Hello all, I will be making a new website/blog to sell my digital help software guides...... however, iam a bit confused on how to start.... is it better to make a BLOG? or a website!??! what is the best host to use!? any advice would be appreciated!!
It sounds like you need both eh? A nice storefront site to showcase your products and a blog to add some content. You can host them on the same server without a problem. The reason I say both is that a blog is does not necessarily make a great store. It all depends on the image you want to show. If you have a growing inventory of guides, a storefront would just make sense. It would include all the payment processors and such to handle sales. I think you will find that most established companies will have a storefront and then either a blog or forum (or both)
I've tried both, and at least for me, a true website worked better. A blog is a bit "amateurish" if not done properly, while a proper website appears to be more of an established thing (if it's done right). Plus, I prefer to build my own template, and not try to hack a pre-made blog template into something I can use.
Actually, you can try both if you can do that. Its become easy. If you have mailing list. That will increasing your chance to make sales. If not, you also can try some store or use e-bay.
I think a blog would be better if you don't sell it directly but rather convince them that it's a great product and then tell them why its great... just recommend the product, don't sell it
thank u all for ur advice...... u guys are great... i will be starting with the website and then will work on the blog as most of u guyz advised...... since im not a professional webdesigner.... i wanted to ask where i could get free professional looking templates to use...... and what is the best and cheapest host to use out there!? as a new website, how will i get traffic and people to see the stuff im selling!? thx in advance for ur help
Choose a web host that offers cPanel and Fantastico. Most hosting providers will supply a bunch of templates for free. You can build a site with these and then also add on a wordpress blog using Fantastico within your hosting control panel. Andrew Best web hosting coupons
Build a website for the actual products. Make a blog for the product reviews and to drive some of the traffic to the website.