Its not very expensive, I paid 8.99 through Namesilo.com for my .com domain.

You don't HAVE to...but it's highly recommended. The word "have" implies you don't have any other choice, but you do.

If you want to stick with the free, then you can do as many siterubix sites as you want.

Yes. Just cause it is your passion and all the work you put in to it should be yours. It's only $ 11.00 a year to own your material and site :)

You can purchase domains from www.namecheap.com, then register it on WA. They are typically only $10 - $12 a year.

Non Premium is two free siterubix sites. Premium is unlimited. No need for a domain name but they are cheap.

one site I would take a look at is one of Kyle or Carsons all the best

you can try visiting some of the top search results on Google in your niche and try to capture the essence of these top ranking websites.I also try to look at the relevant keywords they use and where they place it at.
hope this helps
all the best

Hi Nicole,
You are a great example and an inspiration to all us WAers who are newbies and trying this for the 1st time. I will be looking over your website to learn what you have done to get started so well. Thanks so much for sharing with us. This is why WA works so well because of people like you who are willing to share their success so that the knowledge in the community grows strong and people learn and progress well to end up with success if they are willing to work hard together.

Thanks again and I have started to follow you and hope for you to follow me back.

DES

I have been very successful thur far - mostly due to Facebook posting, but here it is! www.collegedormroom.us