Is this a good idea?

14 years ago

There are many posts here on the Warrior Forum regarding making money setting up website for offline businesses, so if you do some searching around here you will find all of what you need and you will see that yes there is great money to be made with the idea you have in mind.

To your success,

Martin

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Jason Kanigan

14 years ago

Yes, selling websites is a very viable business. If you use the Search function, you'll find many posts about people who have successfully done so.

Here's a post on the greatest telemarketing forum on the planet that will help you.

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bawo

14 years ago

Thanks this forum is very usefull. With kind people willing to help me out.

I am from the netherlands so I need a website that I can edit to my own language.
The offline products on here are English and you cant edit everything.

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bawo

14 years ago

I am not talking about if the business is going to work or not. but if wix.com is a good source?

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RexMapes

14 years ago

If I'm not mistaken (and I might be), if you use wix.com for the design you have to host it there. They aren't the cheapest option for hosting.

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batkimi

14 years ago

Yes, i think your idea is good, but you must have in mind, that other have already thought of this kind of business, so you are gone have some competition and you should have a clear and effective marketing plan in order to make your business work

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bawo

14 years ago

Yes, but the competition in the Netherlands isn't that big. There are still many small local business owners that don't have a website yet.

So I think its ok.

Originally Posted by batkimi

Yes, i think your idea is good, but you must have in mind, that other have already thought of this kind of business, so you are gone have some competition and you should have a clear and effective marketing plan in order to make your business work

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bawo

14 years ago

The combo pack is $8.25 a month for a year.
And with the free voucher it makes it attractive for my customers.

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johnsander1

14 years ago

I think wix.com software is good option and you can use it for your offline business, but always keep it mind that you should try to make user friendly and easy navigate-able website.

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bawo

14 years ago

I think wix.com is user friendly and easy to navigate.

So I Think its a good option.

I will show my customers which template they can use for there business.

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rashedinvogue 14 years ago

I think security is the first issue.
Don't worry, what you get free from the them.
Sorry i don't have any idea about wix hosting.
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- bawo 14 years ago
  
  I will check the security out. but the hosting seems good.
  
  Originally Posted by rashedinvogue
  
  I think security is the first issue.
  Don't worry, what you get free from the them.
  Sorry i don't have any idea about wix hosting.
  
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ameliahlene23

14 years ago

Sorry , I think this is not a good idea .

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bawo 14 years ago

And why is that? tell me?

Originally Posted by ameliahlene23

Sorry , I think this is not a good idea .
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juliarose

14 years ago

I think wix.com used to create good website , design nice , layout good ,....

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bawo 14 years ago

Thank you. its easy to edit and the costs are reasonable.

Originally Posted by juliarose

I think wix.com used to create good website , design nice , layout good ,....
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bawo

14 years ago

I will make a good profit out of it. thats for sure.

sell them for 500,600 eu per template. like 400,500 profit.

web creation, support, 125 dollar advertisement voucher. for a year.

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AshleyScott

14 years ago

So why are you worried to find online strategies if you are going to do offline business?

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johandica 14 years ago

I think wix.com is user friendly and easy to use.

So I Think its a good option.
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HAdrian1239

14 years ago

Personally, I would never use something that is not independently hosted, where I didn't have complete control over all of the content, no real ability to move it to another platform if I wanted... and no recourse if something went wrong.

Plus, last I checked, Wix was for the most part flash based... which... for certain things is not great.

How does this work for SEO purposes?
Do you actually OWN the content since it's on their server?
What are their terms of service for you doing this kind of thing since they're not technically a "hosting" company but some hybrid?
What if you need to access the hosting panel and edit or move the higher level internal files? I know it says "same as other companies..." but I highly doubt it.

Anyway, just something to think about. You can get the Google vouchers for your clients by joining Google Engage.

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bawo

14 years ago

thanks for the comment, what do you recommend. I am doing research now.

I am from the Netherlands. so I have to translate it to dutch.

And can I get more vouchers for my customers?

Originally Posted by HAdrian1239

Personally, I would never use something that is not independently hosted, where I didn't have complete control over all of the content, no real ability to move it to another platform if I wanted... and no recourse if something went wrong.

Plus, last I checked, Wix was for the most part flash based... which... for certain things is not great.

