Quick and Affordable Method to Make Your Own Non-profit Website
Do you need to build a website for your non-profit charity in Hong Kong, but do not want pay thousands to a web designer? Are you an aspiring web designer looking to create a website for a education community in Israel, but do not think you have the budget? It does not matter your location and why you need a community website.
Making a nice community or charity website can be easy and should not cost you a fortune. You must check out these 5 tips that experienced web designers use to make more money for themselves.
- Always pay the cheapest for domain registration.
- Use a hosting that has knowledgable support team so you do not have to fork out money to programmers when you got stuck
- Use the best and easiest content-management system to quickly build a website that is optimized for top search results, and update the website yourself whenever you want.
- Do not underestimate the power of a ready-made website theme to build nice website look and feel
- Know how to make income from the website (the website should at least pay for itself)
Cheapest Domain Registration
You can pay $17.99 at Godaddy or $35 at Network Solutions. However, we some prefer to pay as low as $10.99? This is the best price we found, and you can get the lowest-priced .ORG domain name at a domain registrar called Name.com.
For more info about cheap domain registration, go to hostingtopic.com/cheapest.
Choosing a Helpful Hosting
When it comes to finding a home for your website, many successful website designers say that you cannot go wrong with Hostgator.
Hostgator has a very long, 45 days money back guarantee, so you have ample time to test them out. They are rated A+ by Better Business Bureau which shows their commitment to customer satisfaction. You also do not have to pay the full price for the first month.
You can try Hostgator for almost free and use the coupon code EMAILHOSTING.
You can try also take 25% off your first payment if use the coupon code WEBTEMPLATE.
If you have question or if you get stuck at step of the process, feel free to ask for help.
For more info about cheap domain hosting, go to besthosting2015.org.
Use WordPress to Structure The Website
WordPress is the most-used content management system (CMS) available. But what wealthy web designers do not want you to know is that you can use WordPress to build the framework for a search-engine-friendly, top-ranking website. If you are building a house, WordPress is the structure of a house.
After the installation of WordPress is complete, it is a straightforward matter to set up your site, starting with the installation of WordPress templates. If you are building your house, WP theme is the finishing of the house which includes windows, doors, gardens etc. This is what makes the house unique from the others.
You can find a great many of the themes on the internet, both commercial and free.
Ready-made Template
You can opt for the free ones here.
On some occasions, we may prefer to get some good-looking templates so that your website will look different from the rest of the web. One thing to be aware of is that not all themes are equal, and you often get what you pay for.
Here are some good looking templates suitable for a community website.
Make Some Money
If done right, you not only can cover the cost to build your website, but you and the non-profit charity (or your specific community) can also generate extra funds from it. So how do you collect some funds from your website? There are many ways, but here are the easiest ways:
- Include Google Adsense – for more info, go to wordpressadsensetheme.net
- Ask for Donation – for more info, go to paypal.com/webapps/mpp/donations
- Affiliate Programs – for more info, go to businesswebhost.org/best-affiliate-programs-for-beginners/
What is The Next Step?
With the stunning community website already made, you can target your members through the community with relevant new information that they would expect to find through the community website. With the power of WordPress plugins such as Buddypress, the next possible step is to develop your website into social network community that represents and connects people that share common interests.
Let us clear all the doubts and get going, with a chat with the experts.