Question about "free website" vs. "hosting own website?"

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I am a premium member. What is the difference between choosing a free website vs. one that I would host myself?

I don't currently have my website up and running and am still working on it. I have never paid to host a website before, so I am thinking I would use the free website. Is that correct?

But I am a premium member. I am confused...please help!!!

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As a premium member you can have your own domain name hosted here at WA for no extra charge. If you ever decide to use an outside hosting provider you can move your website at a later date. The only reasons to use other hosting are speed and having a cPanel which gives you access to File Manager and some other stuff you don't need to know about right now. ~Marion

For sure you will be better off buying your own domain name.. As a premium member you can really open your world up if you have a domain of your own

I mean.. if you are a visitor to a site.. and you are looking for a product... would you feel better visiting www.DebinOH.com ... or www.DebinOH.siterubix.com ? or any other for that matter.

Also with your own domain and as a premium member you can set up your own emails which will look a lot more professional and business like...

For the sake of a few coins, it is well worth buying your own domain name!!

I promise :)

Hope this helps you out..

Chris

Thanks for the reply Chris. But how do I go about buying my own domain? I am already paying the $47.00 a month.

visit the site below.. there are many web domain sites you can buy from. This one is recommended by WA and is easy to use...

https://www.namecheap.com/

When the page loads up, you can see the box across the middle of the page ... type in the box the ideas you have for your domain name, and it will check if it is available... from there you can go on and purchase it...

Just follow also the instructions in all the training videos, so that you can have it hosted here at WA!!

let me know if you need anything else!! :)

Chris

Sorry .. also for you to know .. when checking the availability, make sure you choose the (.com) .. its the best one ... avoid the others if you can!!

Can I start with the free one and then switch it to buying my own domain once I learn more about WA and how it works? I did find one on Namecheap for $10.69 a year and it is .com

You said once I buy my own, then WA hosts it. Can they decline? I just don't want to buy this now and have problems since I am so new to this affiliate marketing.

I have my niche and website name already but do not have any content in it yet. If I go the free way and create all of this content and then decide to buy my own domain like a month from now, will I have to start over from scratch?

Thanks for your help.

Yes for sure,you can start to build your material with your siterubix site.. this is no problem ... then later you can buy your domain name and you can transfer the material to it ... It is an easy process..

And no .. to my knowledge WA will not decline your domain name at all!!

Let me know your URL ... and ill look at it periodically and give you my feedback ..

If you need help anytime just let me know Deb

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