How I Host My New DOT-COM Domains For Free!
When it comes to selling online, one thing is certain: a small
focused website that features just one lead product will far
outsell a big website that features lots of products and links.
By focusing on just one product, you avoid distracting your
visitors or forcing them to make decisions. That way, they'll
take the time to study your product and the chances of making a
sale are vastly increased.
I can see the evidence for this in my own business. While the
main company website (BizzyDays.com) continues to bring in a
steady stream of sales, it's actually the individual websites
for each of the ebooks that are responsible for the lion's share
of orders.
The problem, however, with having one website for every single
ebook is that it adds a lot of extra overheads. In general
you're looking at minimum $100 for any kind of webhosting and
somewhere between $8 and $35 for a domain name.
These are not huge figures, but let's face it, costs are costs
and if you're in business you want to keep them as low as
possible.
That's why I felt it was worth sharing with you my little
'trick' for setting up brand new websites for just the price of
a domain name.
This week I launched a new website for our ebook publishing
guide "You Step By Step Guide to Success On The Internet". The
TOTAL cost to set up this new website
(http://selfpublishing-ebooks.com) was just $8.97!
So how did I manage that?
Firstly, it's worth noting that I use an excellent hosting
service for my main website BizzyDays.com. One of the many
features they include for just $9.95/month is the ability to
create your own sub-domains (http://subdomain.domain.com).
So, the first step I took was to set up a new sub-domain (I
called it http://selfpublishingebooks.bizzydays.com). Next I
designed the website and published it to this address.
Then, I went along to http://www.DNbuy.com and bought the domain
name www.selfpublishing-ebooks.com for $8.97. The reason I
bought it at DNbuy is because they offer a whole range of domain
name services completely free (domain parking, URL re-direction,
e-mail re-direction, etc.).
Once I had the domain name, it took me just a couple of minutes
(via the DNbuy website) to set up the new domain name to point
(or re-direct) to the sub-domain I'd just created
(http://selfpublishingebooks.bizzydays.com).
I'm even able to 'cloak' the address shown on the browser's
address bar, so that, even though people are surfing on
http://selfpublishingebooks.bizzydays.com what shows up on the
address bar is http://selfpublishing-ebooks.com.
Finally, DNbuy even re-directs my e-mails for free. This enables
me to create new addresses (like
sales@selfpublishing-ebooks.com) and have any messages that are
sent to these addresses re-directed to my regular e-mail address
inbox.
And that's it! A brand new website -- hosted and all -- for less
than $10.
Now there's no excuse not to create sales-focused mini-websites
for ALL your products!