First up, unless you KNOW you need one, you don’t.
Full websites, of whatever focus – content, newsletter etc – require a commitment to regular updates. If you don’t want to do that, a My Web Site is the way to go. And cheaper!
Example – BadButler’s Shop – which provides paywalled content for fans with bitcoin*. They simply pay using the form, and get instant access to the content. There is literally no involvement by me. No adding them to a Dropbox, no sending them content, no authorising a sales item, nothing. I just wake up to more money.
Benefits of a Full Site
- Trailers! Trailers! Trailers! (Room for hundreds of them!).
- Paywalled content. (My Web Site allows you to sell content direct informally, distributing via Dropbox or WeTransfer etc. Full Site lets you do it “properly”)
- Proper Ecommerce system.
- Sell ANYTHING legal. So used items etc.
- Blog. The socials hate us. Blogs are good backup and Google can see them.
- Booking Forms, Screening Forms, whatever Forms you like.
- Mailing List / Newsletter.
- SMTP Server – what you need so your emails are not considered spam. We set this up for you.
- Future Proof. You have total control over the design. So next year you want to rebrand with a new bespoke design. Just give your designer the access they need.
- WordPress Admin AND cPanel Admin. In two words, TOTAL CONTROL.
£24pm or £239pa for setup, build and 20GB (and you do get that free Portrait! with the annual plan).
Reach me at Twitter @PaulJonesAIR
*Not many people have it yet, some do, and more will, and when I get paid with bitcoin, I get the money instantly, 100%, and No Chargebacks are allowed. It is outside all the card, banking and platform rules too.