Last time I had written in one of the blogs that you should have your own website. Some people asked me that it is a lot of cost and how come we can just do it at Pocket Money Budget. I can have a free website using different platforms like wik.com, weebly.com and many other sites. You can have mostly a full fledged website. At least, you can have a website with different pages like About Us, Products, Contact, etc with 4-5 pages. But there is one disadvantage that you will have there. You will have to use their web address like - www.weebly.yourname.com. When you print your visiting cards and give all the details, the above web address will embarrass you. It does not look professional. And other way round, you do not want to spend money because you are not depending on that. The website will just give you some credibility and people will know about you.
If you give it to some external designer then he will charge about Rs. 5000/- & more depending on what you want. There are two different charges for website - One for domain name which has to be renewed each year and second is web hosting program & designing, The designing might be one time, but web hosting is also annually charged. If you go for any other web hosting program, it will also have some annual charges like Rs. 99/month or little more than that. It will be around Rs. 1200/- minimum. When you go for a domain name, for the first year they will give it free if you buy their web hosting program. So, effectively you will get domain name & hosting for around Rs. 1200/- for first year. Some might even give you you@yourname.com email id free.
If you want to settle it at minimum cost for year after year then I will give you idea. The first part is absolutely necessary. Domain name - Yes. If you want to print yourname.com or yourname.in on your card then you need to purchase the rights for that Domain name. For first year it will be anywhere between Rs. 200 to 500. But if you renew it for second year, it will be around Rs. 600/- odd. You cannot compromise on that. Yes, you can get the other part free. How?
You can go to any of the free website providers listed earlier. Design the website you want using the many templates they have on their website. Editing is okay if not very easy. Once you are ready with the website, you just go to your Domain name and just add your address - www.weebly.yourname.com as forwarded address on your yourname.com. So, if someone clicks or types yourname.com, they will be redirected to www.weebly.yourname.com. Once, someone is on your page, very seldom do they check the address bar.
Go and develop your website today.
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