How does this work for SEO purposes?
Do you actually OWN the content since it's on their server?
What are their terms of service for you doing this kind of thing since they're not technically a "hosting" company but some hybrid?
What if you need to access the hosting panel and edit or move the higher level internal files? I know it says "same as other companies..." but I highly doubt it.

Anyway, just something to think about. You can get the Google vouchers for your clients by joining Google Engage.

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HAdrian1239

14 years ago

Originally Posted by bawo

thanks for the comment, what do you recommend. I am doing research now.

I am from the Netherlands. so I have to translate it to dutch.

And can I get more vouchers for my customers?

This would be my course of action:

1. Either learn HTML/WordPress or Joomla and get a reseller account for hosting.

OR

2. Find someone on WF in the Warrior For Hire section who will take care of the web designing for you, and then learn at your own pace if you still want to.

Still get a reseller account for hosting your client's sites.
Join Google Engage which is a program specifically for offline consultants where they will give you vouchers to give to your clients if you follow their guidelines.

It's not that I don't like Wix... it's just that there are better options that will give you (and your clients) more freedom and control. Hope this helps!

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bawo

14 years ago

Yes thank you these are usefull tips, I know WordPress, but I dont know HTML and Joomla that well. but you mean create my own template?
Cant I convert a free css template to WordPress?

Do you know a good hosting reseller

And maybe its too expensive to hire someone.

Originally Posted by HAdrian1239

This would be my course of action:

1. Either learn HTML/WordPress or Joomla and get a reseller account for hosting.

OR

2. Find someone on WF in the Warrior For Hire section who will take care of the web designing for you, and then learn at your own pace if you still want to.

Still get a reseller account for hosting your client's sites.
Join Google Engage which is a program specifically for offline consultants where they will give you vouchers to give to your clients if you follow their guidelines.

It's not that I don't like Wix... it's just that there are better options that will give you (and your clients) more freedom and control. Hope this helps!

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bawo

14 years ago

I am still stuck right now.

There are too many options for creating a website:

I can use wix.com type site
Artisteer.
I can edit free css templates in Dreamweaver.

I dont know what to do right now. Its not allowing me to move on to the next step.

Somebody please help me? I need a webbuilder that can create templates voor local businesses.

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Kingfish85

14 years ago

No because at the end of the day Wix pretty much owns the website if I'm not mistaken. I'm also pretty sure their sitebuilder is proprietary, which means if you want to leave you'll be at a road block.

If you want to sell websites, start from the ground up learning how to build them. If you don't want to spend the time learning how to do it the correct way, then you shouldn't be selling websites.

Example - you base your business/career off of Wix.com, what do you do if they go out of business (hypothetically) and you have no idea how to work with websites other than a drag & drop website builder...?

What do you do when a customer needs a custom solution that Wix.com doesn't support?

What happens when there's a problem with a website and you don't know how to fix it? You mention editing via Dreamweaver, why not build from there?

I would recommend you rethink your business model.

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bawo

14 years ago

Thank you for your honest post.

Then the best thing to do is learn how to create a website.
And maybe take a hosting reseller package right?

Where will I learn building websites?
Like Html, CSS. Do I need Photoshop skills?

I would like to create WordPress themes too because its easy to manage.

Originally Posted by Kingfish85

No because at the end of the day Wix pretty much owns the website if I'm not mistaken. I'm also pretty sure their sitebuilder is proprietary, which means if you want to leave you'll be at a road block.

If you want to sell websites, start from the ground up learning how to build them. If you don't want to spend the time learning how to do it the correct way, then you shouldn't be selling websites.

Example - you base your business/career off of Wix.com, what do you do if they go out of business (hypothetically) and you have no idea how to work with websites other than a drag & drop website builder...?

What do you do when a customer needs a custom solution that Wix.com doesn't support?

What happens when there's a problem with a website and you don't know how to fix it? You mention editing via Dreamweaver, why not build from there?

I would recommend you rethink your business model.

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Kingfish85

14 years ago

Originally Posted by bawo

Thank you for your honest post.

Then the best thing to do is learn how to create a website.
And maybe take a hosting reseller package right?

Where will I learn building websites?
Like Html, CSS. Do I need Photoshop skills?

I would like to create WordPress themes too because its easy to manage.

Yes, I would say this is the best route. As far as hosting goes, you've got 2 options, which I'll explain the pros/cons of both.

