Cheapest Way to Build a Mini Site

I pay 14.99 for domain with privacy then use wordpress. It doesn't get any easier than that

I will agree with skoh. Buy a name from namecheap, get hosting from Hostgator and then install a simple Wordpress theme. Hostgator has tutorial videos to show you how to do EVERYTHING you need to accomplish this.

couldn't have said it better myself, after than learn some html/css to fancy up your theme.

If you could build good looking custom sites for $20 a month and fill them with lots of unique/related content and drive traffic to them through SEO/link building, article marketing...etc etc....wouldnt it be worth the $20?

No. Most hosting plans allow add-on domains. I pay about $7 per month to host 15 sites, though theoretically the number of sites I can have for that price is "unlimited."

You do need to pay for each domain name, though, and that will run you around $11 per year for each.

I have about 20 domains running at the moment and I use WordPress for all of them - I have the one hosting account with Hostgator which runs at $9.99 per month - my domains each cost between 99cents and about $8 (yes some of them are info extensions) and with the hosting that I have I can add unlimited domains.

I think it is great that this can be done so cheaply because then you can fun with your sites rather than sweating bullets over a return for your money. You can trial ideas for basically under $20 (including autoresponder) and tweak your site as you go.

Have fun with it
Lisa

here my take:

*get a domain
*search for an offshore webhost ($30 for a year with 50 add-on domains)
*most webhosts have cpanel with 1-click wordpress installation

cheapest way? build mini affilaite sites

join hostgator, $8 per month

buy .info's $1 per domain

install a wordpress minisite template

Free Mini Website Template

get backlinks

that's all

Hostgator is pretty decent if you have a limited amount of sites but I would caution you not to add to many more to the one account. Once your sites start building in size...more pages, more content..etc...then there is a good chance they will start to run slower. Most of the hosting companies say "unlimited" number of sites but that can be a little misleading.

Just an FYI if you start to really build a fair amount of sites.

Also, one more thought... It's a fairly common practice for those with several sites to split your sites up among different IP addresses. This is good for several reasons but a couple of the main concners for avoiding hosting several blogs on the same IP are as follows:

1. If there is a problem with a host that causes down time then it doesnt affect all of your sites
2. If all of your sites are on one IP and you do something with one of them to "upset" Google and they "slap" you then there is a good chance all of your sites on that IP cold get punished at the same time. Doesnt mean it will happen but there is a decent chance of it.

There are several other reasons but these are typically the main concerns for hosting multiple blogs on 1 IP.

As a general rule of thumb its a good idea not to host more than 12-15 (some people say less, some more) WP blogs on one IP. As mentioned before your sites can grow to be somewhat large over time, add to that the resources that some plugins require and your sites performance can really slow down.

Hope thats helpful...
Robert

Host Gator actually is one of the few hosting companies that will allow you to host multiple sites on different class C networks.

i keep registering domains and keep building niche sites using the only thesis theme. its very flexible and i can make any design out of it.

just my 2 cents/

Strategy of Micro site in the moment was loose effect very much. Because google have just Discovered it.

Well there are alot of mini site creator software and web service just google it.

For cheap mini sites check out ProLandingPages.net - Professional templates for Your landing pages

Shaun,

Sent you a PM.

Robert

Check the first WSO in my signature, you will see a great way to build mini-sites

If you want a quality website, you should spend minimum $200, including domain and hosting.

I too will have to disagree with going with HostGator. Way too many complaints. Check out IXwebhosting. They recently started a new "Support" system that will certainly be copied by all the other hosting companies. I have 3 support people to email at any time I choose. This is in addition to the 24 hour telephone support etc.

I've been with them for over 6 years and have no complaints at all. $3.95 per mo is their cheap plan, but I would recommend the next one up. Money back guarantee at any time, the last time I checked.

Not a fan of Hostgator, prefer HawkHost myself. Cheaper too

Wouldn't get a free domain name like #22 (although I think it was a joke), Namecheap is pretty good.

I agree with the majority to use Hostgator, I can't remember ever having a problem with them the last few years. However, I prefer to use Joomla over Wordpress. It is a free install like WP from the hg cpanel. Either choice will still be under 20 bucks a month. I'm thinking less than 5 bucks a month for the hosting plus annual for the domain name.

Buy a name from namecheap, then Hostgator and then Wordpress, optimize your contents here. That might help.

Get the domains for cheap, if you are paying more than ten bucks [per year] you're doing it wrong.

Likewise you can get the hosting cheap too which you can throw all your sites on, again if you're paying more than ten bucks when starting out you're doing it wrong... [although this is ten per month, for shared hosting]

Any many instances you can get it significantly cheaper than this.

Use open source to keep development quick and simple.

Pick an open source content management system (CMS). I'd recommend Wordpress, or alternatively Drupal or Joomla (although these later two have a much steeper learning curve, wouldn't recommend them for a mini site).

Then for any extra fiddling you need to do use:

Notepad++
GIMP
Firefox (and fireftp)


Done!

You cannot get good quality in cheap websites.