Everywhere I look, I see the word Free or a phrase exalting such claims. And I always wondered if the phrase was really true. My good ole’ Dad always told me that “Nothing in life is free there is always a catch Son.” This adage is true for most of life with few exceptions mixed in. The internet is always touting free this or that and I want to see if that is true with say, setting up a website for free using offers that I found online.
Searching out these sites are not hard if you just use the correct search words in the engine of your choice, I prefer Google because it generates the most congruent information relating to your search parameters. Simply input “free website” and it should pull up many choices for you to check into. At some point you will realize that the website is actually the first in many steps getting online with your site/business, but first lets’ just build our website. After making your choice of which you are comfortable with it may occur to you that a site offering Hosting as well would benefit you greatly working on the free idea.
Now that I have built my website and have gotten “free” hosting I find out that the actual price of free generally runs from $3.50 up to as high as $20.00 per month and probably the most important fact “that there no such thing as Free Hosting” that I have found. You can get a free domain name or url, but research the restrictions that the host may have, it turned out that the free host I was going to try had a clause that the host can take over and you would no longer be the owner of your own website which made me nervous, so I went to the major domain name service and purchased my own and have all ownership no matter what host I go to and pay a monthly service too as well.
Purchasing your own domain name separately gives you all the ownership rights and your choice of hosting agent and price you wish to pay. It’s a matter of your choice and your comfort level with your host or any of its affiliates.
At this point I hope that the clause for free makes a little more sense, it’s not always a scam either and we should realize it is a marketing tool getting people to try their product and then make a choice informed and hopefully not poorer for the experience.
- domain name $ 19.86 (per year)
- Host $ 14.97 (6 months)
- Site Builder Program $14.97 (one time fee)
These are the actual prices we paid after looking for the free experience and have had no problems with building out site from scratch. Good luck to you and remember Research your idea before spending a dime.
Written by M1rasco
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