NateWagner
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- Location
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Website
- www.loneoakphotography.com
- Can others edit my Photos
- Photos OK to edit
I agree with those earlier. If you're considering using a website for professional purposes then purchase the stinking domain name. If nothing else it's 9 bucks a year which is less than 1 dollar a month. From there you have hosting which is probably about 5 dollars a month, so in all having a website online costs all of 6 bucks a month, or one maybe two trips to taco bell per month. Who cares if you don't make money, it's not that big of a sacrifice.
Even if you don't want to purchase your own hosting you can still use a blogger site (I think blogspot works for this) and have blogger point to your domain. Thus they are still viewing the images from yoursite.com and all it is costing you is the 1 dollar a month for your own domain name.
If you don't need your own domain name I would just do a photo blog (if you don't want a flickr or something). If you can attract people to becoming regular readers and you update frequently it may make it easier to start making money and booking gigs in the future.
Even if you don't want to purchase your own hosting you can still use a blogger site (I think blogspot works for this) and have blogger point to your domain. Thus they are still viewing the images from yoursite.com and all it is costing you is the 1 dollar a month for your own domain name.
If you don't need your own domain name I would just do a photo blog (if you don't want a flickr or something). If you can attract people to becoming regular readers and you update frequently it may make it easier to start making money and booking gigs in the future.