As some of you may know, having your own website is one of the best ways to cut cost in your business. In our time, you have to have a website to stay in the competition. Besides broadening your potential market, you can also stay open 24/7 which means that you never have to miss a sale, a service, a comment, a meeting...

You can easily build your own website for cheap and you don't have to know any HTML code. All you have to do is pay for the web hosting which generally cost anywhere from about $70-1000 a year. Then you use something like word-press or go-daddy and pick a template to suite your needs.

Unfortunately, when it comes to web hosting for small business, just because it is free doesn't necessarily mean it is better. Whether you run an online business or advertise for other companies, you really want to be sure that the people who come to your site will find a site that runs and looks professional.

There is nothing worse then landing on a website that doesn't work right. It is a sure fire way to lose potential business fast. It says something about your company. If you don't care enough to give your guest a great experience, then the message they are receiving is that they aren't likely to get treated very well either.

It's called the customer experience. It needs to look professional, it needs to be secure and it has to function correctly. If you are missing any of these parts, I am sorry folks your site will fail you. Now, if you could have a professional website built for you for less than $1000.00 and $100.00 a year would you do it?

It used to be that having a professional website built would cost at least a couple grand and then additional money if you wanted to do a secure e-commerce site too. Everyone does business over the internet. Here are the facts.

People spend 80% more time on the internet than they do watching TV. You do that math. Anyways, so I found this website that does e-commerce web building and hosting for about $1000.00 which I think is pretty cheap. It's called KBC Consulting. I looked at the websites they have built and they have a pretty good array of different sites to suite whatever needs you might have.

So while building and owning your own website can be done for about $70.00 a month you should also be aware that if something happens to your site, you are on your own. Have you ever tried to get a hold of someone from godaddy or wordpress. It's nearly impossible. Then you have to fill out a bunch of forms to submit an inquiry then wait another 24 hours for someone to get back to you just so they can sell you something to fix the problem.

I think having a blog site as another source to direct business is good but when it comes to your real business site you want a professional site and you want be able to talk to a live person when you need to. It does make a difference and besides that, it takes a lot of time to build a decent website on your own. When it comes to business, I would leave it to the professionals.

Besides, the benefits of having a professional website absolutely outweighs the cost.