Free Websites - Are They Really Free?

There is a proliferation of vendors now offering free websites on the internet. This is normally done in conjunction with a purchase or subscription to a newsletter. So, although you do not pay for the website, you still pay either for the product you purchase or your contact details. The usual products that include a free website are online money-making opportunities.

Website with a Product
You will get a turnkey website designed to sell the same product that you bought. This is just another method of marketing the product and making you an affiliate of the vendor that sold you the product. Provided you did your research before purchasing, this might not be a bad idea. Lets face it, who better than an existing customer to market a product?

The drawbacks to this system are that you are generally locked in in two ways:
1.The vendor will specify the hosting company, which means that the vendor has some kind of deal with them.
2.There is normally advertising of some sort that you are not allowed to change. The advertising could take the form of a banner with a link directly to the vendors sales page or the original offer of a free website provided by the vendor. The latter gives the vendor the opportunity to build a list of potential customers through your efforts.

Website by subscribing to a newsletter
You get a turnkey website specifically designed to sell the product of the vendor giving you the website. The same two drawbacks hold true for this system as well.

In both instances there are certain things to be wary of. The hidden cost of getting the website live. This includes purchasing a domain name and hosting the website. In most cases you can purchase your domain name separately although you will still have to pay a small fee to the hosting company to transfer the name. You will also have to pay the hosting fee which, since you cannot shop around, is not usually the cheapest or offers the best service.

Another major negative is that you do not have full control over the website. As explained earlier, there will be some form of advertising on the website. This might not fit in with how you want your website to look. Even with a little bit of knowledge of html, you will struggle to change most of the features on the website. This puts you at a disadvantage since the vendor can change their website at any time, taking full advantage of any changes in the marketplace. This can become significant because you will be required to pay hosting fees for a year up front.

There is no teacher like experience and this has taught me, sometimes painfully, the knowledge I share with you. That knowledge is reflected in the products I endorse on my websites. Vanitha Arumugam is an affiliate marketer who owns http://www.vanles.net and http://www.varnles.com

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