Rant: Free Websites

I set up my site with domain name for less than 5 bucks a month. Had a free site for awhile.
Free is good, but it's really not much money to go with paid hosting.
It took me about a week to learn enough to get my site up and working. I'm sure I could whip up a site in a day or two now that I have a little experience at it.

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

I have owned my own successful business, and managed three. I've been the site boss at another business, and ran my own commercial boat.

Now. What were you saying about no experiance because I'm not taken in by a flashy site? Or was it more that I don't put stock in external trappings, and I'm more concerned with the person's experiance with reptiles, instead of websites.
I don't understand the idea that $5 for a site is great, but free is not. If you want to make a great site on a free server, then I don't think you should be penelized for it.

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I was more referring to sites that were sloppy in result of being free. IE, free ads and such.

I have to agree that a pop up free, no ad site is much better in my opinion. I put my site together for about what I spend on feeders every month, and I think it looks great. Naturally if you know a seller or have done business with them in the past, you dont really have to worry about what the site looks like, but if I am buying a 1800.00 snake I would much rather buy it from a reputable dealer (not neccessarily a "BIG" breeder) with a flashy site with nice big pics than someone with a "for sale" folder on their Myspace account.

My site isnt finished yet, I am lazy....but the guy who designed it/ hosts it is doing a hella good job!