Just starting a blog

[JoeBlogs]

Hi everyone, I'm just starting a blog, I registered the domain name today but don't currently have any web hosting. Is it a terrible idea to keep the blog hosted by wordpress for a while (with my own domain name forwarding to it) until I can afford to set up some hosting?

[Peter S C]

Well my advice is this: you will most likely just be blogging to a very small audience initially. Just use the first month or two to find your feet. Trust me, once you have been blogging for a few months you will look back at your initial efforts and be amazed how far you have come. Hopefully by this time you are in a better financial position and can afford hosting. Hope that helps .

[GuerillaInternetMarketing]

You can get hosting at (mt) Media Temple for $20 a month, and they have a 1-click Wordpress install and you can host up to 100 sites on the server. That means you can register other domain names and test out other ideas as well.

I would figure out a way to go straight to hosting. From what I hear, it is a pain to transfer Wordpress from one location to another.

[ticktockclok]

Or you could get hosting from StayHosted, for $1.95/month. They also provide one-click installation of Wordpress.

[Caveman Joe]

Or, you can buy hosting from me, at £1/month (probably about two bucks), with one-click WordPress installation. Then at least you know my reputation on these forums is at stake if it all goes wrong.

[Addict]

^I have to say, that seems pretty amazing.

[vladtess]

Originally Posted by JoeBlogs

Hi everyone, I'm just starting a blog, I registered the domain name today but don't currently have any web hosting. Is it a terrible idea to keep the blog hosted by wordpress for a while (with my own domain name forwarding to it) until I can afford to set up some hosting?

I started my own blog about three days ago. Currently, with the domain name my expenses are $9.12 a year. Surprised? Basally, I recommend you to start your own server at home. This'll save you about 10 bucks a month. Read about it and work on it. Remember... those companies charge you for having done what you can do in just about a day.

You can visit my blog... where I state how to start your own server on Linux OS. But there are also tons of other websites which expound how to start your own server and save money.

Hope that helps

[jdub]

what I am doing is keeping it on blogger until/if I start making some decent money off of it. For now I am just trying to get some decent content, and if I pick up a decent reader base along the way and start making money then i'll probably get a domain and all that stuff.
this may not be the best route for everyone, but I feel that it is for me because I am new to blogging and am not sure if i will continue on or if it is just a short term thing.
that may not help you any, but I would say that you should only spend money on it if you are going to keep doing it, because you don't want to waste your money if you stop in the next few months.

[Katharina77]

Hey there,

Totally agree with jdub - keep blogging for a month or two, get/write decent content, make some money on it first and then think about getting a hosting account.

You might realize in a few weeks that blogging is not for you and you're stuck with monthly payment for something you don't need.

Really - make some money first and then invest it.

By the way JoeBlogs - what's your blog about? Do you have a theme or will you just blog about everything? How are you gonna make money from your blog? Or, are you planning to, I mean?

Good luck
Katharina

[JoeBlogs]

Thanks for the advice guys. I will probably go for one of the cheap hosting plans as that way I don't lose much money if I quit but there is some extra encouragement to at least keep the blog going for as long as the hosting does!

Originally Posted by Katharina77

By the way JoeBlogs - what's your blog about? Do you have a theme or will you just blog about everything? How are you gonna make money from your blog? Or, are you planning to, I mean?

Thanks for asking. My blog will be about American sports, baseball, basketball, american football (maybe ice hockey - is that Canadian? ) but from a British/European perspective and written with non-american readers in mind. I'm not particularly aiming to make money from it but if it proves at all popular then I might put a few adds and affiliate links on there.

I'll post a link when there is anything worth looking at!

[Katharina77]

Cool It seems like you're blogging about sth you're passionate about, which means you'll most likely do well

If there is one thing I'd like to say to you after your last post it's this: don't wait and see if it gets popular. Put your heart and soul in it and make it popular

Good luck JoeBlogs. I'm looking forward to seeing your blog when there is anything worth looking at

Katharina