting from a certain contest I joined last July 20011.

I do have a business website and its free! Its through Webs.com My website is for childcare but you can do any you want on there and its free! My website is www.jensittingservices.webs.com I cannot afford to pay for a website with all of our bills. Good Luck! I hope you find the perfect one for you.

I have a website hosted with Global Domains International which cost me $10 a month (you get commission for selling those as well) and one with with GoDaddy which cost me about $10 a year for the domain name and $45 a year for the hosting. I created my sites myself using free HTML editors like Kompozer or NVue and I didn't have an idea on how to create a website. If you don't know how to do it just take a little extra time and learn: it's not that hard ;) So those prices are far less than the $300 you mentioned....

Now I do not recommend spending such sum when you can have one for less.Yes with godaddy you can first get your domain name if you insist on dot com domain otherwise if you are ready with other options like ws you will be able to get your domain name, hosting, website, emails etc for $10 a month and you will be able to get money making opportunity too for bringing other like minded people to the business.

Well I don't know much about websites but I have made website to do dozen on foolishness. But one thing I have learned from it all. Cheap sites, with names attached to the main site that you got that website from don't usually do too well. People tend not to really trust those site. It also comes down to people finding it harder to remember the name of your site, because its not short and spicy (well that depends on where you got the cheap site from). But from tips that I have researched all around, if you are aiming for big money and a real business then get your own site. That is the best way

I have some websites and now I making websites, now I use paid services, but when I start I used to use free services, I have a lot of websites and the most part of them I just pay the domain, other I use free domains too or sub domains.

Yes, I have created my own website with Yahoo! hosting it. I pay monthly around 7-8 dollars (I can't quite remember the exact ammount) for the .com domain name and the webspace for my pages. I started out with free sites - there are lots of them around, and as I found more people visiting, I decided to go for a domain name, as it gets better results on the search engines. It is important to choose a name that includes what the site is all about, that way it is more easily found by searh engines. Writing the pages needs care and there is lots of information about how to write good content that will attract good search results. Good luck with your site. _Derek

$300 is insanely expensive. It sounds like he's been quoted a managed VPS or dedicated server solution which, unless he's expecting thousands of visitors a day, he won't need. Basic shared hosting is all you need when you start - about $40 a year, plus $5 or so for the domain name. Install a CMS like WordPress or something (free) and you're sorted. Or design your own. Either way, there's no extra cost beyond the hosting and domain registration. I have a shared hosting solution from which I'm running about 40 sites without any trouble, plus a VPS solution for my big project (that one is about $25 a month for the basic VPS for a higher-volume site). For a business site, forget free hosting. They suck. Even if you go for a supposedly professional solution like Yola, the site layout is so limited that it's blindingly obvious to your visitors that you're a cheapskate amateur and they won't trust you the same way they trust a proper, self-hosted site. If he's looking at a low-volume solution (i.e. something like a blog with a few hundred visitors), read this: http://www.halfhog.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=216 Personally, I'd suggest starting with a shared hosting solution and a domain name. $45-$60 isn't bad for a year and if his business site gets too many hits, he can upgrade to a VPS and move the files easily.

Hello Annierose, Getting your own website is not that expensive. Here in India we have to pay less than USD 20 for an entire year of hosting. You should ask him to consider other options because I am sure there would be cheaper, reliable options available over there as well.

I use GoDaddy for one of my websites and I use HostGator for another. Both are good. I don't know what kind of website your boyfriend is planning but he should look into cheaper options. It's possible to have a basic site hosted at either of the places I mentioned or several others for under $100 per year including the domain registration. My advice would be to start out with the minimum and then you can always expand later if need be, when the website is gaining traffic. God luck with it anyway!

I make my mobile site in xtgem.com, but its very simple one. Since I only know about html, so its completely a static site. If you search more, you will got everything for free. Whether hosting, domain, email form, etc. Lot of people in here use weebly.com to make a simple online store.

good day annierose, with reference to your main topic, i do maintain 3 websites which deals with different types. and i am proud to say that these sites are for free and i don't have to pay any cost in maintaining them. the only thing here is that, i cannot apply the name directly to the site, like for example : www.yoursitename.com. since i need to insert the sponsor name on it. unlike if you get a hosting and domain services wherein you can directly apply your site name on it.

Well, i don't have much experience on making my own sites. But i do know about a thing or two in these area. I think you should follow Spike advises or even start from much lower from it. Because you won't be expecting even hundred of visitors a day at the time you launch the site, it may need a week or month to actually build up links and appear on search engines where quality visitors are expected. Start slow, and upgrade if you have to, can save you hundreds for that.

I created a website on weebly.com recently i think its a good website and it was free.

I have several GoDaddy websites with different price plans, but I agree that what you were quoted is way too much. My main business web site is hosted on Hostgator and its about 600 pages and doesn't cost me as much as the quote you mentioned. I have also started a couple of free web sites on Weebly.com, but they are mostly feeder sites for backlinks to my other sites. It's easy to build them with the software they provide, and you can buy and use your own domain name there if you so choose. I have just begun building my sites there. You can see what one of my sites looks like here: http://life-through-my-camera-lens.weebly.com/index.html It was built to promote my other sites and my photography. It's just a beginning, but I find the interface very easy. I upgraded to premium to get more features. Good luck with your plans.

Hi,good to hear that you are looking to build a site for your online business.I am in search for a long time to build my website at a low cost with more dynamic features for my mobile shop with quality themes and my search ended up with http://www.MakeAnySite.com where I have really enjoyed web designing with more offers like Free wordpress themes,unlimited hosting,Free life time domain for only just 4$.