Today, I’d like to post a mini-rage against the many programs out there that I’ve found that are more than happy to sell or rent you a website , or even give you a website for free. I understand that they’re designed to help people, but most of the time, what they really do is take people’s money. 

Prior to paying, renting, or even accepting one of these websites for free, take a look at them.  Most of them do nothing for you, unless you can drive traffic directly to your new, free site.  The more hands off the website is, the more useless the site is.  

I was offered an MLM “site” – really a subdomain, that was a copy of the same site everyone else had.  My only option was to edit the “who I was” site. I couldn’t move it to my domain, but I could forward the domain.  The person who was selling it (if he sold 5-10, he got his for free), didn’t understand why the site wouldn’t rank in google. 

Here are a few things you should look for if you’re buying a pre-made website. 

  1. Do you get to select or purchase your own domain name? (if no, then can you assign your domain)
  2. Is this site a subdomain of a larger site? If yes, then can you assign your own domain – or are you just forwarding your domain to your “new” website. For those of you who are confused, or are less tech saavy – you don’t want to put www.mywebsite.com in the web browser and have it forward or redirect to me.purchasedwebsite.com
  3. What kind of content are you getting with your website?  Is it worth what you’re paying for it, even though it won’t be listed in google. 
  4. Is a years worth of rental fees worth more than outsourcing the website? Use a service like Odesk will allow you to hire someone to build your website for you. You may not have to do anything but supply the affiliate links and the copy. 

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