Stay away form "unlimited disk space/bandwidth" as there's no such thing. Read their Terms of Service closely and you'll find that you are in fact limited. Typically "unlimited" everything hosts tend to overload their servers and focus on "quantity" not "quality".

Shared Hosting
Shared hosting would be the cheapest route. You can use addon domains which will allow you to host multiple websites under 1 main domain account. this is ok, but could potentially cause problems. If the main account gets compromised, all of the addon domains are exposed as well. There's also no organization or ways to divvy up resource usage. (memory, disk space, cpu etc). If one of the addon domains gets a ton of traffic, which spikes the CPU usage, some hosts will suspend your account, which will be the main account. This will result in every website being suspended since they reside under one user account.

Reseller Hosting
Reseller hosting will allow you to create individual cPanel accounts for each website. You'll be able to create specific packages (space, bandwidth, features etc) to be assigned to the accounts you create. Each account will have its own emails, user accounts, login info etc. This will allow you to have better security, performance & organization. If one account starts using a ton of resources, that single account can be dealt with and not affect the rest of the sites since they each run as their own user. A reseller account is a little more advanced, but I personally think it would be the better option. There are tons of guides on configuring the settings and most web hosts will assist you in configuring it. Some will even configure it for you.

Skills
I would recommend starting off with HTML & CSS. You will need something like Photoshop or Gimp for editing graphics. Keep in mind that when one of your paying customers finds another website that looks identical to theirs, I doubt they'll be very happy. If you use templates, be sure to make that very clear to your customers.

There are tons of resources online for learning this stuff. I'll list a few below.

W3Schools Online Web Tutorials

Software training online-tutorials for Adobe, Microsoft, Apple & more

Web development tutorials, from beginner to advanced | Nettuts+

You can also pick up some books from your local bookstore on these skills as well. Once you get that stuff down, move on to php/javascript/jquery/mySQL etc.

There's also tons of forums with extremely useful info a well. A simple Google search can yield those.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Hopefully this will point you in the right direction.

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mojo1

14 years ago

I use inkthemes.com by warrior, neeraga and theme rabbit by warrior jason x. Jason has released quite a number of theme series for many industries.

Both theme authors' products are quite simple to set up and offer quite a nice selection of niche/industry specific theme choices.

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rockong

14 years ago

Never heard of wix - will have to check it out.

GL OP!

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tour explora

14 years ago

wix.com is a right media for beginners for creating online business.

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rising_sun

Banned 14 years ago

Pretty nice idea.
It make your business smart and strong.
No matter what is the template is,you should make it resourceful by strong and update information.
Another suggestion please make it new ,use php and mysql.

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repstein

14 years ago

If you go to the War Room, somebody posted for free his business plan for selling websites to offline clients. I haven't tried it yet, but boy it looks promising. It's called 'Offline Quick Cash.' He talks about finding businesses with bad websites, arranging to meet them at a coffee shop, and showing them on your laptop a website you already designed for them. The War Room costs money, but there's a lot of great stuff in there.

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Sander Zaydman

14 years ago

Why don't you use Wordpress and put all the necessary plugins to kill it for SEO and local marketing. Its stupid easy.

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bawo 14 years ago

Where will I get free non blog Wordpress themes for local businesses

Originally Posted by Sander Zaydman

Why don't you use Wordpress and put all the necessary plugins to kill it for SEO and local marketing. Its stupid easy.
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jakebvs85

14 years ago

Originally Posted by bawo

I want to create websites for local oflline businesses.
There a lot of templates that I can use.

They also give away free vouchers:

Free adwords voucher (75 dollar)
Free facebook voucher (50 dollar)

I want to use wix.com software to create them?

What do you think about that?

I heard a lot about wix.com from my friends. They also do it like you did. You might want to give it a try. Also I would suggest you check on other warriors around. You'll get a lot of good stuff.

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hellboy99

14 years ago

its a great way to get your foot in the door. Their are people giving 5-10 hundred dollar adwords vouchers for only 5 bucks. Give that a go.

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bawo 14 years ago

Where can I get those for only 5 bucks?

Originally Posted by hellboy99

its a great way to get your foot in the door. Their are people giving 5-10 hundred dollar adwords vouchers for only 5 bucks. Give that a go.
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bulletproof01

14 years ago

i think its a good idea.

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