Once upon a time, building a website was very expensive. Now, you can have a site up and running for the price of a used book, if you’re frugal and careful. Getting an inexpensive website is a great first step on the ladder, to get started on the web and see if it’s for you.
Five-Dollar Domains.
If you’re willing to take the less popular domains like .info, or some of the ones for specific countries, then you should easily be able to get your hands on a domain for less than $5. Some countries, such as .tk (the small island of Tokelau), even offer their domains for nothing!
Free Software.
Nowadays, it’s possible to build a website using nothing but software you can get for free – most of the best scripting languages are free, and each one has a lot of free software built for it by hobbyists. Check out www.sourceforge.net, which is a big repository of free software. Read the rest of this entry