Zipdot Solutions

There are so many FREE website providers availiable. These websites can be a really good idea for personal websites, but if your thinking about getting one of these FREE websites for your business you should consider the following.

Please understand that to have your website visible on the World-Wide-Web, you need a domain name and hosting (which means a way of delivering the domain to internet browsers).

Remember, there are several types of FREE websites so we will only talk about the most popular.


1. Truly FREE Website providers
Pros: Sign-up and you can have your website page up and running in very little time. Also, you pay nothing!

Cons: Your domain name will contain the name of the FREE website provider before the dot com. This limits the uniqueness of your business domain name and can be dificult for customers to find your website on a search engine. Also, your website will contain web advertisements for this FREE website provider and other companies. This is apart of your FREE website agreement. Finally, there very few templates to chose from and they are not very dynamic.


2. FREE websites with domain purchase
Pros: You can have a unique domain name which is purchased through ICANN. There may or may not be advertising on your web pages. Finally, you have a little more selection when it comes to website templates.

Cons: Higher price on domain name purchase. Limited file and photo uploads. A lack of dymanic webpage templates with these services causes your business to lose its marketing affect on your target audience.


I remember having numberous FREE websites before I started this company. FREE websites can be a good way to start off your business web presence, but you have to plan for the long term. You have to ask yourself, "how will this website look in 6 months... in a year?" and, "How much flexiblity and creativity do I have in designing this website?"


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Zipdot Marketing & Consulting LLC