WEBSITES, new and wanting

fluffycreatures

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Depends on what you want in a website and what you wan tit to do.

So the first thing should be to develop your business "plan" . Goals, objectives and estimate of your expenses and expected income Then decide how the website will help you achieve these goals. First decision is what kind of rabbits you are going to have and the purpose--raising meat wool or show bunnies.

The website alone will not bring you income, and even if you get traffic to it through other means on the web it won't necessarily translate into $. What it weill do is to gie you a presence on the web and an opportunity to get your story out there. And even getting some one else to create a website won't be able to tell your story as well as you.

So then the question is: what is the difference between a paid or free site? Wellif you want a lot of advertising then go for the free ones. But also check ones you pay for and see if you can afford it or if it is warranted within your plan.

The host that I finally settled on has a month free and you can play around creating a website and decide if you like it. And after that pay month by month. It is $20 a month all inclusive for the domain name, web builder, website, unlimited pages and really great support. There are some cheaper but there was always something I didn't like. Among those things is where the host site islocated, has the supports etc. Some are in China and far remote places. When you finally figure them out sometimes you stuck with a contract or something. The free ones are similar in difficulties. Some are better than others. So do spend some time checking them out before you get started.

The one finally decided to use is citymax.com. I really like it. The support is really great to help you build it an you can also monitor the traffic to the site.

So after you develop your website., join some rabbit groups on yahoo and
sites like this. If you are into social media use them too. But most important is to go to some local shows and connect with people locally. . Once your rabbits get known your website will then be a significant paert of the overall plan.

Hope this helps.
Dianne
www.creaturecomfortscottage.com
 

reereechickens

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bunnylovincowgirl said:
I wouldn't recommend Wix. There are a few of us still on dialup - like me - and I just cannot load a Wix site no matter how long I try.

Weebly is excellent. They don't place ads on your site like freewebs does, and they have a lot of good options. If you want a free site I would recommend Weebly.

I also do custom site design. Just finished this site for a Holland Lop Breeder in Florida

One tip - once you do get a site up, be sure to submit it to as many breeder directories as you can find. In my experience, the biggest source of traffic for rabbitry sites is linking from breeders directories.
I love the "nature trail" website. I have "fuzzy" Beverens and I emailed someone on the site and they pointed me in the right direction.:D
 
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