Building a new website

[KevinC]

I know someone who used Web Hosting Services, Reseller Hosting, VPS Hosting, and Dedicated Servers by HostGator

Their prices are low and they have online templates and resources that make it easy to set up many different types of sites yourself.

 

[FastpitchFan]

It really depends what you want out of it. On a budget or for just a basic website that have a bit of an ''amateurish'' look, self-design or using free tools like godaddy works fine.

However, it is easier today to get something that looks nice for a good price using Wordpress with a free or paid template or sites like wix or my favorite free website builder: weebly.com (looks actually pretty good).

However, if you truly want a website that will do what it is supposed to do - rank in teh search engines, market your services, bring visitors and convert visitors into customers - in other words commercial purposes, a professionally designed website is worth it.

Actually depending of what type of what website you want - $1400 for a professionally design is a decent price. Normal professionally designed, customized, and developed can be in the $1500-3000 range. There is a lot of things and customization that can also be done on the back end that might be worth it.

Marc

 

[RichK]

You are getting tons of good advice. The template-based sites at places like GoDaddy can be difficult to manage once you get past what the initial template gives you.

I really like these which give you tools to really manage the site on an ongoing basis in a very WYSIWYG way: Weebly (Marc mentioned) and SnapPages. Check them out and good luck.