Hi, I like to start a new web directory site.. Please anyone help with the following.. 1. Which webhosting services to use? 2. Which script to use phplinkdirectory or esyndicat or suggest yours.. 3. How to earn from it? Thank You
Most shared web hosting will be suitable for you, a choice of script is one that you should decide on yourself, to earn you can charge to review listings, if you can find some sort of advertising that works on a directory then that could be an option too.
Don't pick a script just because it's the most well known. Check out all the features to find one that works for you & does what you want it to. Play around with the demos and get a feel for what it would be like reviewing (and deleting) hundreds of listings a day with it There are a number of scripts out on the market - and most of them have useable demos. Research is key, because you will most likely be stuck with whatever script you pick for the rest of your directories life. While you're reviewing which script to use - check out http://www.sbddirectorysoftware.com/ as a possibility. There's a demo & list of features available on the website.
Just curious as to why you would want to start a directory? Do you think you make money with a directory?
1. Which webhosting services to use? I have used bluehost, godaddy, hostgator for directories. 2. Which script to use phplinkdirectory or esyndicat or suggest yours.. PHPLD with right mods is not a bad choice actually. Custom coded scripts are my first preference. 3. How to earn from it? There is a sticky for start (or not starting) a directory. You can earn from paid reviews though they are not easy to get unless your directory is popular.
1. Hostgator. 2. Any script which does not offer a free version and suits your needs. 3. There is no simple answer to that one.
Why would anyone wanna to start new directory? If you have free time on your hands then you’ll be better off: - to read a book, - take your dog for a walk, - make love to your whoeverfriend and forget about another directory you will dump 6 months from now fastreplies
Hello, You can use any suitable script which can be managed easily. But hosting should be carefully because server downtime may effect your directory. So choose those hosting services which have minimum downtime or we can say no downtime.
I use drupal to build my directory, little bit hard but you'll have differences with others , see my dir here
If you're really eager to start a new directory then go and buy it as there're plenty of them on sale here and you could get one for under $20. No chance of making money from it though.
If you plan on getting a fairly good amount of traffic i would suggest going with a VPS or else a shared host from hostgator is always good. The script i would recomment using is PSPLD - PHP Link Directory As far as earnings go you can monetise it, ie. Putting Google Ads, Selling Custom AD Blocks or Text Links that is individual from the directory itself. The other way will be to accecpt paid submissions to the directory itself. Brandon_R