Comments on: Do You Own Your Website?

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:42:24 +0000

I use wordpress, so I donâ€™t have to create a website from scratch but it offers a lot of flexibility too.

By: ralph kessler

ralph kessler — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:11:42 +0000

bottom line is i want my own website,and to do business the way i want,with the companys i want.

how can i biuld my own and make it profitable.

ralph

By: ralph kessler

ralph kessler — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:58:49 +0000

i’m new to computers and so i’ve been messing around with ebay,and then thought hey why don’t i own my own website,so the search was on and i saw lots of stuff that made no sense, but what would,i don’t know what i’m looking at any way,so to make this short,i saw an advertisement to own your own website and i would have acess to many products and i could even put my own items on my site,and they advertised, that they were the only one’s who allow that,and i bought the website for 200.00 dollars,so then they explained i could use thier retailer id account or my own,so i picked to use my own through paypal,and when i called paypal the representative said that i would have to apply the cart and buttons to each item, or i could utilize one of thier approved third party vendors who would manage the products for me and it could be totaly automated,but that i needed to get the api’s from the company i bought this website from,and then they would take care of processing payments and applying updates,but when i got ahold of the host company they said they wouldn’t do that,but yet they offered the two plans that detailed that plan b would allow me to capture my customers payments,but there is so many products i need to use a thrid party vender to do so, i am worried i’ve just been had.
sick in texas

By: denny jay jordan

denny jay jordan — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:59:15 +0000

I just started doing my own site but I am still compiling things and thinking what will be the appropriate things I can put in it.

By: Ken Simpson

Ken Simpson — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:16:21 +0000

Hi! this might be a little off topic but thought you might comment .I had a web page including a shopping cart desingned for me, the developer hosted my page.I decided to change to another server ,and I am having problems getting him to give me all the nessesary files to get my site live on the other server does he have a legal obligation to give me the files

By: Onaje

Onaje — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:38:22 +0000

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By: dave

dave — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:13:30 +0000

I use wordpress, so I don’t have to create a website from scratch but it offers a lot of flexibility too.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:17:32 +0000

I agree self-hosting is the way to go. You leave too much in the hands of someone else when you host with Yahoo or Homestead.

Domains are cheap, hosting is cheap (I second your HostGator recommendation), and WordPress is easy to install – even for most non-techies.

That said, if someone wants to go the easy and/or free route, why not setup a free blog on Blogspot, register a domain at GoDaddy, then point the domain to the free blog? Total investment < $10.

By: Maryam Hand

Maryam Hand — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:56:00 +0000

Thank you Dawud. That was informative and timely. Maryam

By: Dawud Miracle

Dawud Miracle — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:53:52 +0000

Penny, Great. I just wanted to be sure that people understood the difference. Pre-made sites and hosting offer a great way in. And at some point you'll want your own. If I can be of any help, or if you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.